Tax practice

Voices Art of Accounting: Getting started—how to determine what to charge

Edward Mendlowitz
Partner WithumSmith+Brown, PC, CPAs

Almost every job has a value to the client. Try to uncover this and price the job, considering that value.

Fee-based June 19

Fee-based June 19
IRS loses lawsuit over PTIN fees, suspends PTIN system, and may be forced to refund preparers

A federal district court has ruled in favor of tax preparers who filed a class-action lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over its right to charge fees for Preparer Tax Identification Numbers, and the IRS may need to refund hundreds of millions of dollars in fees collected each year.

PTIN Michael Cohn June 5

PTIN Michael Cohn June 5
Video Tax software and support for the experts

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Voices From tax accountant to profit expert in 8 steps

Nastassja Tejada
Head of sales, Accountant Advisor Program OnDeck

Clients are focused on sales, delivering products and services, and growth, but many of them don’t understand how to consistently stay profitable. That’s where their accountant comes in.

Practice management May 31

Practice management May 31
Voices Art of Accounting: I am not Mr. Perfect

Edward Mendlowitz
Partner WithumSmith+Brown, PC, CPAs

I write a lot about a lot of things. On technical topics I never get negative feedback—unless I wrote something wrong, which fortunately has been very rare, and then it is a gentle nudge that perhaps I overlooked or misread something.

Practice management May 1

Practice management May 1
10 ways to grade your tax season

With April 18 in the past, tax practices should start assessing their performance.

Tax season April 28

Tax season April 28
Happy Tax gets assist from former Jackson Hewitt CEO

Uber and Amazon may be the models for the tax preparation process of the future, according to Keith Alessi, the former Jackson Hewitt chairman and CEO who recently joined the board of upstart tax prep franchiser Happy Tax.

Tax franchises Michael Cohn April 28

Tax franchises Michael Cohn April 28
Voices Art of Accounting: Firing season

Edward Mendlowitz
Partner WithumSmith+Brown, PC, CPAs

Many firms fire staff after tax season. The reason being that they feel they needed to get through tax season and those who are not good are let go as soon as practical. I did it differently.

Tax season April 24

Tax season April 24
Voices Art of Accounting: The end and beginning of the cycle

Edward Mendlowitz
Partner WithumSmith+Brown, PC, CPAs

The annual life cycle for accountants traditionally ends and begins with April 15 (or whatever the actual due date is). The early months of the year are involved or consumed with tax season. After tax season ends, normality begins.

Tax season April 17

Tax season April 17
Voices Art of Accounting: One week to go

Edward Mendlowitz
Partner WithumSmith+Brown, PC, CPAs

I never liked counting down months, weeks or days. To me, it makes the time seem to go by too quickly and decreases my appreciation of today.

Tax season April 10

Tax season April 10

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