{"id":34877,"date":"2014-08-04t00:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-04t04:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=34877"},"modified":"2015-10-23t03:22:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23t07:22:04","slug":"23-reasons-clients-are-better-off-with-a-cpa-for-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/08\/04\/23-reasons-clients-are-better-off-with-a-cpa-for-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"23 reasons clients really need you for taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"
question: <\/strong>this is not a question that an accountant asked me, but a fellow traveler on my vacation. he was using a tax preparation service and wasn\u2019t happy and felt he could do just as well by doing his own tax return. i told him there were many benefits to using a tax professional like a cpa or ea that were well worth the extra cost. so my question to myself is \u201cwhat are they?\u201d<\/p>\n response:<\/strong>\u00a0 people with rental property, unincorporated businesses, investments that generate k-1s, grantor trusts, substantial investments in marketable securities or large retirement accounts and 401(k) balances need to engage a professional firm, and this checklist is directed toward those clients. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" question: <\/strong>this is not a question that an accountant asked me, but a fellow traveler on my vacation. he was using a tax preparation service and wasn\u2019t happy and felt he could do just as well by doing his own tax return. i told him there were many benefits to using a tax professional like a cpa or ea that were well worth the extra cost. so my question to myself is \u201cwhat are they?\u201d<\/p>\n response:<\/strong>\u00a0 people with rental property, unincorporated businesses, investments that generate k-1s, grantor trusts, substantial investments in marketable securities or large retirement accounts and 401(k) balances need to engage a professional firm, and this checklist is directed toward those clients. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2303,5,3120,1906],"tags":[27,804,77,1527],"class_list":["post-34877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tax-season","category-outlook","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-tax-practice","tag-tax","tag-tax-prep","tag-tax-season","tag-tax-season-management","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n