another tax season from hell?
tax-pro efiling lags 40% as irs extends deadline to may 17.
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who shouldn’t be a partner?
five red flags.
by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library
there are two sides to every discussion. i may have made it seem as if you’d have to be a fool not to want to be a partner. but being a partner isn’t for everybody. the reasons listed below exclude issues not germane to this discussion, such as a desire to change careers, opportunities to join one’s family business or boredom with accounting.
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long hours. at most firms, when the staff leave, the partners are still working. some feel it sends a negative message to the staff because it implies that there is an expectation for partners to work long hours and therefore make it difficult to enjoy a healthy work-life balance. rosenberg map survey metrics corroborate this: partners average around 2,410 total work hours but the staff average is 2,280, a difference of 130 overtime hours.
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working with the ultra-wealthy
and how the family office can deliver.
by russ alan prince and anthony glomski
your $5-million high-net-worth practice
in many ways, the accounting industry is under pressure from fee compression and seriously increasing competition. the current crisis is exacerbating the problems some accounting firms are having.
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at the same time, certain types of clients and sets of services prove to be extremely profitable for accounting firms. one such type of client is the ultra-wealthy. furthermore, a potentially highly profitable segment of the ultra-wealthy is those with single-family offices.
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employee demands a raise she doesn’t deserve
how to decide when to let people walk.
by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor
question: i have a longtime employee who asked me for a 33 percent salary increase, or she said she would have to explore options. how do you suggest i handle this?
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additional information: she works five-hour days every day and is paid by the hour. she gives me no added time during tax season. she also gets paid for an extra six days – which is for half of the firm’s allowed holidays – and for eight days for combined sick, vacation and personal days, and i pay her for half of her required cpe time (payment for 20 hours) and all the registration costs.
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steven braunstein: new covid strategies for staff recruiting and retention
snyder cohn revamps staffing tactics for work-from-home conditions.
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steven braunstein, managing partner of snyder cohn in north bethesda, md., talks about the impact of covid on staff recruiting and retention — including virtual “lunch with steve” sessions.
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but how do you nurture a firm culture without face-to-face live, in-person in-office meetups? that’s what braunstein is figuring out.