Do You Feel Like Saying... “Help Me Run A Better Business”
Recently a business operator wrote an article in “Accountant’s Daily” that pleaded with his accountant to provide a broader range of professional services not just taxation services.
The small business person wrote “the truth is that while I’ve been patiently waiting for you to escape the compliance cubicle, I cannot hang around much longer.”
“Over the years, I’ve sat through meeting after meeting with you about my tax returns. To be honest, I do this under sufferance – tax does not light me up!”
“It is time to spell it out….Help me run a better business!”
The writer then asked his accountant to meet with him quarterly with appointments set twelve months in advance – “know that I’ll look forward to our meetings and be interested in what you have to say...