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Prepare for Next Tax Season

Expanding Your Business While you may be anticipating extensions, the toughest part of tax season will soon over, and it’s time for you to plan your celebration!  We highly recommend that you book a...

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Volunteer for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

Are you looking for a good opportunity to serve your community while advancing your career as a tax professional?  Serving on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) would not only be a good opportunity to...

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Home-Based Business Strategies

While running a business from home can be inexpensive and convenient, it can get tricky as you try to balance work and home life, sometimes all from the same room.  In order to ensure that your...

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5 Markers of Emotional Intelligence

According to author and entrepreneur Travis Bradberry, “people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time.”  He goes on to explain that the difference lies in a key...

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Sharpening the Saw

In Stephen Covey’s well-known and oft-quoted book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the last and final habit is known as “sharpening the saw.”  Covey explains that this habit “means having a...

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The Be-Do-Have Mentality

We’re a couple months into the New Year.  How are you doing with those resolutions? Some of us struggle with resolutions.  And unless they represent life-long changes, often resolutions can be useless....

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5 Simple Tips to End Procrastination

We’ve all procrastinated at one time or another.  And while for some, procrastination may represent a brief lapse in productivity, others are plagued with chronic procrastination that threatens their...

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Good Management Skills

Your ability (or inability) to motivate your staff will be reflected in the quality of their work, morale, and cooperation.  By just focusing on just a few things, you can change the temperament of...

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The National Taxpayer Advocate Submits Year-End Report to Congress

Every year the National Taxpayer Advocate submits a report to Congress identifying the most significant issues encountered by taxpayers.  On January 14th, 2015, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson...

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Deadline for New IRS Program

December 31st of this year is the last day tax preparers can complete the continuing education (CE) requirements for a new voluntary IRS program intended to help taxpayers determine 2015 return...

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6 Days of Business

What You Should Focus on in December December often comes before we realize it,and when caught unaware we can miss key opportunities to acquire new clients, secure more business, and create more...

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Happy Holidays to YOU!

Give Yourself the Gift of Profitability Who wouldn’t want the gift of profitability?  That’s probably even on Santa’s wish list.  A solid investment in yourself and your business would make a great...

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IRPAC’s 2014 Annual Report

The Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC) is a federal advisory committee that, using public forums, gathers information regarding IRS reporting issues.  Members of the committee...

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Thanking Clients

Everyone likes to be appreciated.  Once you realize that your business wouldn’t exist without your clients, it becomes easier to feel genuine gratitude for everyone on your roster.  When you are able...

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7 Tips for Building Teamwork

Whether you own your own practice with a support staff or work for an employer, you need to be a good team player.  This requires you to see your employees as teammates working towards the same goals....

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PTIN Renewal and New Filing Season Program

PTIN Renewal If you’re a paid tax preparer and haven’t already done so, now is the time to submit applications and renewals for your PTIN.  The IRS recently released information, including an audio...

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5 Tips in Running a Successful Family Practice

Family businesses: they seem to work really well or fail miserably.  That’s not to say that family-run businesses can’t be highly rewarding and lucrative.  However, if you’re participating in a family...

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Declutter Your Office

Are you overwhelmed by stacks of paperwork?  And are your files overflowing with documents?  Many professionals expected paperwork to diminish as technology advanced, but old habits die hard, and many...

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IRS Warns of “Phishing” Scam

On September 24th, the IRS issued a press release warning financial institutions of scams designed to steal FATCA-related account data.  Scam artists posing as the IRS have fraudulently requested...

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Strategic Budgeting

As a financial professional you probably think you’ve got your budget under control.  You know numbers and watch your spending to ensure that you are managing your money well.  But unless you’re...

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