Pricing Calculator for Accounting Firms

Set your desired goals
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1Step 1 Start here

Set your goals

Move the sliders to set your profit target and working time. Everything below updates from these numbers.

Desired annual pre-tax net profit$150,000

What the practice should earn after overhead, before income taxes.

Operating overhead

Overhead as % of revenue15%

Solved as: required revenue = profit ÷ (1 − overhead %).

Staffing overhead$0

Additional annual staffing costs (salaries, contractors, benefits).

Working weeks per year48 wks

Hours worked per week35 hrs

Total desk time — utilization below carves out the billable portion.

Billable utilization65%

Share of worked hours that are billable · ≈ 1,092 billable hrs/yr.

2Step 2 Build your plan

PriceRight your practice

Ready? Let's build your practice. Pick the services you offer and we'll populate both Tier Pricing and By Project Volume with a plan sized to hit your goal. Every input stays editable afterward.

Services you provide

Sizing to $177,000 — required revenue rounded up, split evenly across 6 services.

Based on your goals

Effective rate: $162/hr
Annual revenue: $176,471
Overhead: $26,471
Billable hrs/yr: 1,092

3Step 3 Price your work

Price your work

Two ways to apply your effective rate — a single engagement, or your whole book of business.

Choose how to price

Start with “PriceRight”

Pick the services you offer in the PriceRight panel above and we'll size a Good / Better / Best retainer menu that hits your goal — then tune each tier's monthly price here.

4Step 4 Export or talk to us

Ready to lock in your pricing?

Export a polished Excel breakdown for your team, or talk it through with a Dovetail Expert. However you work, PriceRightCPA keeps your rate anchored to the profit you actually want.

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