NSA Profit & Practice Report
The 2025 NSA Profit & Practice Report: Key Insights for NSA Members
The 2025 NSA Profit & Practice Report: Key Insights for NSA Members provides a high-level overview of trends shaping independent accounting and tax practices today. Based on data from the 2025 NSA Income and Fees Survey, this summary highlights key findings on pricing, staffing, technology, and operations. Click here to see how your practice aligns with peers across the profession.
The complete 2025 NSA Profit & Practice Report provides in-depth benchmarking and analysis based on data from the 2025 NSA Income and Fees Survey. This comprehensive report includes expanded fee ranges, detailed comparisons, and service-specific insights across pricing, staffing, billing practices, technology, and firm economics.
Available for purchase: $500 for NSA members | $675 for non-members
2020-2021 Income and Fees of Accountants and Tax Preparers in Public Practice
NSA conducts a periodic survey of members to gauge the average cost of preparing many types of tax returns. NSA’s Income & Fees Survey contains detailed information on fees charged for tax preparation and accounting services, broken down by state, geographic region, and practice size. Operating expenses broken down by category are included, in addition to, information on billing practices, succession planning, and other business practices.
Highlights Include:
- National, regional, and state average fees for federal tax returns by form and by schedule along with average minimum and hourly fees.
- National, regional, and state average hourly fees and fixed monthly fees for write-up work and additional client services such as payroll, etc.
- Additional fee averages for IRS representation, expediting returns, extensions, etc.
- Average frequency of tax and accounting fee increases & office billing practices.
- Practice management data including average operating expenses, marketing, technology, practice mix and more.