By CPA Trendlines
Here at CPA Trendlines, we know busy season isn’t the entirety of your practice … but it’s a huge chunk of it.
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Here in one handy place is all of the tax-related information we’ve published this season.
How 2017 is going
- 2017 FEE SURVEY: Price for Non-Itemized 1040s Advances 6% to $176
- Future State or Future Shock? IRS Watchdog Warns of Dubious IRS Plans
- IRS Taxpayer Advocate Questions Preparation of Tax Preparers
- IRS Budget: Penny-wise, Pound-foolish
- INFOGRAPHIC: Average Tax Refund by State
- Taxes: Beyond Income to Gas and More
- Taxpayers Tell How They Really Feel
- Tax Day 2017: By the Numbers
From our readers
- Reader Sound-Off: Mandatory Saturdays Stir Controversy
- FLASH REPORT: Busy Season Survey Results
- Survey Results: Busy Season 2017 Gets Off to Strong Start
- SURVEY RESULTS: Bullish on Busy Season 2017
- SURVEY RESULTS: Who’s Afraid of Busy Season 2017?
- SURVEY RESULTS: Security and ID Theft Emerge as Top Tax Season Worry
- Readers Sound Off: What Tax Season Decline?
Jobs … or not
- GE Outsources Tax Department to PwC
- H&R Block Lagging Behind Last Year
- Liberty Tax Earnings Down 48%. Founder Hewitt Wants Out.
- CPA Firms Post 5% Growth Rate
- Where the Jobs Are (and What You Need to Get Them)
- ANALYSIS: Global Tax Talent Shortage Mounting into ‘Perfect Storm’
- Tax & Accounting Industry Shows Signs of Slowdown
- Tax Filings Down, but IRS Blames the Calendar
- Tax Return Filings Still Lag, But Pros Hold 57% of Market
- Tax Filings Data Looking Less Squirrely
- Tax Refunds Up Slightly
- Tax Pro E-Filing Down 10%
- Tax Season Half Over but No One Is Celebrating
- Individual Tax Filings Still Lag Behind 2016
- Tax Professionals Accelerate Filing Pace as Busy Season Heads for the Home Stretch
- Tax Refunds Catching Up to Last Year
- Refunds Edge Up as Tax Season Winds Down
Client service and strategy
- Immigrants: Surging Market for Tax & Accounting Services
- How to Make Mandatory Saturdays a Thing of the Past, Jennifer Wilson
- 10 Quick and Easy Tips for a Better Busy Season, Sandi Leyva
- The Annual Tax Meeting is Dead. Clients Killed It. , Frank Stitely
- How to Prepare Returns for a Multiple-Year Non-Filer, Ed Mendlowitz
- Protectionism: 19th-Century Thinking for a 21st-Century World, Richard Asquith
- FREE INSTANT DOWNLOAD: Sample fee schedule for 1040s
- CHECKLIST: 46 Avoidable Tax-Filing Errors – If Clients Only Knew, Ed Mendlowitz
- A Little Tax Humor, Robert McKenzie
- How to Sell Bundled Tax Services, Ed Mendlowitz
- Tax Season Productivity Hacks, Salim Omar
- 11 Ways to Get More Tax Clients, Ed Mendlowitz
- Successful Tax Seasons Require Teamwork, Rex Gatto
- New Poll: Why Small Business Owners Need Tax Professionals
- Five-Point Action Plan for Turning Tax Scam Threats into New Opportunities
- Overhyping IBM’s Watson Is Dangerous, Rick Richardson
- Five Ways to Protect Clients from ‘The Sleazy Six’ Tax Season Scams
- Four Common Errors in Form 1098-T, Dennis Benvie
- Surviving Busy Season: 10 Tips for More Energy, Sandi Leyva
- How to End the Tax Revenue Roller Coaster with a Four-Season Practice Model, Jassen Bowman
- 5 Fast, Easy Ways to Turn Annual Clients into Year-Round Clients, Sandi Leyva
- 11 Tax Client Questions for Year-Round Billings, Blake Christian
- Tax Filing Season Is Almost Over. What’s Next?, Jassen Bowman
Classic commentary from Ed Mendlowitz and his Tax Season Opportunity Guide
- How to Get Paid Faster This Tax Season
- Have Fun This Tax Season!
- 3 Ways to Build a Tax Season Team
- 11 Clear Client Instructions to Make Your Tax Season Easier
- Consistency Simplifies Tax Season
- 5 Personal Touches for Tax Season
- When ‘Quick and Easy’ Tax Season Research Isn’t
- Here’s Your New Tax Season Marketing Plan
- 5 Ways Thorough Beats Sloppy In Tax Season
- Small Tax Season Leaks Can Cause Great Damage
- 8 Ways to Delight Tax Season Clients
- 16 Qualities of a Good Tax Season Client
- Be Happy with Your Tax Practice
- 41 Checkpoints for Business Tax Returns
- Two Questions to Ask Yourself – Before Clients or Staff Do
- Letting Staff Go After Tax Season
- Beware the Opportunity Graveyard
- Know Your Value
- Imagine Starting With a Clean Slate
- How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
- Six Directions for Your Life and Your Business
- 9 Key Elements for Growth, Success
- 19 Ways to Stop Wasting Reviewer Time