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Tax Pros for Reel: If Accountants Could Be Superheroes, What Would Be Your Special Power?

March 19, 2019 March 5, 2019 / Intuit ProConnect Team

Wonder Woman, Batman or Superman? We had some fun with several tax accountants during the most recent QuickBooks® Connect by asking them which special powers they would choose. Need some help developing your own special powers? Check out the variety...

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Practice Management

How to Hire a Cybersecurity Pro for Your Tax Practice

March 18, 2019 March 13, 2019 / Intuit ProConnect Team

To protect your office and your clients, many tax preparers hire a cybersecurity professional. Every tax business is unique, so you should discuss your specific concerns with someone you hire. This will help safeguard your business and your clients’ data. Here...

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Practice Management, Workflow tools

Use Tax Season to Shift From Tax Prep to Tax Planning

March 15, 2019 March 12, 2019 / Scott Sloan, CPA / Kessla Sloan

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For some time, our team at SKYsmb has been discussing the future of tax preparation, and we’ve come to one conclusion: It’s dying. The profession itself isn’t, but with artificial intelligence (AI) and bot usage on the rise, the idea...

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ProConnect™ Tax Customer Council Member Profile: Caleb L. Jenkins, EA, CQP

March 14, 2019 March 5, 2019 / Intuit ProConnect Team

Recently, Caleb L. Jenkins, EA, CQP, wrote an article about how he is using multiple monitors to get his work done at RLJ Financial Services, his family’s tax and accounting practice in Ceres, Calif. We recently met with Caleb to find...

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Practice Management, Workflow tools

TaxProTalk: A Firm Transitions Tax Software to Grow, Move to the Cloud

March 13, 2019 March 11, 2019 / Jim Buffington, CPA

In this episode of TaxProTalk, Tony Hunt talks to Marc Berger, CPA, of McGinnis & Berger, LLP, in Wimberly, Texas. Marc’s firm has two locations, 20 staff members and prepares about 2,000 returns annually. In this video, he discusses his...

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Client Relationships

How to Advise Clients Regarding Extension Filing

March 12, 2019 March 11, 2019 / Andrew Poulos, EA, ABA, ATP

If you prepare corporate returns, the filing deadline is just a few days away, and the April 15 deadline for filing individual returns isn’t far behind. This filing season is the most complex and unique, with just about every taxpayer...

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Tax Law and News

Qualified Business Income Deduction Hot Topics

March 8, 2019 / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD

As we near the business filing deadline, we wanted to recap some of the topics related to the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, or sec. 199A, about which our team most commonly receives questions. I hope this summary helps you...

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Get Answers from Intuit Community and Support

March 8, 2019 March 1, 2019 / Alicia Robinson / Patrick Carroll / Richard Beaver

As we near the business deadline this tax season, Intuit® is hard at work every day answering questions from tax professionals like you. You can see answers from experts and our community alike to many common questions on our Community...

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Practice Management

Advisory Services Can Help Finalize Business Returns

March 7, 2019 February 25, 2019 / Jim Buffington, CPA

As we approach the business tax deadline, many firms are facing the annual extend or file decision with their clients. Some firms are electing to extend more returns this season to better digest the tax reform implications, while others plan...

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This May Be the Tax Season of the Extension: What You Should Know

March 6, 2019 February 27, 2019 / Fredric D. Leffler, CPA, MBA

As the days relentlessly march toward this year’s filing deadline, I suspect there will be an increased number of returns put on extension. Besides those relegated to the extension bin through chronic procrastination, the number of extended returns for tax...

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