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how to write your cas engagement letter

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woman holding paper at deskdefine not just what, but also when.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

“people think of us (accountants) as the compliance agents – the necessary evil.”

this sentence haunts me even today, after hearing it nearly 15 years ago from a multi-award-winning, highly experienced cpa.

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perception!

has the accounting profession’s brand been (predominantly) perceived as “compliance” only?
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five common negotiating mistakes

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three people speaking by videoconferenceyou’re after success, not a “win.”

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

we enter into negotiations every day without realizing it, whether it is on a professional or personal basis. irrespective of whether it is a contractual transaction between a company and vendor or if a husband and wife are deciding on which couch to buy, each side is seeking to gain something. neither side may get everything it wants because an all-or-nothing-at-all approach will be a barrier to making any progress.

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negotiating involves getting and keeping agreements that work for all parties. you can reach an agreement but the issue is whether you can maintain the agreement and the relationship built around it. both sides need to have a sense of “victory” or at the very least, feel they have not lost, because if this should occur then further conflict will result.
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hunker down: the irs backlog isn’t going away anytime soon

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the bottom line: for every dollar in new funding, the irs could be collecting 10 times that. 

the tax season from hell:
will the new may 17 extension help or hurt accountants?
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

irs commissioner charles rettig says the backlog of millions of returns will remain unresolved for months more.

//www.g005e.com/?p=82486“we would hope to be through this backlog by the summer,” rettig told house ways and means oversight subcommittee chairman bill pascrell, who said 24 million returns are jammed in the irs pileup. rettig countered with 2.4 million, the number of individual returns.

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his testimony came a day after the government announced it would extend the filing deadline from april 15 to may 17, with crucial details still to be determined. the new rules sent tax software companies rushing to push out updates and left accountants and their clients in limbo. and, he said the delay in the tax-filing deadline could postpone the launch of a new monthly child tax credit payment program,

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you fixed their tax issues, now what?

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businessman with laptop and papersplus client management checklists.

by jassen bowman

your ability to successfully manage a large client volume is directly related to your enforcement of procedural compliance upon your staff.

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you should manage all internal processes systematically, and your staff should handle all client matters systematically as well.
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