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2019: staff policies improve, but not mentoring

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and mergers are getting tougher. ouch!

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg survey

firms are stepping up their efforts to be more liberal and staff-friendly with their staff policies. more unlimited pto polices including many variations of this, working remotely, staff setting their own hours, etc.

unfortunately, i am not seeing any changes in the lip service most partners give to staff mentoring. eighty percent of firms never make it to the second generation – many reasons for this but a big one is that the quality of partner mentoring sucks.
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the agile accountant

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scrum line art illustrationlearning a lesson from software programmers.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

agile project management conjures up the image of scruffy software programmers surrounded by empty pizza boxes at 3 a.m. hacking away at producing the next google.

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what could agile possibly bring to accounting and income tax preparation?

actually a lot, and it could transform your workflow and provide a quantum leap in the efficiency of your project management.

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yes, home equity loans may still be deductible

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but watch out for the lower dollar limit.

by barry j. friedman, cpa
industrynewsletters

contrary to early reports, the tax cuts and jobs act allows taxpayers who buy, build or substantially improve their homes using either a home equity loan, home equity lines of credit (heloc) or second mortgages to deduct interest on the loans.

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that’s the good news. but if clients take out the loan to pay for personal living expenses – credit card debt, for instance – they can’t deduct the interest from their taxes.
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kennedy’s acceptance speech

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john and jackie kennedy in car in dallas
by walt cisco, dallas morning news (public domain), via wikimedia commons

selling by swaying.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

this is not about jfk.

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when he was nominated at the 1960 democratic convention, his acceptance speech was preceded with an introduction by chester bowes narrating a film about kennedy’s life and achievements.
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