If you’re thinking about getting your tax business off the ground before tax season, you may have time to make it just under the wire. With a good base of tax knowledge and some great resources to help you, you can be…
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Five Best Practices for Starting Your Own Tax Business
Becoming a business owner is a big step, but can be extremely fulfilling. Many tax professionals (including myself) have made the leap and you can too with the right tools and advice. If you’re ready to start your own tax business, here…
How to Use LinkedIn as a Tax Professional
LinkedIn is a social media platform specifically designed for networking that tax professionals (actually, all professionals) should be utilizing on a daily basis. Think of LinkedIn as an extension of your networking. This isn’t a platform for catching up with friends and…
Chuck McCabe: Blue Collar to White Collar Through Tax Preparation
For many people, entering into the tax business is not something they decide to do straight out of college – it’s something they discover at a certain point in their life. This fact holds true for even our founder and CEO, Chuck…
15 Test-taking Tips for the RTRP Exam…… FREE White Paper
This Free white paper will help you to become familiar with the IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer (RTRP) Exam and be prepared to pass the test. The white paper also provides links to additional valuable free information and resources. If you want…
Should you get out of the ‘fast refund’ business?
If you are an independent tax business owner who is capable of preparing complex tax returns, the answer may be “Yes”. The latest proposal is for IRS to develop its own free tax preparation software to “cut-out the middle man” (tax preparers). …
IRS Urged to Provide Its Own Tax Software
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The tax preparation business has changed significantly in recent years, and even more dramatic changes are coming in the future. To survive and grow, independent tax businesses must also change. These changes will include new marketing strategies and tactics, adoption of new technologies, new…
5 Myths Every Business Must Avoid to Survive the Economic Recovery
By Vivian Hairston Blade At a recent stockholders meeting, the vice president of sales for a global manufacturer reported, “The economy has been tough on our industry. Sales volumes significantly declined and have not nearly returned to pre-recession levels. The company has…
Lessons Learned – Lesson 6: Developed & Grew The Income Tax School
Here is Lesson Six in my video series in which I talk about diversifying your business in order to maintain success. Enjoy, and please share and comment – Lessons Learned: Every business has a finite life cycle and must be reinvented periodically…
Lessons Learned – Lesson 5: Community Service
Here is the latest video in my Lessons Learned series. This one relates to the lessons I have learned when it comes to a business’ role in community service. Here are the key lessons: Contributing to the community in which you operate…
Lesson 4 – Career Transition to Entrepreneurship
In this video lesson, I talk about my transition into entrepreneurship and the lessons learned along the way. If you’re enjoying my videos, please subscribe to TaxSchool on YouTube and feel free to leave comments. Also be sure to check out my…