It lowers your risk As the saying goes, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Diversifying your tax business can help lower your risk, so you’re not relying on one main product or service to keep you going and growing. The…
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The Benefits of Offering a Satisfaction Guarantee
Do you offer a guarantee for your services? It’s a very good thing for your business and one you should definitely consider. A satisfaction guarantee might read as follows: “If you are not pleased with the service you receive in the preparation…
AFSP is Truly the Minimum Standard for Tax Preparers
It’s amazing that tax preparers are not federally regulated. You need a license to cut someone’s hair, but in most places within the U.S., you don’t need a license to prepare someone’s tax return. As tax preparers, we should all strive to…
Grow Your Tax Business by Looking Inside First
Often, businesses take existing clients for granted…thinking they’ll just always be there. With competition getting stiffer all the time, it’s important to nurture those current relationships. Did you know that it’s 5-10 times more expensive to attract new clients than it is…
7 Months Until Tax Season – Planning Starts Now
Are you thinking of starting a tax business this year? Now is the perfect time to get started! If you already have a tax business, hopefully you’ve taken time to evaluate your 2021 tax season. You can use that information as a launch…
Evaluate Your 2021 Tax Season
Well, it’s been 10 days since the official end of tax season. The dust has settled, and hopefully you’ve had time to recharge and regroup. Now is the perfect time to think back on how your tax season really went. It’s imperative…
Time to Recharge and Regroup
You made it through tax season – and an extended one at that! You deserve to take a break. How will you do that? Recharging your batteries isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity! While you may think you don’t need to, taking…
An Operations Manual is Essential
If you run a tax business and employ others, creating an operations manual is vital to your success. Your policies and procedures cannot merely exist in your head. They need to be thought out and written down for others to reference as…
2021 Comprehensive Tax Course Launch: Plus Free 3-Day Trial
If you’ve ever thought about becoming a tax preparer and wondered what it takes to do so, now is the time to find out! The 2021 Edition of Surgent’s Comprehensive Tax Course has just been released this week! And now you can…
Certifications Lead to Advancement & More Money
If you’ve been thinking about taking your education to the next level, there is no time like the present! Earning a certification will lead to great things in your future. Investing in yourself should be a top priority When you have new…
A Home-based Tax Business is More Attainable Than You Imagined!
Thinking of starting a home-based business but afraid you might be biting off more than you can chew? Think again! Getting into the tax business is extremely affordable and absolutely doable whether you choose to start as a side business or go…
Benefits of Working from Home as a Tax Preparer
Working from home has its benefits. We’ve put together a list of the top reasons we think working from home as a tax preparer is awesome! A Flexible Schedule, Improved Efficiency, and a Boost in Productivity Increased flexibility is a huge plus…