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Interview With Rachel Schmidt of ADP About The Important Benefits ADP Offers Accountants And Their Clients
Rachel Schmidt has been with ADP for over 3 years and during that time has earned the designations of President’s Club Performer as well as Accountant Specialist. As a hard-earned ADP Accountant specialist, Rachel strictly partners with accountants and the CPA...
How Complaining Is Hurting Your Intelligence
This line is too long, traffic is out of hand, my daughter spends too much money, my mother-in-law needs to get out of our personal business, and the IRS keeps making it more difficult for accountants to do their job. Does any of this sound familiar? I’m sure you...
Feelings Are Information, Not Problems
As a woman and a mother in a profession like accounting, it can be challenging to own your feelings and not make them a problem. With a limited number of women in leadership roles and the messaging that women often get about not being “too emotional”, it can seem...
Proposed $15,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
The proposed $15,000 first time home buyer tax credit made available through the First Time Homebuyer Act is now officially a bill, heading to Congress. Under the current verbiage of the bill, this First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit will be available to taxpayers for...
More Flexibility For Flexible Spending Accounts
Due to the pandemic, the IRS has provided greater flexibility to employee benefit plans offering health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) or dependent care assistance programs. Under the COVID-related Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and the American Rescue...
Changes To The Employee Retention Credit
Since the SBA just announced that the Paycheck Protection Program is done for now, it’s time to turn to other benefits for small business owners that are struggling to get back on their feet. Thankfully the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) can be a real boon for small...
Interview With Business And Strategist Coach For CPA’s, Geraldine Carter
Geraldine Carter is the founder of She Thinks Big Coaching, where she helps CPAs get out of the accounting rut. Her clients routinely double their margins in 6 months or less while working fewer hours. Geraldine holds a BS in Engineering from Cornell University, is...
SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund
As of May 3rd, the SBA launched their much-anticipated Restaurant Revitalization Fund to help struggling restaurants get the support they need in order to keep their doors open as America slowly reopens for business after the pandemic. This $28.6 billion grant program...
Reducing Accountant Mom Burnout
On one of the earliest episodes of this podcast, episode #17 - Beating Burnout, I discussed the topic of burnout and how incredibly challenging it is for accountant moms who have so much on their shoulders, both personally and professionally. That episode resonated...
Self-Employed Sick Leave Credit
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), eligible self-employed individuals will determine their qualified sick and family leave equivalent tax credits with the new IRS Form 7202, Credits For Sick Leave And Family Leave For Certain Self-Employed...