On this weeks "best-of", Mike Michalowicz, Ron Saharyan, and Chris Curran speak with Tax Extraordinaire, Eric Levenhagen to discuss how you can coach or guide your clients through better tax preparation. Most entrepreneurs default to incurring expenses at the end of the year to avoid taxes and end up damaging their business as a result. Eric shares a specific strategy for appropriately reducing tax consequences without this very reactionary response, including techniques like entity selection, entity management, and modifying payroll based upon the type of company you have (including family members in the business). Eric also shares a way that bookkeepers who do not want to get into tax can partner up with a tax accountant.

This week, Gabrielle Fontaine gives us great advice on how to grow your business using

Neurobiology is the key to great communication according to John Bates. The beautiful thing is every person on the planet has this skill wired into them.  Great communication will help you grow your accounting, bookkeeping or coaching practice.

Connecting with Damien Greathead to talk about profitability and sustainability in business.  We discuss how to leverage some of the latest technologies to become more efficient.  By utilizing an app for data collection, accountants can free up valuable time to expand the breadth of their clientele.  Welcome to episode 163 of the Grow My Accounting Practice Podcast.