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Posts Tagged ‘Last Minute’
Friday, April 30th, 2010
Getting a tax extension may have felt like a huge relief, but don’t let yourself sit on your laurels (proverbially, of course!) and wait until October to begin organizing your taxes.
If you asked for a tax extension, make an appointment with a CPA right now so you can get the ball rolling. If you procrastinate until the last minute, you’ll be in a horrible situation and have to undergo unnecessary levels of stress.
Make life easier — get your tax returns filed this summer and avoid another tax time crunch in the fall.
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Tags: Appointment, CPA, Horrible Situation, Last Minute, Laurels, Levels Of Stress, Organizing, Sit, tax extension, Tax Returns, Tax Time, Taxes, Time Crunch, Unnecessary Levels
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
If you’re reading this and you haven’t started your tax returns, you might be one of the many who could best be described as a tax return procrastinator.
Fortunately, many CPAs do account (pun intended!) for this type of personality, so they may be able to tackle a tax return last-minute or, at the very least, help you understand what kinds of interest you’ll incur if you decide that you simply can’t file by April 15th and need an extension.
That being said, procrastination doesn’t pay off. Typically, individuals who procrastinate have a higher likelihood of making errors — many that could end up costing them unnecessarily — especially if they do their taxes themselves.
If you’re a notorious tax return procrastinator, do yourself a favor and head to a CPA today. Then, when April 15th is a memory, hire a CPA to help you get a jump on what you’ll need for next year. That will help you become more efficient in handling this aspect of your finances.
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Tags: CPA, Cpas, Last Minute, Likelihood, Memory Help, Procrastination, Procrastinator, Pun, Tax Return, Tax Returns, Taxes, Type Of Personality
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
It’s pretty common for individuals and business owners to carefully choose a CPA and stick with him or her almost blindly. But let’s face it — times change and needs do, too. Sometimes, CPAs that were a great match for you and/or your company years ago don’t fit the bill any longer.
If you’re seeing any of these red flags between you and your current CPA, it’s not a bad idea to start investigating other accounting professionals.
- Your CPA is difficult to reach, and when you do reach him/her, you feel like you’re not being “heard”.
- Your CPA has really never taken the time to learn about your business. You feel like just another client.
- Your CPA doesn’t seem to want to learn anything new. This becomes more of a problem with each passing year.
- Your CPA was “inherited” by you and isn’t someone with whom you’d choose to deal.
- Your CPA either always says “yes” or always says “no”… and you feel like it’s just to get you to stop talking.
- Your CPA rushes all projects through at the last minute, giving you little time to discuss them.
Do any of these red flags sound familiar? If so, I’d encourage you to do yourself a favor and start looking around.
Remember — you’re not married to your CPA! So if you’re unhappy with the relationship, it may be time to move on.
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Tags: Accountant, Accounting, Bad Idea, Business Owners, cash flow, Company Flow, CPA, Cpas, Current, Last Minute, Little Time, Match, Red Flags, Relationship
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