Tax practice

We are down to the last three weeks of tax season. How much better can it get?

You’re not an accountant; you’re a luxury service provider.

You are in the middle of a war trying to get returns done, staff assigned, clients satisfied and cooperative.

Each checklist was developed based on a need, at that time, and at times I use almost every one — though some much more than others.

Make clients a walking billboard for your firm.

Thomson Reuters has scheduled its 12th annual series of partner summits for tax and accounting professionals.

When I started working, in 1963, the IRS had a policy where everyone preparing and signing tax returns had to be an enrolled agent.

The Minnesota Society of CPAs has a list of outrageous questions clients have asked their tax preparers this tax season.

Four words can make all the difference.

Busy season has barely begun and you can expect it to be one of the most frenetic and stressful tax seasons ever. Take control of it with some handy apps.

The provider of cloud-based practice management software for tax pros and accountants will be launching tax prep software for next tax season.

The IRS is back open for business and here are some handy resources to help clients with their taxes.

The “organizer” is no longer something that most clients will actually fill out and stuff, staple and paperclip.

Everything you should do vs. what you can do vs. what you want to do vs. what you will do.

Here are some suggestions of ways to feel happier in 2019.

Practitioners share which designations they’re pursuing – and which their clients value.

Big bank shuffle; tax fraud smoked; asphalt, trees and evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

AI is not just impacting tax preparers, but the companies that make tax prep software too. Many are going to be left behind.

As tax professionals, we aren’t the only ones watching our industries transform.

It’s important for professionals to learn how to embrace this generation, and future generations, to accelerate their firm’s technology goals and increase overall employee engagement.