tax season

it’s official: irs sets monday, jan. 27, as start of filing season 2020

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april 15 is in 98 days. but who’s counting?

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the internal revenue service confirmed that the nation’s tax season will start for individual tax return filers on monday, january 27, 2020, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2019 tax year returns.

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the deadline to file 2019 tax returns and pay any tax owed is wednesday, april 15, 2020. more than 150 million individual tax returns for the 2019 tax year are expected to be filed, with the vast majority of those coming before the traditional april tax deadline. read more →

5 steps for tax season success

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man talking to woman with checklistapply consistency to service, processes and standards.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

one way to guarantee extra work is to have everything always done differently each time it is done.

more on tax season: help tax clients help you | 3 steps to tax season happiness | 12 ways to have more fun this tax season | bill with the tax return, get paid faster
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not establishing uniform procedures is bad business and unnecessarily consumes part of your life. consistency in performance reduces work and review time and creates a greater reliance on the staff people.
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help tax clients help you

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man staring at pile of paperwork11 clear instructions to make tax season easier.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

providing instructions of what a client needs to do must be clear enough so that the client doesn’t call you to find out what to do.

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sometimes taking an extra minute to lay out what the client should do can eliminate that call or indecisive moment a client might feel.

  1. the object of the instructions is to have the client do what you want them to do.

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12 ways to have more fun in tax season

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share the excitement that keeps you in this field.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

tax season presents exciting opportunities for accounting firms and their staff.

more: 5 ways to build teamwork | creating a cross-selling culture | 5 ways to build teamwork | when time-based pricing works | start marketing now for next season | the clients that got away  | 4 reasons not to let staff go after tax season | cross-selling beyond your comfort zone | 

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every moment should be enjoyed and appreciated.

here’s how:

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the top five reasons tax clients go diy

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and the top five ways to win them back.

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taxpayers are more than twice as likely to use do-it-your-self software to prepare their returns, but they’re also 38 percent less likely to be satisfied when they do, according to a new survey by a tax software vendor.

focused on what pushes consumers towards tax-prep diy software technology solutions, the study of more than 500 taxpayers across the u.s. shows broad opportunities for accounting professionals.

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bill with the tax return, get paid faster

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stamp paid - 3dit’s good business and your clients prefer it.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

tax season is a business and businesses need to be paid. it is harder to justify prices when providing services rather than products. products are usually priced before delivery while many times services are priced after delivery, i.e. performance.

more: 5 ways to build teamwork | creating a cross-selling culture | 5 ways to build teamwork | when time-based pricing works | start marketing now for next season | the clients that got away  | 4 reasons not to let staff go after tax season | cross-selling beyond your comfort zone
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many accountants price returns before they are worked on, usually basing the fee on last year, or a rate schedule. sending a bill with the return establishes the relationship that you should be paid promptly for the work done.

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tax season savvy: five ways to stay sane

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why good boundaries make good workplaces.

by kristen rampe

after spending nearly 20 years with accountants (including myself!), i’ve come to recognize a common trait among our tribe. we’re a group of people who love saying “yes.”

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we say “yes” to clients, firm partners, our team members, family, friends, volunteer engagements and so on. people love us for it. i mean, when you think of qualities you look for in people you work with, willingness and reliability are right up at the top of the list.

but as you’re working tirelessly to meet the needs of everyone you encounter, how are your own needs being met?

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why tax time is the best time to get new business

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businesswoman talking on phonesometimes it’s as easy as being available.

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

tax season has always been the best time of the year for me to get new business.

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the reason is that there is much less competition.

i never turn down an opportunity to get new business, whether it is tax work, audits, consultations or special assignments. tax season notwithstanding, i am always available to meet with someone who needs an accountant.
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debunking the demise of the cpa firm

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ai and blockchain aren’t replacing us.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

industry pundits subject us to a nonstop barrage of predictions that cpa firms will cease to exist very shortly. you know how much i love our industry pundits, who have never worked a day in a cpa firm. i dislike the ones who have not worked in cpa firms in the last 20 years only slightly less. their predictions are total and utter nonsense.

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i see two main types of doomsday predictions from our pundit buddies. first, they tell us that artificial intelligence will replace us. next, if ai doesn’t get us, blockchain will.
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how to thrive as a 21st-century firm

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computer monitors morph into chain links“professional staff without higher-level skills will be out of the business.”

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

if you believe accounting industry pundits, artificial intelligence and blockchain will decimate accounting firms the way an asteroid killed off the dinosaurs. but paleontologists don’t think dinosaurs really went extinct. they survived as today’s birds. in the next 10 years, or sooner, accounting and tax firms will evolve from offices full of employees dutifully typing data into workstations to organizers of terabytes of accounting data for our clients.

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the pundits are wrong about our extinction. effective project management will prepare your firm to thrive in the 21st century. i’ll take you there in a bit of a roundabout way via the coming of blockchain to the irs.
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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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