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10 Ways CPAs Can Gain More Local Exposure

10 Ways CPAs Can Gain More Local Exposure

As a CPA, you often spend your days buried in tax forms and computer programs. It’s the work that best suits you, but it isn’t often conducive to networking and building your clientele. Assuming you have already joined the local chamber of…

CPAs: The Retirement Horizon is Changing for Your Clients

CPAs: The Retirement Horizon is Changing for Your Clients

As your clients enjoy longer, healthier lives, they can also anticipate a longer retirement. People are still retiring around the same age that they always have, but most retirees today can expect to live twenty or even thirty years after they stop…

4 Surprising Ways Life Insurance Can Serve Your Clients

4 Surprising Ways Life Insurance Can Serve Your Clients

Your clients probably think of life insurance as a safety net for their income. If the primary breadwinner dies, life insurance can replace the wages they would have earned, therefore protecting the family. As a CPA, you might not be too concerned…

CPAs: Don’t Let Your Clients Put Their Lives on Hold

CPAs: Don’t Let Your Clients Put Their Lives on Hold

A recent study by the AICPA uncovered the depth to which our finances tend to influence other aspects of our lives. Alarmingly, 51 percent of survey respondents said that in the past year, they have put off major life decisions for financial reasons….

CPAs Should Evaluate Clients’ Life Insurance Policies

CPAs Should Evaluate Clients’ Life Insurance Policies

As your clients’ most trusted advisor, they may turn to you for advice on all of their financial dealings. When it comes to your their life insurance portfolios, you should be aware of some important changes in the industry that may impact…

CPAs: Marketing in a Digital Age

CPAs: Marketing in a Digital Age

It’s fairly obvious that the internet has changed the way we interact with the world, access new information, and make important decisions. Many CPA firms today struggle with integrating current digital marketing trends into their practice. While potential clients are moving forward…

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Encourage Your Clients to Do Beneficiary Reviews
Encourage Your Clients to Do Beneficiary Reviews

Part of your role as a CPA is helping clients stay on top of all their financial matters. Taxes, life insurance policies, estate planning, retirement accounts, investments… It can all add up to a confusing maze for some of your clients. As…

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Protecting Your Clients from Market Volatility
Protecting Your Clients from Market Volatility

We all want our clients to make money, avoid loss, and never have to worry about a thing during retirement. Unfortunately, as this past month’s market volatility has demonstrated, it’s easy to gain and lose very quickly. We’ve all felt a bit…

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Social Security Gets a Cost of Living Increase
Social Security Gets a Cost of Living Increase

Beginning January 1, Social Security benefits recipients will receive a slightly larger check, due to the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). This year checks will increase by 1.7 percent, making this the third year in a row that COLA has been…

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IRS Raises Retirement Plan Contribution Limits for 2015
IRS Raises Retirement Plan Contribution Limits for 2015

Each year, the IRS adjusts pension plan contribution limits based on increases in the cost of living. These adjustments help savers offset the effects of inflation upon their retirement savings. In 2015, workers will be able to contribute more to their retirement…

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