What a game last night! But sheesh — could they start those things any later? I’m on the East Coast right now, toddling through a month-long road trip with my family, but the last two days have been spent in an intimate setting with some clear-eyed tax professionals who made a decision to meet with
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There is very good news for smart tax professionals. Most of your competitors are emotionless lumps. There, I said it. Look, I’ve worked in our industry for a decade, and I’ve met with and coached hundreds (yea, thousands) of tax professionals in my day. It’s no secret that many who make our living with forms,
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Years ago, when we lived in Charlottesville, my wife and I started going to a small little church that was a warm community and had a vibrant life to it. But I’m not telling you this for any sort of religious reason — I’d like to tell you a short story about some people I met
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Last week, we had … Ricin Letters Marathon Bombings Boston Locked Down Gold and Dow Plummeted North Korea … (what happened there, by the way?) Seriously, the never-ending diet of media-fueled chaos (and yes — much of it is quite real) can be overwhelming for the business owner. [Oh yes, and the continued recession.] But
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And now for something a little different… If you’ve followed my writings for any length of time, you know that I make no secret about our adoption journey (which has brought us four beautiful children from Ethiopia and Uganda), and all of the miracles we experienced along the way. Yes, it’s a bit of a
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I love the emails, kudos to the author [Nate]… Thank you all for a most excellent experience. – Shirley N., California
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with just ten days left in tax season, I was recently reminded by a contact of what I wrote a few years ago around this time, and thought I should re-post it. Not that I can take credit for the words, but the message is key. With you in crunch time right now, I thought
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Punxsutawney Phil should, indeed, be sued. But I digress. At this point in tax season, chances are good that you’ve completed a decent number of returns for your clients, and you’ve got a bunch more in the queue. Are you thanking them? This is an often-overlooked strategy for “sticking” your clients, and there’s usually a
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I just got off the phone with a reporter from AccountingWeb, who was looking for a quote about what tax professionals can do, in light of the recent news about Block, and about Intuit (in Minnesota) so they can leverage the news to grow their business. Not the first time I’ve been asked this kind of question by
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