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5-Star Firms Don’t Bill by the Hour

Published on12 November 2025

What will it take to kill the billable hour? Chris Vanover, founder of CPAClub, believes it’s not only “outdated and archaic,” but that today’s age of AI and automation “is a recipe for the death of the billable hour.” CPAClub operates under a different model. As Vanover explained, CPAClub operates as a subscription service, where passholders have access on a monthly or annual basis to a team of highly skilled auditors and accountants. This innovative business model undoubtedly contributed to the firm’s recognition as CalCPA’s Firm of the Year for 2025. Click here to listen.

About CPAClub

CPAClub helps firms move forward. Through our award-winning subscription model, firms gain flexible access to experienced accounting and advisory professionals and technology applications that help expand capacity, strengthen audit quality, navigate regulatory change, support modern professional development, and drive transformation.

Founded and led by one of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting and CPA Practice Advisor’s 20 Under 40 Top Influencers, CPAClub has been recognized as the CalCPA Firm of the Year and a Top New Product by Accounting Today. Learn more at cpaclub.cpa.

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