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Don’t Let the IRS Put Your Client in The Penalty Box
There’s only one thing worse than your client overpaying their taxes when you could have helped them – them not paying enough in taxes and having to deal with penalties as well. It's like adding insult to injury. There is only so much that we can do to help our clients avoid penalties. Educating ourselves, so we can educate our clients, is a big part of that. Penalties are inevitable, but that doesn't mean that the client must max out their penalties. But it also doesn't mean that we should not do our due diligence to avoid penalties where possible.
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The “Busy Season” Myth: Why Accountants Stay Stuck Waiting for Time That Never Comes
If you’re a CPA, you’ve heard it a thousand times. People outside the industry say it like it’s a weather report: “How was busy season?” Firm owners say it to each other, as if it’s a shared badge of honor: “Just get through April 15.” Then it becomes, “After extensions.” Then, “After we rehire.” And after every “busy season,” there’s the crash. The weeks of 60–70 hours. The nights. The lost family time. The feeling that life is on hold until the deadline passes. Here’s the problem: tax deadlines don’t end—they shift. March 15. April 15. September 15. October 15. Year-end planning. 1099s in January. Treating the calendar like the boss means building firms stuck in constant reaction. The truth is, “busy season” isn’t a season. It’s a mindset. And it’s one of the most expensive mindsets we’ve normalized in public accounting.
The Tips Deduction and the Self-Employed: Potholes Everywhere
By now, tax professionals and taxpayers are familiar with the fact that the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) created a new tax deduction for tips received. What we want to look at in this article is — how do self-employed taxpayers handle this deduction?
The Succession Plan You Keep Meaning to Write
I have a friend who has been retiring “in about two years” for the last five years. He is 67, runs a successful practice with about 400 returns, and specializes in tax planning. He has never had the practice valued. He also has no succession plan in the event he does not come back from his next fishing trip. This is not unusual. This is typical. The 2020 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) firm succession survey found that only 6% of solo and sole practitioners had a practice continuation agreement in place. Nearly half of those surveyed said they knew they needed one and had no idea how to start. That second figure is the one that gets me, because it is not denial. Our colleagues know exactly what is at stake and are stuck. Let us get unstuck.
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