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Client Insights with PAWS Chicago
PAWS Chicago has been helping the Chicagoland region for over two decades by rescuing and helping dogs and cats. Porte Brown, a Sage Intacct partner, recently had the chance to sit down with PAWS Chicago's CFO, Alisa Brill, and discuss why they switched over to Sage Intacct and how it’s positively impacted their organization. “We knew we were too big to still be on QuickBooks and were drawn to Sage Intacct by its approach to capturing a variety of operational dimensions that would allow us to slice and dice data at the specific program, department, or vendor-level."
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New Financial Insight Advances PAWS Chicago's Mission
PAWS Chicago is a 20-year-old nonprofit focused on making Chicago a “no kill” community for dogs and cats. In support of this mission, the organization adopts out over 5,000 animals annually. As the organization has grown, its management team needed a better way to track separate financials for all of their programs, while still producing the standard nonprofit tax reports.
Read More »What's on Your Dashboard?
In the not too distant past, businesses struggled to acquire insightful financial reports in a timely and efficient manner. The data was often too late to affect any immediate business decisions, or it was too incomplete to offer any real insight or understanding of the company's current performance.
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Porte Brown Staff Recognized – Emerging Leader
It is with great pride that Porte Brown would like to congratulate manager Beth Navrotski, CPA, MST, for her recent selection for the CCH Wolters Kluwer Emerging Leaders Program. Beth was selected as one of the top 10 young professionals at the most recent CCH Users Conference. The program focuses on educational sessions designed to help them grow as professionals, better manage their areas of responsibility within their businesses and progressively rise as leaders within their firms.
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Porte Brown Named a 2017 Best Accounting Firm to Work For
Porte Brown LLC is pleased to announce the firm has been named as one of the 2017 Accounting Today’s Best Accounting Firms to Work For. This survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the accounting industry, benefiting the industry's economy, workforce and businesses. The list is made up of 100 companies from across the nation.
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Porte Brown Names Schaeffer as New Partner
Porte Brown LLC announces that Patricia Schaeffer, CPA, has been admitted as Partner. Pat is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 25 years of experience providing tax consulting and accounting services. Pat manages the Trust & Estate practice at Porte Brown where she assists clients and attorneys with estate and gift tax planning and the related tax preparation. She is a leader of the Tax Practice Group and also heads up the mentor program for the professional staff of the firm.
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Porte Brown Merges with Borhart Spellmeyer & Company
Porte Brown LLC, a rapidly expanding Chicago area accounting and consulting firm, is pleased to announce its recent merger with Borhart Spellmeyer & Company, LLC of Elgin. The merger, effective December 1, extends Porte Brown’s presence in the Northwest suburban market and builds upon the depth of accounting and advisory services available to clients.
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Porte Brown Named Among the Top 200 List of Largest Accounting Firms
Porte Brown LLC is pleased to announce it has been named among the top 200 largest accounting firms in the U.S. by The Platt Group/Inside Public Accounting. The 2016 IPA Special Report ranks the top 300 firms in the nation according to net revenue (Y/E 2015). Porte Brown ranked 151st overall with a net revenue of more than $20 million in the recently published list. This is a sizeable jump from last year’s results when Porte Brown was listed at 167th overall.
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Porte Brown Builds on Foundation Set 70 Years Ago
Successful companies like Porte Brown LLC build on the foundations established by their creators. They know how to balance adjustment to changing times with perseverance to the principles that made them successful in the first place. Porte Brown is still going strong after 70 years by keeping abreast of new knowledge and technologies in the profession of accounting, while still giving their clients personalized service.
Read More »4 More Payroll Tips to Keep in Mind
Managing payroll is painstaking and time consuming. More than the effort, the time and the complications can make your job difficult. To make payroll management a cakewalk you need the right tools. You don’t need to hire an HR firm or a full-time HR manager. You don’t need to race against time either. All you need is the ideal solution.
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Porte Brown Recognized as One of the Fastest-Growing US Firms by Accounting Today
Porte Brown is pleased to announce it has been recognized as one of the Fastest-Growing US Firms in the 2016 issue of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders. With a significant revenue growth rate of 23.30%, Porte Brown ranked 14th overall in the recently published fastest-growing list. More than 400 firms participate in the annual survey process, which ranks U.S.-based firms by their net revenue (Y/E 2015).
Read More »What Small Businesses Need To Know About Payroll Taxes
For all types of small businesses, payroll tax is a subject worth taking seriously. It is entirely possible that letting these taxes pile up can cause you to lose your business. In certain cases, it can actually cause you to lose your freedom as well. Severe penalties for those who don’t pay their taxes has now become the norm.
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Porte Brown Names New Partners: Adamczyk & Thompson
Porte Brown LLC announces that Gerry Thompson, CPA, has been admitted as Partner. Thompson is part of Porte Brown’s accounting and consulting services team. He has more than 25 years of experience specializing in business tax and consulting services in the following industries: Manufacturing, Food & Grocery, Wholesale, Retail and Professional Services.
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KPI of the Week: Quote to Close Ratio
Quote to close is a KPI used to determine what percentage of customers a business has contact with and actually make a purchase. It is measured by dividing the actual customers or clients who made a purchase by the number of prospects contacted or to the number of potential customers who visited the business. If the business talked to 100 prospects in a month and 12 of those prospects made a purchase, then the quote to close ratio would be 12%.
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KPI of the Week: Customer Profitability
Customer profitability is a KPI used to determine the profitability each customer or customer group provides to the company over a specified period of time. It is calculated using the same method as determining overall profit. It is the difference between the revenues earned from the customer or customer group and the costs for that customer or customer group. While revenues by customer are usually easy to obtain, calculating the total cost incurred for those revenues are usually more complex. It is important to select methods that best represent the complete costs and fairly divide shared costs between all customers the cost is attributed.
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