I didn’t go to college intending to become an accountant. Then I asked one of my professors what accountants actually did. He told me that they prepare tax returns, they…
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I have been in public accounting for twenty-five years; twenty as a partner but only four years as a manager. Trying to run my practice like my predecessors was keeping…
We have all seen people who never grow up. It’s not a pretty sight. Businesses are the same way. Unless they get beyond their adolescence, they can never reach their…
I started as a CPA 25 years ago. After working ten years for someone else, I decided to open my own office in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Since then we have grown…
My partner and I have an accounting practice in Sun City, a retirement community outside of Phoenix. The practice consists mainly of tax work—about 1000 personal and 200 business tax…
I had been the controller of a small restaurant chain when I decided to enter public accounting. It was the hands-on client relationships and autonomy of a small CPA firm…
Yesterday was April 15th and everything was finished shortly after lunch. The day before I only worked half a day. Was business slow for me this year? No, in fact,…
I opened my own practice near Sacramento, CA in 1983. In addition to the usual tax returns, we conduct audits of small governmental districts and non-profits as well as helping…
Tax season used to be unreasonably burdensome and crazy. As a technical person, I was always being pulled away from my work to handle administrative and staff issues. This tested…
Pamela Rones and David Dickey are a husband and wife team with a CPA practice in Ukiah, California, a town of about 20,000, two hours north of San Francisco. Pamela…
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