Practice and client management

What if Jeff Bezos chose the accounting profession instead of starting that little online bookstore so many years ago?

Advisors tend to avoid clients' tax issues when they involve the IRS. It's a missed opportunity to add value.

Client surveys are an effective method to find out what clients are thinking and also give some the opportunity to vent about what displeases them.

Make sure everyone is in alignment with your core values and get to know each person’s passions outside of work.

You deserve to raise your fees. Can you live up to the service expectation?

If your firm is a more pleasant place to work, succession often takes care of itself. If you don’t like working there, no one else will.

IRS site not as popular; marketing’s place in talent acquisition; new blog; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Cross-selling value-added services enables your firm to tap into its established client base and leverage the relationships and work your firm already conducts to unlock new revenue streams.

Sean Boyce identifies the key point at which growing firms need to change how they operate, or risk stagnating, and shares what the key issues they need to deal with.

Tax season ends today and some of you can rest well tomorrow after concluding a successful tax season. However, some of you won’t be resting easy because you had a lousy tax season.

Client accounting and advisory services are the clear pathway to exponential growth for today’s firms.

Energy-policy mess; time is not on your side; cybersecurity planning; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Practitioners share what those who want to start their own business know — and don’t know.

Is your firm still hung up on butts in the seats?

The last week of the “official” tax season is starting right now. Here are some things I did to lighten the mental load.

Offering these services gives firms a competitive edge, advances and deepens client relationships, and opens doors to new opportunities.

EY-Parthenon, the strategy consulting business of Ernst & Young, has acquired Quantitative Scientific Solutions (QS-2), a Washington, D.C-based technology consulting firm that specializes in scientific, engineering and analytics.

Whether it’s minimizing the number of administrative tasks that take up large chunks of their day or more access to data to help inform a decision, accountants and bookkeepers can benefit.

The tools, processes and mindset your firm brings to interacting with clients make all the difference.

Practitioners weigh in on whether texting is a good idea, and their preferred ways to communicate.