How Accounting Firms Can Increase Employee Retention

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In the wake of COVID and the Great Resignation, employee retention has become an even bigger issue than usual for many firms. Although there isn’t yet a lot of data about how specific fields and business sectors have been impacted, it does seem that white-collar workers are more likely to leave their current job. In … Read more

Benefits of Tax Preparation Outsourcing for Accounting Firms

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For the vast majority of businesses, outsourcing accounting and tax work is a necessity. Companies, from major firms to small businesses, turn to CPAs, accounting firms and other tax preparers to ensure their accounting work is done precisely and on time. Increasingly, accounting firms themselves are turning to outsourcing firms to help increase capacity and … Read more

Additional Child Tax Credit: What is It & Do I Qualify?

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It’s a parents job to support their children, and doing so isn’t cheap. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that raising a child to the age of 17 costs about $233,000. This figure doesn’t take college tuition into account.  Fortunately, the IRS understands that children are amazing but expensive creatures. To help offset … Read more

Standard Deduction vs Itemized: How To Pay Less In Taxes

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Death and taxes may be the only two sure things in life, but you can at least get some wiggle room on your taxes. You can achieve breathing room on your taxes through tax deductions, which let you use certain expenses to lower your income and therefore your tax liability. The concept itself is quite … Read more