We can argue the point all day long that accounting and taxes are very complex. Throw in time constraints of life then it just seems all that more difficult. I am a CPA with 12 years experience in the field of accounting and taxation and I will tell you that anyone can make things more [...]
I am tasked today of deciding how and if I want to change my business card. We are moving locations and generally when you move you have to change all those things that include all your contact information. Our business card has changed about five times over the 8 years that I have been in [...]
Yesterday, I found myself driving my baby daughter who is eight to the urgent care. She had a fight with a swing set pole and it won. We were talking about all the “what if’s” that she loves to contemplate every time she is unsure of the outcome of a doctor’s visit. After several scenarios [...]
As we end one tax season and begin another I wanted to debunk a lot of the misinformation or myths surrounded around taxes and tax filing. I hear every day bad information or half-truths. Although there are many rules there are also unique situations so you must always ask your CPA if this applies to you. 1. I [...]
Today I finished a book called Implementing Value Pricing, by Ron Baker. I have been very carefully reading since the end of June. I had started implementing the idea of fixed prices several years ago when I noticed the problems I was having with hourly billing. I spent several hours every month justifying my fee [...]
As a mom of two girls, I have watched Alice and Wonderland multiple times. It’s a wacky show….. I like the Johnny Depp version. I think that he is able to really portray his part in a way that no one else could ever do. Most of Disney movies make a little more sense to [...]
Virtual World Part 3 of 3 Change, sell or die I have seen company’s completely sell out because they no longer wanted to keep up with the technology and what it takes to switch to this new way of thinking. The public accounting world is no different. We learn about all these new things at [...]
Virtual World Part 2 of 3 A world without paper. Paperless is the only way to go! But I like paper! Guess what? Your customers don’t. We live in a world where we receive our invoices online, pay our bills online and receive our receipts through email. Before online banking our accounting processes were twice [...]
Virtual World Part 1 of 3 In June I attended a Tech and Marketing Conference for the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). The two words tech and marketing generally in the accounting world are two different things. Tech usually means we get our work done faster or more efficient. Marketing usually means networking. [...]
The question of whether to sell or not to sell is an incredibly important one. It’s not a matter of selling or is it? I think we shy away from it but if you are an incredibly conscientious service provider you know that if you sell someone something they don’t need then there will be [...]