10 things not to say during tax season

older man with finger on lips and other hand out in "shush" gestureeliminate excuses.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

tax season is a busy time and preparers sometimes neglect to get something outside of tax prep done. needless to say, clients don’t want to hear it. and your firm may miss some valuable opportunities.

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here are a bunch of phony reasons why some things don’t get done…
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top 12 tax return errors

error stampeddon’t ignore last year’s return.

by ed mendlowitz
how to review tax returns: the field-tested update

following is a checklist with a listing of the most frequent tax preparation errors. use this as a guide of what the reviewers should look for.

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  1. number transposition and spelling errors. this includes income and deduction amounts and client social security numbers, addresses and zip codes. spelling errors should also be avoided – they indicate a lack of attention to what you are doing.

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tax season turns ugly under coronavirus

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer shows a marked decline in practitioners reporting a “better” year and increases in “worse.”

early optimism turns to fear and dismay as the covid-19 crisis spreads.

busy season barometer:
how does this year’s busy season compare to last year’s?
betterworse, or about the same?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

whether the covid-19 panic is much ado about nothing or not enough being done about something, america’s tax and accounting practitioners are already seeing their early-season optimism shift into a mid-season nosedive.

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the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer has been fielding responses since early january. and, for a while, things looked good. until the end of february, early respondents generally saw their season moving along swimmingly, the economy booming, clients doing well, families hunky-dory. this year was going to be so much better than last year.

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what’s not to like about tax season?

businesswoman holding green folderif you’re not happy, target why.

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by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

successful people are happy with their practices and what they do and get joy from interacting and helping clients.  i know a lot of accountants who continuously complain about tax season – yet they make most of their money during the period.

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do they expect someone to knock on their door with a wheelbarrow of money to hand them? if they are financially secure, why do they keep working? if they are not, then, duh! either do it or find something else, but stop complaining. better yet, look at all the benefits from what you do (if you need me to tell you the benefits then find something else to do).
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