10 reasons to hate tax season

and 7 ways to learn to love it instead.  how’s your tax season so far? join the survey, compare results with your peers.

by rick telberg/at large

tax professionals may be embarking on one of their busiest busy seasons in memory, fraught with a rapidly sinking economy, traumatized clients and a turbulent tax and regulatory environment.

from my experience, the most important thing cpas can do at this time is to be there to hold their client’s hand, gain a full understanding of their goals and anxieties, and plot new strategies together.