What are clients, especially niche clients, generally looking for in an accounting firm? How do they look for an accounting firm? Those questions need answers if you’re to grow your firm as clients inevitably drop away and need to be replaced. Here’s a look at why and when clients might want a new accounting firm – or be thinking about moving on from yours – and niches you might want to investigate to replace these clients.
Contracts, Signing Bonuses, and the Substantial Presence Test
Amber Gray-Fenner, EA NTPI Fellow USTCP
In tighter job markets, recruits are often offered signing bonuses (and sometimes moving expenses) to join a firm. Sometimes construction workers temporarily relocate to jobs in other states while they are employed by the company that hired them in their home state. This article reviews some of the foundational tax concepts to consider when evaluating sourcing of income for state tax purposes.
