Tax Season’s Not Over: Retroactive Tax Regs, Real-Time Decisions
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How Much Do Your Clients Need You?
Three questions to ask.
By Ed Mendlowitz
Tax Season Opportunity Guide
Know your value to your clients. Better, understand your business and what you really do and what you add to the client’s life.
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I had a group of gastroenterologists as clients who were going to get into a business of inserting a gastric bubble into people’s stomachs. There were a number of issues to this.
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Tax Prep Wages and Salaries Hit 4-Year High
Even as DIY returns cut into pros’ market share.
By CPA Trendlines
Wages for accountants and tax preparers are rising far faster than hiring as the 2026 filing season begins, even as early filing volumes trail last year’s pace.
Average hourly earnings in the accounting and tax preparation sector rose roughly 4 percent to 6 percent year over year, pushing pay for many accountants above $45 per hour, while employment across the tax and accounting sector is increasing only a few tenths of a percent.
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If current trends hold, the accounting industry will process about 150 million individual tax returns in 2026 — roughly 0.4 percent more than last year — with nearly the same number of workers..
Cut Tax Season Stress: Twelve Tips
Quick, low-cost ideas.
By Sandi Leyva
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms
I don’t want to stress you out, but we really do need to do something about our stress levels.
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The American Psychological Association says our kids are getting headaches, having difficulty sleeping, and eating too little or too much because of pressure from school and household finances. The worst part is that most parents were not aware of the severity of their children’s stress.
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Eleven Ways to Help Tax Clients Help You
Clear instructions make your tax season easier.
By Ed Mendlowitz
Tax Season Opportunity Guide
Providing instructions of what a client needs to do must be clear enough so that the client doesn’t call you to find out what to do.
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Sometimes taking an extra minute to lay out what the client should do can eliminate that call or indecisive moment a client might feel.
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