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scanners are critical tools. two to know: fujitsu and canon.
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quantum of paperless: technology guide & checklist
software saves the 2020 tax season
survey says tax practitioners have never been so satisfied with their tax prep applications.
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what’s the best word to describe the infamous 2020 tax season?
brutal? infectious? interesting? perpetual? weird?
one word works for everybody: unprecedented. a pandemic. a lockdown. new legislation. new rules. federal programs. federal disasters. bankruptcies.
it seems the only thing that’s gone right is software.
the bottom line: tax practitioners have never been more satisfied with their tax apps.
five ways to improve operating margin during covid
are you too generous with your writeoffs?
by bill penczak
maybe the pandemic isn’t all bad
4 hidden blessings.
by ty hendrickson
i have never felt the power of the old saying, “the only constant is change,” more than this year. as we navigate the second half of 2020, i find myself reflecting on how much has changed in the course of just a few short months.
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i don’t want to talk about covid-19 or the new normal or unprecedented times or any of the other hot terms we’ve all heard about 100 times daily. everything that 2020 has hit us with has been incredibly heavy, insanely bizarre (can we please never hear about murder hornets again?) and for someone like me who already functions with a high level of anxiety, it is has been very stress-inducing.
2020 has been a wild ride both personally and professionally, and i’m ready for a fresh start.
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clients want to pay you more (really!)
new research shows opportunities to boost revenues by up to 31%.
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as cpas know better than anyone, these are turbulent times. whatever the situation was, it just changed. cpas know because they are at the center of it all — the calm, analytic eye at the center of hurricane upheaval.
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so consider for a moment the desperation of the businesses that are or could be your clients. they are suffering:
- the financial and logistical onslaught of the pandemic,
- the ever-evolving rules on taxation,
- the constant change in compliance,
- the lack of time for issues not within their core business (accounting, for example),
- the problems and insecurities of their own clients and customers, and
- concerns about the future.
in other words, clients have more important things to do than keep track of financial matters.
and they’re willing to pay for the freedom to stick to their core business.
the trick…
attaching files to a chat or post in ms teams
john higgins explains how to maximize a tool you probably already own.
covid drives new m&a trends
buyers find good deals as baby boomers head for the exits.
by joseph tarasco
accountants advisory group
as the economic recession and health concerns in our nation are at a pivotal point and closely linked in a “perfect storm,” strategy-oriented cpa firm leaders will take more of a holistic approach to manage and lead their firms.
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coming to terms with the recession and health risks, leaders must not only focus on the current and immediate issues affecting their firms but now they must also plan for the near and long-term future “new model.”
re-thinking today’s firm with five global leaders
are you building a cathedral or merely breaking stones?
by bill penczak
the combination of the summer doldrums and the covid shutdown has provided some firm leaders pause to get in touch with their right-brainedness.
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these are difficult times for the economy and the industry, and while some firms hope to return to the good old days, covid and other societal changes may cause a long-overdue sea change in the accounting industry, which has been doing the same thing the same way for more than 100 years.
sometimes it takes a catastrophe to spur fundamental change, and that’s what we’re seeing today.
how to add visuals to a message in ms teams
john higgin explains how to add visuals to your teams messages.
the no. 1 reason accountants fail to build advisory practices
shift your mindset for covid-era client services. stop thinking about selling and start thinking about helping.
by ty hendrickson
what is the number one reason that accountants get stuck providing transactional services?
mindset.
now, i’m not one of those gurus that preaches mindset and how if you want something in your life, all you have to do is visualize it. that’s not the mindset i’m talking about here. i’m talking about the mentality that accountants “feel bad” for charging someone for their expertise and advice.
more: the real problems created in a remote workforce | can you really grow without adding clients? | 4 reasons to welcome rejection |
while this is not a new problem, it has bubbled to the surface amidst the covid-19 crisis. in the vast majority of my conversations with firm owners recently, i hear the same line over and over again, “i’ve spent so much time talking to my clients about loans and explaining their options that i’ve hardly gotten any tax work completed. now, i have to charge them $1,000 for those conversations, and i just don’t feel like i can do that because i know the financial situation they are in right now. i feel bad.”
what?!?!
the forecast: partly gloomy, chance of doom
almost three in four accountants now foresee a deeper downturn for the u.s. economy.
busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer results bear bad tidings for cpa firms, their clients, and their families. the forecast is not good. accountants know numbers, and the numbers they are seeing do not bode well.
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as the u.s. braces for a summer surge in coronavirus infections, the economy is crashing – with gdp down at an annual rate of 33 percent last quarter, and a 10 percent drop from the first quarter – the worst declines in more than 70 years of record-keeping. and new jobless claims in the latest week rose by 867,000 to 17 million.
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