{"id":107747,"date":"2023-02-06t13:10:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-06t18:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=107747"},"modified":"2024-08-07t23:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08t03:09:48","slug":"marchternity-the-solution-is-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2023\/02\/06\/marchternity-the-solution-is-community\/","title":{"rendered":"marchternity: the solution is community"},"content":{"rendered":"

before another grueling tax season, find your tribe.<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

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more on marchternity:
\n<\/strong>just say ‘no,’ by seth fineberg<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

by liz farr<\/em><\/p>\n

the last several years have been rough on accountants, to say the least.<\/p>\n

i left public accounting at the end of 2017, so i have been spared the never-ending chaos of the last five years, starting with the last-minute sweeping changes of the tcja, and continuing on through the pandemic. however, thanks to social media groups like #taxtwitter and accounting firm influencers on facebook, i\u2019ve had an idea of the misery, confusion, exhaustion, and sheer frustration of tax pros trying to maintain sanity in the face of complete insanity.<\/p>\n

more liz farr:<\/strong> donny shimamoto: future firm growth requires a mindshift<\/a> |\u00a0jennifer wilson: empower young workers to build the firm everyone loves<\/a> |\u00a0mike whitmire: re-think your hiring and training practices<\/a> |\u00a0hector garcia: success strategies of a quickbooks youtube superstar<\/a> | blake oliver: why tax work yearns to be free<\/a>|\u00a0private equity explodes in u.k.<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0brannon poe: the status quo must go<\/a> \u00a0| accounting nerds, unlock your super powers<\/a> \u00a0| disruptor: jason statts shakes up the status quo<\/a> | think small to think big with matt wilkinson<\/a> |\u00a0when financial statements go extinct with corey schmidt<\/a> |\u00a0can geraldine carter save accountants from themselves?<\/a> |\u00a0re-inventing accounting with tyler anderson<\/a><\/p>\n

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in 2020, adam markowitz, a razor-sharp ea and active member of the #taxtwitter community, coined the term marchternity, for the month of the 2020 tax season that never seemed to end. ultimately, thanks to the mad coding skills of chris hervochon, the marchternity bot was born, providing \u201cdaily updates on what day of marchternity it is because march 2020 will never end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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unofficially, markowitz called marchternity over on oct. 18, 2022, after \u201c961 painful days,\u201d in a masterful tweet thread<\/a> that lays out the days, weeks, months and years of ppp, ffcra, cares, arpa and the rest of the alphabet soup of quickly enacted but poorly executed pandemic measures. let\u2019s not even mention the dumpster fire that the irs has been in. markowitz ended the thread by saluting the community that came together on #taxtwitter to support each other, share information and vent about the irs, challenging clients and life in general.<\/p>\n

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officially, in response to a poll on twitter, the marchternity bot was decommissioned on nov. 26, 2022, after 1001 days.<\/p>\n

as i review the early results from the latest 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey, i\u2019m struck by the comments from practitioners who felt despair and exhaustion from the tax season that seemed to go on and on and on. those comments echo what i see over on #taxtwitter, with posts about preparers being exhausted to the point of ghosting good clients and having a hair-trigger reflex to fire the pita clients at the drop of a hat.<\/p>\n

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in the face of chaos, grueling hours, and confused and demanding clients, what can accountants do to counter the next (and, yes, there will be a next one) marchternity?<\/p>\n

i suggest the power of community.<\/p>\n

as a freelance writer, i\u2019ve worked out of my home, largely alone for nearly five years now. but i\u2019m never isolated. i stumbled on #taxtwitter and the verasage & friends and the accounting influencers groups on facebook a few years ago. i\u2019m also in a few groups for freelance writers. these free groups offer a low-commitment avenue for connecting with others and meeting tax pros around the country who are dealing with the same issues you are.<\/p>\n

what can you find in these free groups?<\/p>\n