Ed Mendlowitz

Early in my career I always felt I would not be that busy during July and August. Well, the reality never matched my expectations.

Here are some suggestions to consider and get started on now to help you next year.

If staff do not grow, then the owners cannot grow.

Many businesses have an annual Bring Your Kid to Work day and so does Withum.

The only thing holding back small firms is their hanging onto the past.

I assume staff will not do what is necessary to learn new things.

Bad people drive out good people.

The more of what you do that seems like drudgery, the less fun you will have.

I heard from some colleagues who were particularly upset and expressed overwhelming despair from unbearable pressure during tax season.

There can be no average fee or even an average fee range. Myriad factors go into determining the price of a review report. Here are some of the factors that affect the fee.

If you want to grow your practice, you can no longer rely on what you have been doing, but what you will be doing for your clients.

CPA firms are becoming more niche driven and expanding into greater advisory roles.

I’ve heard from many colleagues that tax season was not good. Here are some things that could have prevented or mitigated the problems.

For me the last week of tax season was always my busiest week. Let me share some last-minute observations.

We can offer clients a huge value and also generate some additional revenue for ourselves.

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

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.

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 complexity of everything that needs to be done is making running a practice more difficult for many small firms.