Better CAS Advisory: A Narrow Bookkeeping Experiment

05/12/2025 4 min
Better CAS Advisory: A Narrow Bookkeeping Experiment

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What if avoiding bookkeeping entirely could actually weaken your advisory work? In this episode, Luke Templin breaks down how a single CAS client revealed the limitations of delivering CFO and advisory services without reliable bookkeeping fundamentals in place.Luke shares why he originally built a fractional CFO firm that deliberately avoided bookkeeping and what forced him to rethink that model. When client books became inconsistent, delayed, and unreliable during tax season. The solution wasn’t reviving full-service bookkeeping, but designing a narrow, advisory-aligned bookkeeping experiment focused on one objective: accurate numbers that support advisory.Sponsored by TeamUp. Learn how to hire a full-time accountant in the Philippines without an outsourcing middleman at hireteamup.ph.

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