The current pandemic has caused an economic crisis many of us didn’t see coming. Due to decline in sales from forced closures or reduced business occupancy, thousands of employees have become either under employed or unemployed and some businesses have had no…
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How to Start a Side Hustle and Make Some Extra Money
If you’re looking to supplement your regular income, starting a side hustle could be a great idea! Perhaps you’re getting sick of the daily grind, working for someone else, or living paycheck to paycheck. Maybe you just retired and you want to…
Honoring Black Tax Preparation and Accounting Excellence
Written by Breeana Gant In 2019, Instagram launched the “#ShareBlackStories” campaign to honor Black voices and history throughout the month of February. The initiative took off across several different platforms including Twitter and Facebook, and continues to be used in millions of…
5 Reasons Veterans Make Great Tax Preparers
There’s nothing more honorable than serving your country. Our Veterans should be honored and revered as heroes. Unfortunately, once their service is over, many veterans find it hard to translate their skills to careers. Here’s the thing. What you learn in service…
You Have to Give to Get: Better Networking Techniques That Really Work
What’s your networking style? Do you dread going to networking events and hang out by the food, hoping for the best? Do you like to get into the thick of it and count the business cards you’ve collected as a measure of…
Thankful for Our Family Business
The Income Tax School is a nationwide online tax school that serves thousands of tax professionals and students each year. While that takes an entire team of employees to run, at its core both The Income Tax School and Peoples Tax…
Becoming a Tax Business Owner is Easier than You Might Imagine!
Set your own schedule. Make your own rules. Answer only to your clients. Who doesn’t want to be their own boss, right? If you’re getting into, interested in, or are already working in the tax industry, you may be surprised at what…
6 Things to Consider If You Want to Open A Tax Business
Thinking about opening a tax business? It’s an option we challenge many of our students or Continuing Education Tax Practitioners to seriously consider. Starting your own tax business doesn’t have to have the overhead and restrictions of starting a tax franchise. It’s…
Grow Your Company With An Advisory Board
“No man is an island; entire of himself…” This famous line written in 1624 by English poet John Donne is still sage advice for anyone, especially an entrepreneur. If you’re satisfied being an independent contractor compensated directly in proportion to your personal…
An Easy, Low-Cost Fast-Track to Entrepreneurship
Are you a people person? Do you aim to please? Do you find that you excel at customer service? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you’re qualified to become a tax preparer. Tax preparation isn’t all about numbers…
10 Basic Keys to Leadership
Being in charge does not make you a leader. Leadership is the ability to do more than manage, but to grow, develop and lead your team, employees, and organization in the direction you set. Leadership is a quality that takes development. While…
Strategic Business Plan Essentials
A Strategic Business Plan is important to your company’s growth and success. Have you thought of and included all of the essential things needed to make a strong and effective plan? Here are the essentials. Company Mission Your company Mission Statement is…