tax pros handling 41% of e-filings.
by beth bellor
refunds, the one bright spot of the 2025 tax season so far, have dropped, and not just a little – 31 percent and more.
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the good news: they’re preventable.
by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide
here are the top 12 tax return preparation errors:
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and two steps to protect taxpayers.
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in case you haven’t noticed, the world has no shortage of scammers. if don’t believe it, check your email inbox and spam folder. count the nigerian widows, the miracle pills, the fake invoices, the contests you’ve won and all the other attempts to rob you.
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one of the most painful scams is the shyster tax practitioner. innocent, well intentioned taxpayers come looking for help only to find themselves paying a fee to be tossed into the labyrinthine hell of the irs bureaucracy.
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true tales about the busy season.
by frank stitely
the relentless cpa
your first role as ceo is chief strategist. that means putting the right people in the right roles with the right resources.
your second role is trainer and coach. this role is closely related to your role as chief strategist. you can’t put the right people in the right positions without the right people. this second role is about creating and keeping the right people.
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unfortunately, few of the people you hire will be the right people immediately. you have to grow them. they aren’t necessarily slackers or stupid. they have never worked in a forward-looking, well organized firm like yours. if you have made it this far through our discussions, you are well on your way to creating an extraordinary firm.
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do the work that fulfills you.
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the disruptors
with liz farr
cannabis accounting is not for the faint of heart, says monique swansen, owner of accounting for green, which provides accounting services to cannabis businesses. first, there’s a big inventory component, so “if you’re an accounting professional that does not want to deal in inventory, cannabis is not your space,” swansen says. cannabis inventory is further complicated by federal law, which disallows tax deductions for anything but the cost of goods sold. this means meticulous tracking of all direct costs to get the maximum possible tax deduction. compliance with state laws also requires “documentation for every single movement of inventory or money,” says swansen. banking is also challenging because “no federal banks will bank cannabis.”
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cannabis business owners tend to know less about running a business than many other types of businesses. “so you really have to start that relationship early and really try to talk with those people and understand those people where they’re at so that you can really help them,” swansen recommends. her personal sweet spot is starting to work with cannabis businesses three to six months before they become operational. read more →