the main categories of information for internal communications and management. by bruce w. marcus professional services marketing 3.0 while the substance of information varies from firm to firm, there are 10 categories that cannot go unconsidered:
this is our favorite “away message” so far in this post-tax season period: tax season’s over! my face it has a big smile. and so it’s off to the shore, 1040s no more, at least for a while. – 40-year … continued
those who know ed mendlowitz, author of the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 tax season opportunity guide, know that he doesn’t like extensions. however, there are valid reasons for extensions.
ed grudgingly admits to 12:
small firms and enrolled agents suffer the most damage from washington shenanigans and balky software. [pro member exclusive]
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with tax season 2013 finally (gratefully) at an end, the latest soundings from the field show conditions continuing to deteriorate into the final hours, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.
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the good news: 10,700 accountants hired. the bad: profit pressure.
the u.s. tax, accounting, and bookkeeping industry added a seasonally adjusted 10,700 jobs in march, the ninth straight month of year-over-year expansion, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources. women and non-exempt employees are making up the bulk of the workers returning to the industry, but not, it seems, to cpa firms, where caution seems to be continuing. at the same time, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 finds renewed pressure on fees and pricing while utilization rates and salaries continue to increase.
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the 3% increase to 932,900 full-time equivalents from the year-ago month represents the biggest jump in a year. still, the rise left the industry’s head count 14,100 jobs shy of the month’s record high of 946,700 in 2008.
marc rosenberg, cpa and author of “cpa firm management and governance,” discusses essential criteria for an effective performance evaluation of the ceo. read more →
in a new study that even the hedge fund trade association calls “troubling,” hedge fund executives say corruption, misconduct and pressure to break the rules are rampant and routine in their business.
the top ten findings include:
at microsoft, they worry about motivation, says bruce w. marcus, author of professional services marketing 3.0. when everybody who holds any kind of a responsible job is making more money than any of them ever dreamed they would, and when … continued
in this report, sandi smith, cpa and creator of accountant’s accelerator, directs practitioners to an online psychology test from a top university and shows how to put it to work for yourself. she describes a process for identifying personal characteristics that can aid in building a practice. read more →
this time, i have a question for you. but i’ll start with a story.
last sunday evening my wife and i went into a reasonably upscale restaurant and we had terrible service from everyone we interacted with.
when we were seated, the table wobbled and we asked if they could do something or move us to another table. ten minutes later someone showed up with a wad of napkins that made it worse. five minutes later they asked if we were okay, and put us at another table. ten minutes after that they took our order, but we asked for some drinks right away, which we only got after we complained to the manager. read more →