chicago cpa jody padar helps clients calculate their carbon footprint.
jody padar, new vision cpa group
in a sign of things to come as consumers turn to socially responsible shopping, one of the profession’s leading changemakers, chicago cpa jody padar, is launching the world’s first online tax return service that helps clients save money on their taxes while showing them how to reduce their carbon footprint and earn green perks.
branded ecotaxfile.com, the service “gives consumers and small businesses a level of confidence in their tax returns that can only come from working with a full-time accounting professional,” says jody padar, cpa, mst, operations director for ecotaxfile.com and one of accounting today’s 100 most influential people in accounting as an advocate for forward-thinking cpas. she practices out of her new vision cpa group in arlington heights, ill.
available for tax filers in the u.s. and canada, ecotaxfile.com offers real-time, personalized consulting from professional tax accountants and provides individuals and small businesses with tools and specific recommendations for cutting their carbon consumption along with special offers and deals for less carbon-intensive activities.
ecotaxfile.com
“we provide direct access to full-time cpas and tax professionals who can help eliminate the stress of tax filing while finding every possible way to maximize your refund or reduce your tax payment,” padar says.
“it’s simple: when you file your taxes with us, we’ll also calculate your carbon footprint,” says ecotaxfile.com founder brad cran. “we then identify areas where you can reduce your impact to live cleaner and save even more money.”
telberg to speak on cloud computing. rick telberg, publisher of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, will speak at the 5th annual 2013 accounting technology new york, may 1-2, penn plaza pavilion and pennsylvania hotel across from penn station, covering “cloud computing for accounting.” … continued
however, if you show too much interest in his cards, he will kick it up a gear (lucky you) and start showing you a hole and begin to tell you what clubs he would hit on each hole according to the yardage of the hole. i always said tucker has too much time on his hands!
you know, a golf scorecard and an accounting marketing plan are very similar.
a critical measure for accountants – whether they bill either by the hour or a fixed price – is the amount they bill clients each month. as anxious as many accountants are to raise their revenues, their daily activity often sabotages that goal with the same common billing mistakes.
in this article, i present you with a checklist so you can compare your behavior with the list. i’ll give some tips on how to break the bad habit, and the rest will be up to you. read more →
internal communication: strategy and process by bruce w. marcus professional services marketing 3.0 what do we want people to know, think, or feel as a result of our internal communications efforts, and why? the answers to these questions are the … continued
a leading measure of overall confidence among u.s. finance and accounting workers, rose 5.4 points to 55.8 in 4q 2012 — ending a two-quarter decline, according to new data reported by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.
the new survey finds growing confidence in job availability and in workers’ personal employment situations, despite continued tepid sentiment in the strength of the economy.
tony kendall is the ceo of mitchell & titus, a firm of over 170 professionals, 19 partners and locations in new york city, chicago, philadelphia, newark, baltimore, and washington, d.c.
shortly after taking over the reins from the firm’s founder, he orchestrated changes in the firm’s management structure, saying this: “i can’t manage this firm if i have to take a vote every time i want to make a decision.”
all partners usually vote on major decisions, such as:
admitting or dismissing a partner.
mergers and lateral partner hires.
changes to the partnership agreement.
expenditures in excess of a dollar amount.
annual budget approval.
beyond that, most well-managed firms with a strong managing partner allow him or her to make at least 17 types of decisions without any approval process: read more →
here are some fast tips to help you make the most out of busy season, which is when you have the highest amount of your clients’ attention all year long.
1. make a checklist to go through with your prospects during the initial meeting (a/k/a “the sales call.”).
this is the time to find out what your prospects need and why they might be switching accounting service providers. you can get your hands around the scope of a clients’ needs best when you use a checklist.
and what to do about it if you want to buy their practice. what is it about the sole practitioner that prevents them from doing something that seems to make so much sense? they need to do something soon about … continued
eight reasons why accounting firms need to work on internal communications first. by bruce w. marcus professional services marketing 3.0 a terrific definition of chaos is when a client asks two different people in your firm the same question — … continued
an increasing number of firms are asking: do we want the firm managed by a leader, which for a cpa firm is the managing partner, or managed by one or more committees of partners? the fact is, most firms are choosing a strong leader – the managing partner.
but too many firms still lack a clear understanding of what a managing partner is. based on years of research, we have compiled a comprehensive managing partner job description. and we’re including the 25 best practices that make today’s best managing partners great.
if you have staff, have happy, cheerful, helpful people. don’t surround yourself with downers and nay-sayers. make sure they are team players.
part of this is your firm’s culture. it takes work to get people to work together and to focus on doing what it takes to service the client fully, properly and timely. everyone working together gets it done. you need to create that atmosphere.
learn how to read the scorecard.
rebound in confidence after two quarters of decline. 
