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We never charge for copies. This is a very low cost "feel good" item for our clients.
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We never charge for copies. This is a very low cost "feel good" item for our clients.
Go directly to the head of the accounting department at the local tech school or college. Next, make friends with the local H & R Block (or any other income tax franchise owners in your area). They train many more people who want to do tax work than they can use.
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Go directly to the head of the accounting department at the local tech school or college. Next, make friends with the local H & R Block (or any other income tax franchise owners in your area). They train many more people who want to do tax work than they can use.
"How can I have a tax bill when there is nothing in the checking account?"
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"How can I have a tax bill when there is nothing in the checking account?"
For the business owner looking for help: When you interview a prospective accountant, there is no way to assess his/her tax or accounting competence. You can look at their certifications, degrees and experience to get some idea but that doesn't tell you if this person will be good for you. What...
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For the business owner looking for help: When you interview a prospective accountant, there is no way to assess his/her tax or accounting competence. You can look at their certifications, degrees and experience to get some idea but that doesn't tell you if this person will be good for you. What you really want to know is if you can have a conversation with this accountant and feel comfortable that you both understand what the other is saying. One way to do this is to lay out one of your problems and ask for an opinion on a your chosen solution. (It helps if you have already gone through this problem before and know the pit falls) In other words, get the prospect talking. If all you get is jargon, move on. If you start getting questions that indicate they understand your problem, you are on your way to a good relationship.
For the accountants looking for new clients: People want to be able to relate to their accountant as a person. That means the accountant returns calls and emails, remembers the clients tax and financial situation, knows if retirement, getting kids through school, business partners, the bank or whatever is their highest priority right now. Above all, know when to say, "I don't know. Let me look that up.". Don't pretend that you have all the answers.
It has a nice professional look to it but if I was scanning the internet for your services, I might skip right over your web page because it requires too much reading.
Bold bullet points stating how you are going to relieve the business owner of specific tasks would work better. Once you catch...
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It has a nice professional look to it but if I was scanning the internet for your services, I might skip right over your web page because it requires too much reading.
Bold bullet points stating how you are going to relieve the business owner of specific tasks would work better. Once you catch attention, you can go for the meta tags, responsive, interactive features etc.
If you make the contact button a "call to action" button by having it stand apart from the other buttons and giving it a title like "Click here to get started today" or some other catch phrase, it might also help convert viewers to prospects.
You might feel this looks unprofessional but the people looking for your services are primarily interested in getting some specific task off their back. The quicker you pinpoint their pain, the more likely you are to get a positive response.
I was a member of Business Network International (BNI) for many years. It was a very rewarding experience. The business referred to me offset the dues many times over. I have maintained relationships with the members to this day. I can call up any of my old BNI friends and ask for advice and...
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I was a member of Business Network International (BNI) for many years. It was a very rewarding experience. The business referred to me offset the dues many times over. I have maintained relationships with the members to this day. I can call up any of my old BNI friends and ask for advice and expect to get good information for free. Likewise, I share freely with them when they call. I am a CPA and referrals make up the vast majority of my business. It was always hard to come up with, execute and refine a referral system on my own. That's why I went to my first BNI meeting and stuck with it. The one thing I didn't like was the time commitment. It takes a long time to get to know and trust that the people you are referring to. Also you need to demonstrate that you are a worthy referral as well. But, any referral system requires a large time investment before seeing any return. The relationships need to be maintained and that is also an ongoing time commitment. All the time spent is worth it though. I had to quit when the chapter I belonged to shrunk down to the size that it couldn't afford a decent venue. In a small rural town, that's always a problem. If you need referrals to drive your business (accountant, lawyer, chiropractor, insurance, investments, wedding businesses etc.), you just have to spend the time.
Just a thought. When I go into an tax audit, the IRS (or state) agent starts with the bank statement, assumes all deposits are taxable income and none of the disbursements are deductible. It's up to me, my client and the bookkeeping system to lead the agent to source documents (receipts,...
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Just a thought. When I go into an tax audit, the IRS (or state) agent starts with the bank statement, assumes all deposits are taxable income and none of the disbursements are deductible. It's up to me, my client and the bookkeeping system to lead the agent to source documents (receipts, invoices etc.). After the agent has seen a system that verifies the taxable income and deductible expenses by matching the receipts, invoices etc., the audit moves onward smoothly. If we can't find the source documents, the agent is free to include all unmatched deposits in income and deny any unmatched expenses. Just having a bookkeeping system that lists income and expenses doesn't get the job done. You have to be able to convince a skeptical agent that you have proof for every entry. Once you have this type of bookkeeping system in place, you can also rely on your financial statements to provide useful management information.
This is a cost accounting problem, not an employment cost problem.
Before you "make them all contractors", look at the IRS form SS-8. That will be used by the IRS when you have a dispute over who is or is not an employee. Once you have your employees and contractors sorted out, do some cost...
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This is a cost accounting problem, not an employment cost problem.
Before you "make them all contractors", look at the IRS form SS-8. That will be used by the IRS when you have a dispute over who is or is not an employee. Once you have your employees and contractors sorted out, do some cost analysis. You need to have your bookkeeping system set up for cost accounting and kept up to date for this. Find your profit margin by job, employee and product. You may find out you are providing services or products that are losers. Next, get together with your accountant and do some break even analysis. Then take a look at what your competitors are charging. Adjust your prices where you can, shed anything that is not profitable and see if you are doing better than break even. If not, find a buyer for the business or close the doors. If you find certain products and services are your real money makers, consider niche marketing. Remember, without good financials, any effort at analysis will give false results and is just a waste of time and effort. If you are having trouble figuring out where all the money went, get together with your accountant and set up a your bookkeeping system so that it also collects the cost accounting information you need.
Incorporate when the tax man is taking too much, or when you need to put more into your retirement, or when you need to retain good help with a better benefit package or when you want to spread the ownership. Get together with your accountant and calculate where you are now and where you want to...
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Incorporate when the tax man is taking too much, or when you need to put more into your retirement, or when you need to retain good help with a better benefit package or when you want to spread the ownership. Get together with your accountant and calculate where you are now and where you want to be. If you are just looking for legal insulation, look at an LLC first, then address the above issues as needed.
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