Scott Cytron

Key Takeaways From Tax Season

April 17, 2019 / Scott Cytron

What was your biggest “a-ha” moment from tax season? While you may have put a number of clients on extension and tax season isn’t really isolated to just a few months of the year, tax year 2018 was unlike many...

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Practice Management

How to Reduce Your Stress During Busy Season

March 4, 2019 / Scott Cytron

Too much stress can be a true detriment to your tax practice, especially during busy season. According to the American Institute of Stress, 80 percent of workers feel stress on the job, while nearly half say they need help learning...

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Practice Management

Putting the “V” in Virtual: Frisco Tax Services

February 21, 2019 / Scott Cytron

While many tax practitioners have good intentions to move to a virtual tax practice, how many actually make this happen? Meet Christopher A. Bush, CPA, of Frisco Tax Services in Frisco, Texas. Chris has more than 29 years of tax...

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Client Relationships

What is Your #1 Piece of Advice to Clients in 2019?

January 2, 2019 / Scott Cytron

The new year brings with it new challenges and opportunities, especially considering the impact the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has on tax year 2018. We asked several Intuit® ProConnect™ Tax Pro Center authors for feedback on their advice to...

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Grow your practice, Practice Management

Tax Firm Niches You May Have Overlooked

October 5, 2018 September 20, 2018 / Scott Cytron

Niches are an important part of any thriving tax and accounting firm. Not only does a niche set you and your firm apart from its competition; it also is good for client recruitment and retention because you can position yourself...

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Client Relationships

5 Ways to Ask Your Clients for Feedback

May 17, 2018 May 23, 2018 / Scott Cytron

More than two decades ago when I headed up member communications for the Texas Society of CPAs, I managed the “Client Perception Survey,” a program members could purchase to find out how their clients felt about their firm’s services. We...

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Practice Management

Tax Season App Roundup: What Worked This Season?

April 12, 2018 May 3, 2018 / Scott Cytron

With more than 500 apps in the QuickBooks® App Store and thousands of others for PCs, Macs, and iPhone and Android devices, tax and accounting professionals have numerous ways to enhance their services to their clients. We asked several of...

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Practice Management

My Favorite Technology I Used for Tax Season

April 11, 2018 May 2, 2018 / Scott Cytron

What kinds of technology did you use for tax season other than Intuit® ProConnect™ Tax Online, Lacerte®, ProSeries® or another tax program? Better yet, how did these technologies make your practice more efficient? We decided to chat with several tax...

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Client Relationships

#GetToKnowYourCustomersDay: Oct. 19, 2017

October 18, 2017 / Scott Cytron

Although it seems every day is a holiday of some kind – National Ice Cream Day, Respect Your Mother-in-Law Day and Be Kind to Your Pet Rock Day – there is one applicable to tax professionals that occurs the third...

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Proven Strategies to Grow Your Tax Practice

October 3, 2017 December 7, 2018 / Scott Cytron

If you ask a roomful of tax accountants what they do to grow their practices, you’ll probably get more answers than you can implement on any sort of timely basis. However, the key to most any practitioner’s recruitment and retention...

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