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The latest articles and resources from the Doc Cheetah team.

Stop Waiting for W-2s: Fractional CFOs Unlock Real-Time Payroll to Reclaim 30 Billable Hours Before Tax Season

Stop Waiting for W-2s: Fractional CFOs Unlock Real-Time Payroll to Reclaim 30 Billable Hours Before Tax Season

## Waiting on January Envelopes? That’s Your Profit Leaking Every January, partners refresh inboxes and chase clients for W-2s. The clock ticks, wo...

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The One Discovery Call Question That Lets Fractional CFOs and Accountants Charge Premium Fees Without Pushback

The One Discovery Call Question That Lets Fractional CFOs and Accountants Charge Premium Fees Without Pushback

## Why Premium Fees Stall at the First Hello You open Zoom. Five minutes in, the prospect asks, “How much do you charge?” Conversation derailed. We’v...

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Tiered Pricing for Accounting Firms: Add 12% Profit per Partner While Clients Applaud

Tiered Pricing for Accounting Firms: Add 12% Profit per Partner While Clients Applaud

## Hourly Billing: the Hidden Handbrake on Growth Many small firms still live by the clock. Every six-minute block gets timed, tallied, and debated....

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Agentic AI Risks, Big-Firm Blindspots: How Small Accounting Firms Can Spot Trouble Early and Win More Profit

Agentic AI Risks, Big-Firm Blindspots: How Small Accounting Firms Can Spot Trouble Early and Win More Profit

## Hidden Pitfalls of Agentic AI: Why Big Firms Keep Stumbling The headlines say the giants have AI “everywhere.” Peel back the curtain and you fin...

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Unlock 15% Hidden Margin: Busting 7 Advisory Service Myths Draining Profit in Small Accounting Firms

Unlock 15% Hidden Margin: Busting 7 Advisory Service Myths Draining Profit in Small Accounting Firms

## Seven Myths Keeping Advisory Fees Off Your Ledger We see it every week: a partner tells us, “If we just pump sales, margin will follow.” Then ov...

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How Rewire’s Client Onboarding Automation Let a Two-Partner Accounting Firm Reclaim 120 Hours—and Wow Every New Client

How Rewire’s Client Onboarding Automation Let a Two-Partner Accounting Firm Reclaim 120 Hours—and Wow Every New Client

## Why Manual Onboarding Eats Your Friday Nights The first week with a new client should feel exciting. Instead, it often feels like data-entry det...

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Ditch the PDF: 30-Minute Loom Proposals Cut Accounting Engagement Close Time by 80%

Ditch the PDF: 30-Minute Loom Proposals Cut Accounting Engagement Close Time by 80%

## Why Your 8-Page PDF Stays in the Inbox Clients love clean numbers, not clunky files. Yet most firms still ship static PDFs that scream “homework....

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Turn Payroll Data into 6 Billable Advisory Wins That Make Clients Brag and Boost Your Margin

Turn Payroll Data into 6 Billable Advisory Wins That Make Clients Brag and Boost Your Margin

## Payroll: The Untapped Gold Hiding in Every Pay Run Most small firms still treat payroll like a weekly fire drill—get the numbers right, file the...

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Stop Cutting Paper Checks—Reclaim $10K Profit in 90 Days: A Guide for Accounting Firm Owners and Fractional CFOs

Stop Cutting Paper Checks—Reclaim $10K Profit in 90 Days: A Guide for Accounting Firm Owners and Fractional CFOs

## Paper Checks: The Silent Profit Leak in Your Firm We still see 75 % of U.S. companies mailing paper checks even though each one sucks up $3–$8 i...

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Accounting Tech Stack Audit: How Fractional CFOs Can Cut 40 of 47 Integrations and Free 10 Billable Hours a Week

Accounting Tech Stack Audit: How Fractional CFOs Can Cut 40 of 47 Integrations and Free 10 Billable Hours a Week

## When Your App Map Becomes a Maze Fractional CFOs now juggle more logins than clients. One audit uncovered 47 integrations; 40 did the same three...

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