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updated: accountants critical of competitor price-cutting

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the average firm may be trimming billing rate increases. but 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 readers aren’t average.

cpa firm price increases slowed to a month-to-month increase of 0.4 percent in november, down from a 3.1 percent in september, and a fraction of the year-ago 1.9 percent hike. the picture in tax prep is even dimmer, with month-to-month slowdowns and year-to-year declines.

 

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ayster: not afraid to raise rates

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heading into tax season, cpa firms may be facing new pricing pressures, even as wages and consumer prices increase at record rates, according to a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 study of new government economic data.

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to be sure, many 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 members responding to our survey are resisting the pressures, and plan on pushing ahead with price increases.

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while inflation is pushing prices up at record rates in major sectors of the u.s. economy, cpa firms appear to be trimming their billing rate increases, slicing 0.2 percent off the average price from october to november, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

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when to pick up the phone this tax season

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businessman talking on phone in the officepersonal touches help retain clients.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

clients are not numbers on a list that needs to be reduced. they are all individuals and consider themselves very important people and want professionals who treat them accordingly.

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it is attitudinal and accountants must adopt that mindset and transmit that through to their culture. so you need to know when it’s essential to pick up the phone.

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automate tax season with apps you already use

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make automation take the load off this busy season.

by donny shimamoto
center for accounting transformation

between tax law changes and the pandemic, the last two busy seasons have been a bear for tax preparers to deal with.

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while there is still some volatility and uncertainty around what the next busy season will look like, tax preparers should consider the following technology-related initiatives now so they can proactively equip their firms for the coming busy season. this should enable staff to have more work-life balance during the busy season and increase the firm’s ability to recruit and retain talent.

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these five procedures will simplify your tax season

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man talking to woman with checklistof course, this includes checklists.

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.

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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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11 steps to better client tax instructions

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help them help you.

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.
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get your team ready for tax season

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happy multi-ethnic business team with thumbs up in the officethree steps to a happier grind.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

if you have staff, have happy cheerful helpful people. don’t surround yourself with downers and naysayers.

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also have 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.
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12 ways to squeeze fun into tax season

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four young happy office employeeswhy not?

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

tax season presents exciting opportunities for accounting firms and their staffs. every moment should be enjoyed and appreciated.

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following are 12 reasons:

1. tax season is profitable and accounting is a business where we try to maximize our earnings. sure, there is a great concentration of work in a short period with occasional pressure, but if handled properly, the work can be managed sensibly with tensions at reasonable levels. i also believe much of the pressure is self-induced by poor scheduling, inadequate quality control and the lack of uniform systems that are followed by everyone in the firm, particularly the partners.

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six ways to get paid faster

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stamp paid - 3dit’s good for business and considerate to clients.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

accounting is a business and businesses need to be paid.

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it’s 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.

many accountants price tax 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.

it shows that you run a business and also provides a courtesy to the client in that they can immediately evaluate the cost and value of what was done.

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google ads for new tax clients

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the simple, easy steps for getting started with google ads in time for busy season.


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as the 2022 busy season begins to loom larger, this is a great time to get to know google ads, says becky livingston, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ digital marketing guru says in this replay of recent 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 flash briefing webinar. flash briefings are fast-paced 30-minute conversations on urgent issues and quick answers.

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livingston walks you through the steps from beginning to end. start by defining your perfect client, then begin building the right offer for them, she says. after that, you can lay out a schedule and work on a budget. but start early, because if you’re looking for tax clients in the run-up to tax season, the best keywords will start to get pricey. by livingston’s estimates, 10 to 15 percent of accounting firms are already using google ad words. that may sound like a lot. but there’s still plenty of room for firms — especially local firms — to dive in and start landing new clients.

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busy season forecast: more chaos

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busy season barometer: 53% report a “worse” year, compared with 31% reporting “better.”

ironically, the chaos translates into expanded business.

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it was a pretty bad busy season for most of the nation’s tax preparers. covid-19 was on the wane, but congress was on the job, jiggering tax rules even as the season was underway.

and, now, with the prospects of a federal government shutdown and a multi-trillion-dollar spending bill, 2022 is shaping up to be deja vu all over again.

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to be sure, a good number of accountants are assuaged by more clients and more revenue. but the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer finds preparers experiencing a long, tough slog.

on the frontlines (from left): hochberger, wright, speed, frazier, widmann.

in all, 53 percent say they had a busy season somewhat worse (27 percent) or much worse (26 percent) than last year.

for some, it seems like a good time to call it quits. “thank you for all the love and support,” says one firm’s auto-responder to incoming emails.

“as some of you may know, this past few tax seasons have been nothing short of chaotic, to say the least,” the three-office, north carolina tax shop tells callers. “but i have enjoyed being able to assist each and every one of my clients.”

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