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accelerate growth through specialization

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plus tips on how to set your strategy.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

specialization means having expert-level knowledge in a niche practice area. when you specialize, your services and efforts are focused on your narrow field of expertise. this helps streamline standardization and productization.

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as a result of specialization, it is easier to develop your advisory services because they all revolve around the same services and background. your conversations all take on similar qualities because the people, or the personas, you’re talking to are all in the same niche.

your specific expertise also puts you in a unique position to create kpis beneficial to both you and your clients. because you’re immersed in the industry, you’re always abreast of the hot topics and well versed in how events will impact your clients and their industry.
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irs needs to work better with its workers

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training? inadequate. best recruitment method? who knows?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

here’s an idea: ditch your cpa practice and go work for the irs.

if you can figure out the job application process, you’ve already proven yourself adept at bureaucracy.

more: why itin applications get delayed | the ouches of the tax ‘practitioner’ scam | could the irs do better with the phones? | irs sluggish on identity theft | tax preparers share advice for your clients | check these 41 items on business tax returns | irs must speed up tax return processing | first tax filing reports are in | cut down your tax work in progress | steve yoss: unlocking business insight with power bis | quick tax tip | more than 1 million erc claims still not processed | art werner: the godfather and tax issues | quick tax tip | advanced tax preparers need managing, too | the top ten problems the irs still needs to fix
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despite that preliminary qualification, you’ll have to take a pay cut of 20-30 percent, but in as little as three years, they’ll have you trained for your job.

and with a little luck, you won’t have a boss, given that a quarter of all director positions are vacant or temporarily filled.
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forty services for your tax clients

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who needs what? a checklist for making matches.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

the following listing can give you ideas of additional services clients might need.

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this list is not complete, but it is a good start for you to start thinking about what types of additional services you can offer to your clients!
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tax refund totals up 10%

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tax pros hold 44 percent of the market, one-half percentage point less than a year ago.

by beth bellor

for the first time this busy season, the irs is reporting not just refund numbers and average amounts but also the total amounts refunded. it’s good news: up 10 percent for both total and direct deposit refunds.

more: tax refunds plummet, but no worries | tax refunds up 18% early on | first tax filing reports are in
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as of feb. 21, the most recent data available, the agency had received 42.7 million individual income tax returns, down 4.2 percent from the same period in 2024. it had processed 42.4 million returns, down 3.8 percent.
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how to assign projects to staff

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magnet drawing in three peoplesoftware helps, so here are three tips for choosing it.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

let’s talk about assigning staff to projects. understand that this discussion will mean nothing the first two weeks of april, when you may be assigning the family dog to some returns.

and that makes perfect sense in those circumstances. i’ve done worse. who knew that goldfish can’t type?

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there are two factors to consider in assigning a project to a staff member.

first, does your staff member have the technical capability to complete the project? some people are good at personal tax returns. others are good at business returns. a few rare, wonderful individuals are good at both.
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