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two types of tax review and how to use them

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let color-coded tick marks be your friends.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

one of your roles as ceo is reviewer. there are two types of review: primary and secondary.

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depending on the size of your firm, you may only have primary reviews. if your firm consists of you and a preparer, you won’t have a second level of review. i don’t consider the self-review as a review step. i consider it part of preparation.
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richard roppa-roberts: collaboration over competition | the disruptors

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the disruptors
with liz farr

richard roppa-roberts created roundtable labs by accident.

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he had just started his consulting firm, quasar cowboy, “and i had one spot available for a new client, and i had nine prospects, and i didn’t know what to do,” roppa-roberts explains. “i was new at this whole thing, and i’m like, well, i’m gonna put them all in a room together and see what shakes out. and what shook out was the first cohort of roundtable labs.”

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advisory & consulting

what struggling small businesses need

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digital apps and credit cards are helping.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

small businesses with one to 100 employees were struggling a bit in the year ending october 2024, according to a survey conducted by intuit quickbooks, but may be starting to get back on their feet.

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the survey results may be of interest to accounting practices that are advising small businesses in various sectors and regions. in that digital and ai applications are giving advantage to companies that use them, accounting clients may be looking for advice on how to put these tools to work.
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audit & assurance

develop an alternative to the traditional cpa career track

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how about lending new hires out to your best clients?

by alan anderson, cpa
transforming audit for the future

i’m fortunate to have two great former auditors working with me in accountability plus – my son tyler anderson and corey schmidt, who met working together as auditors. but that firm – like most firms – was focused on total hours worked and realization rates, and had no tracks for auditors who didn’t fit in the normal staff to senior to supervisor to manager to partner progression.

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as corey told me, “tyler and i were good with workflow management and managing processes, and that’s what our firm should have had us focus on.” corey demonstrated that when he was assigned the employee benefit plan practice at that firm, and through his leadership, improved fee realization from 60 percent to 100 percent.

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advisory & consulting

ten causes of irs audits | listicle

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a survey found that more than half of all americans would rather get mugged than audited by the irs. getting audited can mean a lot of work, a lot of expense and maybe a lot of penalty.

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discrepancies and dubious deductions are typical triggers for an audit. here are the 10 most common callers of irs attention. this list is not all-inclusive. read more →