tax season

7 steps to effective project management

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three happy businesspeople looking at laptoptwo bad things will happen immediately. but they can be fixed.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

if you’re older than 50, you’ll remember this old skit from the tv variety series called “hee haw.”

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patient: “doc, it hurts when i do this.”

doc: “then stop doing that.”
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seven changes in the new taxpayer first act clients need to know

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young man under rain-covered umbrellaone congressman says it “levels the playing field.”

by barry j. friedman, cpa
industrynewsletters

the taxpayer first act of 2019 is redesigning how the irs works with taxpayers, even though it may take a while for many of the provisions to take effect.

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some experts have highlighted the following aspects of the bill as especially important:
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how many tax preparers do you need?

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stacks of papers on the corner of a deskalso: why error tracking is vital.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

we’ve discussed planning for tax season in terms of how many full- and part-time preparers you need. now, let’s discuss this in terms of capacity and turnaround time. let’s ask why we should ever hire additional tax preparers at all, because hiring additional people only costs more money.

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we’ll start with a really ridiculous example and then get realistic.
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how manufacturers can use the r&d tax credit

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bottles of sunflower oil on an assembly linethere’s a 4-part test.

by barry j. friedman, cpa
industrynewsletters

many manufacturing companies fail to take advantage of the generous research and development (r&d) tax credit simply because they don’t have staff working in a lab. the internal revenue service’s (irs) definition of r&d is codified at internal revenue code section 41 and its related regulations – and it may not be exactly what you think it is.

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from 2018 to 2027, the estimated value of r&d tax credits to be claimed by u.s. companies is estimated at $163 billion, with $148 billion of that going to corporations.
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wip-ing clients into shape

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//www.g005e.com/2019/09/18/wip-ing-clients-into-shapepresent draft tax returns for their approval.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

poor scheduling isn’t the only way wip gets out of control. clients cause wip to grow by not answering questions or approving drafts on a timely basis.

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do you think you can’t control client behavior? think again.
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