Almost twice as many tax pracs are sweating bullets this week, compared to last week.
The number of pro’s reporting the highest stress levels about doubled to 43% from the week before.
Are you feeling relatively “cool?” Congratulations: You’re the lucky 5%.
Top comments:
• work/home life balance
• Too much work, not enough experienced help.• Deadlines, updates need for software, and people calling to price shop.
• New staff, late municipal audits
• too many on time clients. earlier this year. our fault, we sent a letter to 40% of our clients to bring in there paperwork early so it won’t go on extension.
• bad marketing – it worked!
• complexity of the code. trying to make sure all points are considered for the taxpayer.
• More work than staff
• too much work
• Client’s dropping off their information and then expecting you to have it completed by the next day.
• One of my largest clients is selling most of his company in an asset sale expected to be finalized 3/31/07.
• Overly demanding clients and employees calling in sick.
• Domestic production activity deduction… long distance telephone excise tax credit… multiple retirement option laws… health insurance
• juggling to many projects—not enough competent staff to delegate to
• Clients calling to see if the returns are done.
• Clients, staff, family