Losing the office Virtual technology solutions allow more accountants to work anywhere, anytime

摘要

For the most part, accountants who have discovered the benefits of being what some perceive as a "virtual" CPA are doing so piecemeal, by running some aspects of client service or practice management via hosted or purely cloud-based means. Many of the firms that have taken such steps have started by going paperless and utilizing all the tools that come with doing so. Three years ago, CPA Aaron Dawson left large regional firm Clark Nuber and purchased a smaller practice in Vancouver, Wash. He took his experience in going paperless to what is now Opsahl, Dawson & Co., but that was only the beginning. The firm is on a path towards operating more virtually through its use of hosted and cloud-based applications - a move Dawson said was not entirely well received by some of his original staff. "This was already an established firm that I bought into, but some [staff] didn't see things the way I did and they're not here anymore. We turned over half of the professional staff since I came in," said Dawson. "One big thing about running a virtual office is you have to have trust with your employees, and I think we have that now."