Dale Espich – How is YOUR Bottom Line?

If we are to believe what I have been told recently, you probably are not reaching anything near your funeral home’s potential. (Profits) According to a national accounting firm with 1500 funeral home clients, the profit margin (as a percentage of sales) of their...

Dale Espich–The Real Value of Accounting

The Director – December 2009 by Dale Espich (JCG Field Representative) A funeral home owner needs to know much more than just “how we’re doing” at the end of the year. In my 40-plus years of working with funeral directors as a management consultant, I have seen just...

Survey Responses

In Johnson Consulting Group’s recent E-Newsletter, we surveyed funeral professionals regarding their experience in dealing with Alternative Cremation and Burial Business Service Providers (Discount operations). This is what they had to say and some thoughts: Do you...

Brooks Cowles-Tax Cuts Article

by Brooks Cowles (JCG Field Representative) As we predicted last year, 2010 has been a good year for those owners who felt they were close to succession to bump up their timing and go to market. First, and most likely, it continues to look as though capital gains...