the points not taught in college.
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卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ annual busy season barometer is always a useful instrument for peeking into other professionals’ tax prep practices. among the data that can mined from survey results:
- how other practitioners are doing this season
- how this season compares with last year’s
- what other practitioners are doing differently this year
- what practitioners have learned since last year
- how others feel business and the economy will go – for the nation, for their firms, for their families
- how practitioners rate their own firms – and why
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what tax preparers have learned since last year is always especially interesting. the comments of professionals in the trenches are a list of all the lessons not taught in college. here are a few of them…
lessons on office process…
- scan source documents
- less paper.
- don’t get so far behind!
- get as much info as possible ahead of time.
- review returns more quickly and reduce turnaround time from start to finish.
- more emphasis on security
- more automation
- detailed checklists
- prepare early
- don’t start a return until all of a client’s docs are available.
- check new form calculations thoroughly rather than trust programmers.
- tackle the problems first.
- schedule more hours for appointments during the week.
- charge more for work!
lessons on client relationships…
- shorter intake meetings
- get people to pick up their returns sooner.
- schedule pickups when they drop off/send in info.
- educate clients on more digital processes to transfer to/from firm.
- extend everyone.
- more communication with clients
- allow more time with each client.
- be more involved with clients throughout the year.
- reduce appointments by urging all clients to use online portal to upload docs.
- if clients argue fees, fire them!
lessons on management…
- better staff
- more mentoring of staff
- better tracking of when work is received
- delay extra staff time until mid-february.
- review the process of review and distribution.
- reduce hours worked by partners.
- match process steps to maximize cpa time.
- delegate, but only to highly trained employees.
- don’t do it all yourself.
lessons on self…
- fewer personal appointments
- anticipate questions from clients
- be more productive.
- work less.
- never take your foot off the accelerator pedal, even if you have a small backlog.
- stay on top of things. use gruntworkx more.
- think better!
what could you add to all that? there’s still time to contribute to the 2020 busy season barometer. share your insights and see the survey results!