Very few preparers would consider changing any part of their system a month before busy season ends, so I won’t offer any of my sage advice. But I will make a suggestion.

Here are some ways to save you and your tax practice some headaches this season.

WithumSmith+Brown, PC has rolled out a “Dress for Your Day” policy with a manual illustrating the different ways staff can dress depending upon what they are doing that day.

My two columns in January on having a firm specialty of being a generalist have generated considerable comments and emails to me.

There is no question there are different kinds of complexity for returns.

Tax season is a busy time and there is a temptation to take a shortcut on procedures, skip some extra training or sidestep an extra effort to be in touch with a client. Succumbing to these and other temptations is a shortsighted mistake that should be avoided.

When I was an employee I moonlighted and developed a base of clients who enabled me to eventually quit my job and start my own practice. How could I not like tax season?

A generalist has to be knowledgeable in most areas, but possibly expert in none.

This summer a couple of my columns dealt with developing a specialization, and I had a ton of feedback. One person I spoke to is a young accountant who is trying to figure out a career path with a specialization. She has about five years of experience and feels she needs to choose a specialization to be able to start the next phase of her career.

I am asked frequently how I get ideas, and each time I give a different response.