Nayo Carter-Gray

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Making Accounting a Little Less Taxing ® for small business owners is Nayo Carter-Gray’s goal as owner and founder of 1st Step Accounting LLC. A self-proclaimed techie Nayo decided a virtual accounting practice was the best way to experience her love of travel and still help small business owners all across the US reduce the stress of managing their disorganized financial systems. Mrs. Carter-Gray is an Enrolled Agent, a QuickBooks Online Advanced Certified Pro-Advisor, a Gusto Ambassador leading People Advisory, was named one of Hubdoc’s 2017 and 2018 Top 50 Cloud Accountants in North America, was handpicked to sit on the 2018-2019 Intuit Accountant Council, was named one of Forbes Top 100 Tax Twitter accounts to follow and one of the Top 50 Women in Accounting by Practice Ignition 2 years in a row.
EA, Owner 1st Step Accounting LLC
Feb 25th 2022
The Role of Technology in a Black-owned Firm
As the CEO and founder of 1st Step Accounting, I am motivated by technology. Ever since I can remember, I have been inspired by some sort...
Technology
Jan 25th 2022
Show Clients How Much Value You Bring
Expressing value can be uncomfortable for most accountants, mainly because we tie value and value creation to the amount of money we charge...
Practice Excellence
Jan 11th 2022
Growing Advisory While Keeping Compliance’s Value
It can be difficult for accountants to manage compliance work and transition to having deeper financial conversations, so here is the...
Practice Excellence
Dec 8th 2021
Adding Value to Clients Through Organization
Compliance season is fast approaching, and it may have you questioning what new technology you can implement right away to ease some of the...
Practice Excellence
Nov 30th 2021
How Do I Get Into Advisory Services?
Advisory services are all the rage in accounting right now and it may have you wondering, as a predominantly compliance-focused firm, what...
Practice Excellence
Feb 3rd 2021
Getting Clients to Buy-In
Clients aren't always on board with changes or buy-in on automation , even if they involve moving away from manual processing to more...
Clients
Jan 20th 2021
Evaluating Tech Tools to Drive Firm Efficiency
I understand that there are firms out there that haven’t yet embraced apps or the cloud quite like I already have. So, I want to share with...
Practice Excellence
Jan 8th 2021
Moving From Free to Paid Advisory Services
During the pandemic, many accountants went above and beyond ensuring their clients received the best possible service to get them through...
Practice Excellence
Dec 17th 2020
COVID-19 Pricing Strategy for Your Tax Practice
Here are some strategies I put into place to help maintain the bottom line and still managed to afford to assist those clients whom COVID...
Clients
Dec 3rd 2020
Building a Resource Library for Your Firm
Most accounting businesses had to close their physical offices when the pandemic first hit, causing a fair bit of turmoil. Jumping to a...
Practice Excellence