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Close the year strong

A five-step checklist for accounting firms

Year-end is crunch time: client deadlines, tax season prep, and cash-flow pressure all at once. This five-step checklist helps your firm collect what’s owed, clean up AR, and carry stronger cash flow into the new year. 

Accounting Year-End Playbook 2025

Key takeaways

  • Get a clean, current view of your firm’s AR in minutes

  • Use a focused outreach plan based on invoice age

  • Remove payment friction so clients pay faster

  • Build billing habits that prevent carryover next year

  • Automate now to reduce chasing later

Wrap up the year with confidence 

Our five-step year-end checklist helps accounting professionals tighten up the billing process, speed up collections, and clear outstanding balances before the year ends.

For more expert tips on finishing the year strong, read the full 8am™ article: Your accounting firm’s year-end playbook