Comments on: Going With A National "Brand Name". . . http://themotaxguy.com/going-with-a-brand-name/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-with-a-brand-name Tax Preparation and your Personal Finances Mon, 07 May 2012 15:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://themotaxguy.com/going-with-a-brand-name/#comment-70 Bruce Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:08:53 +0000 http://lrtaxprep.com/blog/?p=448#comment-70 Not a bad idea really. Jeff, I don't have time, do you? The idea is a sound one. I am curious though, “big boys on the block”? Not a bad idea really.
Jeff, I don’t have time, do you? The idea is a sound one.

I am curious though, “big boys on the block”?

]]> By: Jeff D. http://themotaxguy.com/going-with-a-brand-name/#comment-69 Jeff D. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:43:49 +0000 http://lrtaxprep.com/blog/?p=448#comment-69 I am an enrolled agent with the "big boys on the block". I agree with the gist of what is being said here, but wish to add that while not all preparers within the large companies are of high quality. Certainly not all CPA offices are of high quality either. We find it is not all that unusual to find a CPA firm prepared a return but the CPA himself/herself didn't really do any of the return. To me the biggest weakness in individual preparers isn't with their credility, it isn't with their knowledge or lack thereof. Rather Preparers too often try to prepare tax returns too quickly and do not do a thorough interview to discover all the ways the taxpayerns tax return can be legally manipulated. Wish someone would start a blog with preparers trying to determine the best legal tax return under various scenarios. Then persons could learn various legal manipulations they hadn't considered. Jeff D. I am an enrolled agent with the “big boys on the block”. I agree with the gist of what is being said here, but wish to add that while not all preparers within the large companies are of high quality.

Certainly not all CPA offices are of high quality either. We find it is not all that unusual to find a CPA firm prepared a return but the CPA himself/herself didn’t really do any of the return.

To me the biggest weakness in individual preparers isn’t with their credility, it isn’t with their knowledge or lack thereof. Rather Preparers too often try to prepare tax returns too quickly and do not do a thorough interview to discover all the ways the taxpayerns tax return can be legally manipulated.

Wish someone would start a blog with preparers trying to determine the best legal tax return under various scenarios. Then persons could learn various legal manipulations they hadn’t considered.

Jeff D.

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