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Category: 4. Start a Tax Preparation Business

Starting a Tax Preparation Business From Home: Becoming a Professional Tax Preparer and Reaping the Benefits of Professional Tax Practice

Starting a Tax Preparation Business From Home: Becoming a Professional Tax Preparer and Reaping the Benefits of Professional Tax Practice

Are you considering starting a tax preparation business? The demand for tax services, including expertly prepared tax returns and personalized

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10-Point Startup Checklist

10-Point Startup Checklist

If you’ve been thinking about launching a startup, you should know the steps required to successfully get your business up and running.  Whether you plan to operate your practice full or part-time, it’s important that you have a plan.  The following checklist will help you perform all the startup tasks in the proper order: 1. […]

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How to start a tax business? With Universal, it’s as simple as turning the key

How to start a tax business? With Universal, it’s as simple as turning the key

We humans sure seem to spend a lot of time chasing after keys, right?   Self-help authors and celebrities sell

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Start a Bookkeeping Business or a Tax Business – What’s the best fit for you?

Start a Bookkeeping Business or a Tax Business – What’s the best fit for you?

If you're looking to start a bookkeeping business or a tax business, it can be difficult to decipher the difference

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Start a Tax Business — Where to Start

Start a Tax Business — Where to Start

When we think about what it takes to start a tax business, it can be an overwhelming prospect at first.

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Start a Tax Business and Beyond

Start a Tax Business and Beyond

To start a tax business, learning how to plan and prepare returns is only the first step towards achieving success

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Top Mistakes New Tax Preparers Make—and How Training Can Prevent Them

Top Mistakes New Tax Preparers Make—and How Training Can Prevent Them

Breaking into the tax industry is exciting. Whether you're transitioning careers, looking to boost your income during tax season, or

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Home-Based Business Strategies

Home-Based Business Strategies

While running a business from home can be inexpensive and convenient, it can get tricky as you try to balance work and home life, sometimes all from the same room.  In order to ensure that your professional and personal lives don’t collide in the process, you should have a strategy or at least some techniques […]

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Is a Tax Franchise Right For Me

Is a Tax Franchise Right For Me

Some Straight Talk About Tax FranchisesIs a Tax Franchise Right For Me? Entreprenuer.com lists and rates 12 different Income Tax Franchise opportunities. These opportunities are available just about everywhere in the United States. As tax time approaches people all over the country consider a Tax Franchise a great business opportunity.You have probably heard about franchises […]

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Now’s the Perfect Time to Launch Your Startup

Now’s the Perfect Time to Launch Your Startup

Now’s the Perfect Time to Launch Your Startup In a recent USA Today article, author Steve Strauss proclaimed that “…this is, without a doubt, the greatest time ever—and I mean ever in the entire course of human history—to start, own, run and grow a business.”  He credits this to five new emergent elements that are […]

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What support do you need to start a tax business?

What support do you need to start a tax business?

Starting your own business as a professional tax preparer or bookkeeper can be a rewarding experience with tons of perks

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Developing Your Marketing Niche

Developing Your Marketing Niche

Specialist or Generalist? One important marketing issue you should decide upon is whether your accounting service is going to attract clients right across the business spectrum or if you are going specialize in particular industries or client groups from where you will obtain your client base. If you do decide to specialize, it’s imperative that […]

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Professional Tax Preparer™ is Universal Accounting School’s unique program that affirms & validates the skills and abilities of an individual to perform tax preparation services for individuals & businesses.

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