help clients with employment compensation

older man and younger man in meetingyou might find yourself negotiating a contract.

by ed mendlowitz
how to build a stronger tax practice

this service includes employment contract negotiations and executive compensation review and planning.

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who needs this service

every client employed by a mid- to large-size company or a public company will need some sort of employment compensation assistance.
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seven principles to work less and achieve more

bid farewell to late nights at the office and weekend “catch-ups.”

by w. michael hsu

in accounting, where being constantly busy is the norm, working less while achieving more seems like a distant dream. but is it?

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what if i told you there’s a method that can help you strike the perfect balance between productivity and rest? it’s called the measure x hack method. in this article, we’ll dive into the seven principles of this method, showing you how to achieve more with less effort.

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how to guide clients through divorce

three paper hearts: one whole, one crumpled, one tornnine questions to ask about taxes.

by ed mendlowitz
how to build a stronger tax practice

divorce settlement planning attempts to help clients realize the reality of the financial situation and to suggest ways to settling the financial arrangements before extensive, expensive and drawn-out negotiations, depositions and litigation.

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who needs this service

divorce today has become commonplace. with 50 percent of first-time marriages ending in divorce it is a good bet that many of your clients are either in the process of getting divorced or considering it. a simple inquiry can tell you where the client is in the process.
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how to assist investment clubs

hands raising wine glasses to toastconsider the contacts you’re making.

by ed mendlowitz
how to build a stronger tax practice

investment clubs are a social activity where people of similar backgrounds or interests

  • get together,
  • contribute funds in a periodic manner and
  • research and discuss suitable investments for the group.

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investment clubs invest the money collectively and maintain a single brokerage account with separate records kept within the club.
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help clients with basic budgeting

couple meeting with investment advisor.some of them might need a reality check. use these worksheets.

by ed mendlowitz
how to build a stronger tax practice

assisting clients who need help with their spending is a valuable service.

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clients indicating they are high in debt and particularly credit card debt need help. following are some worksheets you can use to assist clients.
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get clients to bring tax docs early … yes, early

the secret? humor, sarcasm and shame.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

there are easy ways to get clients to do what we need them to do. in our office, we call the process “training” clients. one of our biggest headaches is the late delivery of tax materials. so, we train our clients to bring their tax documents in early.

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we accomplish this through a series of e-blasts explaining our deadlines. the e-blasts start in december, and we call them “countdown to tax season.” they cover much more than our deadlines for clients to provide business and personal income tax returns documents.

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help clients manage their investments

piggy bank with word "investment"you may not have the expertise, but you likely know someone who does.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

investment allocation construction is a valuable service that helps a client get a perspective on their investments, their projected assets, the current and prospective cash flow from the investments and measures this against the client’s individual risk tolerance and broad long-range goals.

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many times the client has to be “taught” basic investment principles, techniques and vehicles and have these related to what might be best for the client. then a portfolio model has to be constructed that will provide the right degree of risk with the feelings of security the client needs.
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you train your clients, whether you mean to or not

if you schedule it, they will come. so … stop that now.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

as we all know, there is a definite cost involved in not training clients. let’s look at the training that’s occurring, whether you know it or not. it actually all boils down to timing.

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here is an example of my stupidity.

i met with a client who was a software company executive. he had been a client for a dozen years, and people don’t get much smarter than he is. he drove from alexandria, virginia, to chantilly, virginia, every year. the drive is 20 miles and might seem like a 30-minute trip, but in northern virginia, it’s more like an hour.
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who’s in control? you? or your clients?

why clients need the “tough love” you didn’t know they craved.

by seth fineberg
at large

truth time, accountants. regarding your client relationship, would you consider yourself a leader or a follower? in other words, do you lead them, or do they lead you more often than not?

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we raised this topic some years ago during my time at accountingweb. but while much has changed since then, even during the past five years in this great profession, one must wonder who is making the decisions about the direction of your firm and how you work. is it you or your clients?

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when clients remarry

older couple on autumn walk with trees in backgroundsix questions to ask.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

this is primarily a financial planning service for people who are in second marriages, and where there are children from prior marriages.

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who needs this service

this is a valuable service for every remarried client who has children from a former marriage.
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train your clients before they train you

taking unscheduled phone calls and meetings wrecks your bottom line and theirs.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

many of the behaviors you rationalize as good client service are just desperate measures to avoid losing bad clients.

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however, clients are trainable – at least as trainable as jack russell terriers. that is to say they’re somewhat trainable. however, like jack russell terriers, you train clients or they’ll train you. somebody’s getting trained. here’s an example of how that works.
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questions for after tax season

question markseleven ideas that warrant following up.

by ed mendlowitz
how to build a stronger tax practice

many times we have important preliminary discussions when we obtain a client’s tax information.

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skilled interviewing, or effective follow-up techniques, can make these into an additional engagement.
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wow clients with trend analysis

//m.g005e.com/2021/11/17/business-development-and-sales-arent-scary/comparing the statement of operations with the balance sheet. bonus: the five numbers needed to run a better business.

by ed mendlowitz
77 ways to wow!

the sample statement of operations report below was created using excel to better illustrate and highlight the differences. this also enabled entering selected percentages, which cannot be done on most computer-generated financial statements. most computerized reports can be exported to excel with a couple of clicks.

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besides the percentages included below, a helpful percentage would be increase or (decrease) in monthly sales, or any other item you want to track. in the illustration, monthly purchases to sales and cost of goods sold percentages were tracked.
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