Our firm has been less successful at selling these arrangements, but have instead done better
with fixed fee billing arrangements.
The Economist magazine has a short writeup on the billable hour's demise, and the growing use
of fixed fee billing.
Last month our CEO Raza Hasan had a chance to spread the word
about fixed fee billing with prolific legal tech blog writer Bob Ambrogi.
We've done a lot here at TimeSolv to encourage and promote the use
of fixed fee billing and using legal project management to budget wisely and produce profitable fixed fees.
However, 34 % of accounting professionals expect to increase
their fixed fee billing in the next 3 years and it is higher among Certified ProAdvisors.
Variations of hourly billings,
fixed fee billing, contingent fee arrangements and other forms of «alternative billing» are no longer merely isolated experiences.
In a related story, Rees Morrison tackles «The meaning of «retainer» billing, compared to flat or
fixed fee billing.»
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As noted in the previous article with the initial survey results, «34 % of accounting professionals expect to increase
their fixed fee billing in the next 3 years and it is higher among Certified ProAdvisors.»