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Why Clients Must Become Part of Your CAS Team | It's Not Just the Numbers

Why Clients Must Become Part of Your CAS Team | It's Not Just the Numbers

Update: 2025-11-09
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"If they’re consistently uncooperative, they’re not a good CAS client, no matter how much they pay.” 

 

It's Not Just the Numbers

With Penny Breslin and Damien Greathead

For CPA Trendlines


In the world of client accounting and advisory services (CAS), most firms focus on building internal teams, refining processes, and adopting the right technology. Yet, one crucial element often gets overlooked: the client. 


In a recent episode of It’s Not Just the Numbers, co-hosts Damien Greathead and Penny Breslin explore why clients must be treated as integral members of the team, and what happens when firms fail to define the client’s role in the process. Their conversation, drawn from decades of working with accounting firms around the world, provides a blueprint for CPAs and firm owners aiming to elevate their CAS practices. 


Traditionally, accountants position clients as recipients of a service; for example, the client would deliver documents once a year, and the firm would produce a tax return. That transactional model doesn’t work in CAS, says Breslin. 

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Why Clients Must Become Part of Your CAS Team | It's Not Just the Numbers

Why Clients Must Become Part of Your CAS Team | It's Not Just the Numbers

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