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Combatting an Unsuccessful Offer in Compromise
Let me ask you a question. If a client hires you to do an Offer in Compromise and you're not successful should you give the client their money back? Well, let me ask you this question. If you hired an attorney in a civil or God forbid a criminal matter, and your case went to a jury and the jury…
IRS Marketing
How do you take something that the IRS has said and turn that into a marketing opportunity? Well, last week Nina Olson, who's the National Taxpayer Advocate at IRS, came out and stated that the real audit rate in the United States is 6.2%, not 7/10 of 1%. Just to put that in perspective, 7/10 of 1%…
$10,000 Investment
What would you do if I gave you $10,000 today to invest in your business, and you couldn't pay yourself a bonus of $10,000? Now the vast majority of you would answer marketing and education. So if someone gave me $10,000 today this is what I would spend it on in terms of marketing. The first thing…
Should You Be Using Yelp?
Should you be using Yelp to market your tax practice? The answer to that is an unequivocal yes because they have a free version and an advertising paid version, very similar to what Facebook is. Facebook as you know, allows you to set up a Facebook account and also advertise. But Yelp itself was…
Four Ways to Increase Profits in Any Business
There are only 4 ways to increase profits and revenue in any business. It doesn’t matter if you're a brick and mortar retailer, a wholesaler, distributor, or even own a professional practice — there are only 4 ways to increase revenue. One way is to go out and obtain brand new clients – which is…