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are you crossing off your business bucket list?

a vintage wooden bucket with metal ring supports and a handle and a aged paper attached to the front that reads "bucket list"if you don’t dream big, who will?

by sandi leyva
the complete guide to marketing for tax & accounting firms

do you have a business bucket list?

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did you see the movie “the bucket list”? morgan freeman and jack nicholson played men who didn’t have too long to live. they each wrote up a bucket list, a list of things they wanted to do or accomplish before they kicked the bucket (as we say in the south).
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politics & government

irs plays whac-a-mole with the phones

frazzled woman yelling at two phone receivers

what, just moving the resources around doesn’t work?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the internal revenue service did a dismal job of answering phone calls in 2021, struggling to pick up the toll-free 1040 phone 11 percent of the time it rang. a year later, that number leaped to a still-dismal 29 percent.

more: ten irs problems that need solutions | treasury ig sees progress at irs | vcs plunk $60 million into ai-powered ‘autonomous’ tax prep | tax pros are expanding and earning more | with fresh funding, irs shows service improvements | how tax practitioners became cybersecurity risks
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so janet yellen did what any treasury secretary would do: she gave the irs a swift kick in the 1040 and committed the service to answering at least 85 percent of calls in 2023 and cutting wait times in half.

and the irs’s customer service representatives did it! yay, right?
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advisory & consulting

how to assess needs for a client proposal

businesswoman using a tablet

use an anticipatory set to make things easier for both sides.

by penny breslin
it’s not just the numbers

in 2000, our company created a quickbooks training dvd. the owner wanted it done professionally and hired a movie company and rented a studio. the rfp went out. all proposals received had a fee for discovery.

more: how to maximize on-site client meetings | use timesheets for productivity, not billing | revisit your back office support procedures | federated search: what it is, why it matters | accounting tech tools to minimize your pain | do your apps play well with others? | it’s ok to have favorite clients | ten questions for teamwork
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today, if you were to hire a development team to create, update or install code, they would charge you a certain amount for discovery before they would do any actual coding. what you are paying for is the development of the anticipatory set and a clear definition of the scope.
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management

fifteen strategies for first-time supervisors

partners should set staff up for success.

by ed mendlowitz
202 questions and answers: managing an accounting practice

question: my boss asked me to call you. i am a staff accountant with five years’ experience. i am having a lot of stress trying to manage everything i have to do. i am juggling supervising people i don’t know how to supervise, being managed less by those above me and having to figure out more for myself – including things i never did before or in industries i never worked on previously, keeping current with changes in accounting rules and taxes (because i am more like a generalist and clients ask me everything), never seem to have any free time, juggling my schedule because most of my clients are never ready when they say they will be and being accountable to my boss for everything i do plus what the staff working under me does.

more: no one listens to you? change how you talk | free consultation? not always | referral fee? forget it | how much is your tax practice worth? | merge in lower-priced work without losing out
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so how do i do it all? how can i prioritize all my responsibilities?

response: wow! deep question! it seems there is very little written for “entry-level” supervisors. but plenty for people already doing it.
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