TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 6 BUSY SEASON MANAGEMENT Do you make them feel important? By Ed Mendlowitz Tax Season Opportunity Guide Clients are our customers. They pay our salary and enable us to make good livings. Do what you can to accommodate them and make them feel important – as important as they believe they are. […]
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WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 31, 2018 Plus 4 “how much?” questions to ponder. By Ed Mendlowitz How to Build a Stronger Tax Practice As you see each tax prep client you should keep a list of additional services you can offer them. Also, continue this list when you review each return. MORE ON MARKETING TAX SERVICES: How […]
By David Lifson, CPA January 2018 In order to meet legislative rules that would have required some bipartisan support, the Republicans have passed historic and comprehensive tax reform legislation that is already in need of comprehensive reform. This version of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) will almost certainly not last long; it is designed to […]
An Historical Perspective on the Passage of TRA ’86 By Walter Primoff, CPA/PFS, CGMA January 2018 Editor’s Note: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most significant overhaul of the federal tax system since the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA ’86), recently passed Congress and was signed into law by the President. This occasion presents […]
A Tax Reform Law for Our New Normal Publisher’s Column By Joanne S. Barry, CAE January 2018 In The CPA Journal‘s December 1986 issue, authors Stanley Rier and Leonard Goodman summed up their analysis of how that year’s major tax reform bill would affect individuals this way: “It appears that under the banner of tax simplification, Congress […]
By Edward Mendlowitz Published January 08 2018, 1:09 pm EST Back in 2010, I wrote a book called “Power Bites,” containing some concise management, leadership and lifestyle advice I give to my clients. I was recently asked to update the book, but after rereading it, I still like it the way it is. Here are […]
By Edward Mendlowitz Published January 01 2018, 3:38pm EST All of the accountants I know and interact with are nice caring people and I like them. However there is one area where I believe they are being shortsighted and neglectful—when they have not made arrangements for the continuation and sale of their practice should they […]
By Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA and Walter Primoff, CPA/PFS, CGMA December 2017 In the wake of the Equifax computer breach—in which key personal information of 145 million Americans was stolen—it may be correct to assume that anyone with a credit history is affected. In the words of noted cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs, “Assume you’re compromised, and take […]
By Vincent J. Love and Thomas R. Mansero December 2017 Co-authored by ACA member Vincent J. Love, Alternative Dispute Resolution for Accounting and Related Services Disputes, appeared in the December 2017 issue of the CPA Journal. It addresses the pros and cons of using ADR and gives examples of how mediation and arbitration clauses can be […]
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