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Why Tax Planners Need a Written Tax Plan

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What if there was a straightforward way to improve profitability and reduce liability for your tax practice? Creating a written tax plan can separate the professionals from the amateurs. Anyone can come up with an idea and call it a tax plan. Will your client actually implement the plan and realize the savings?

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Tax Proverb #1: Make Implementation Part of Your Tax Plan

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An experienced tax planner will tell you that you can put together the best techniques, angles, and methods for creating a tax plan, but none of it will matter without implementation. Step 2: Create a Plan for Implementation. Once you have collected all the information you need, you can form a cohesive tax plan.

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Put It All in Writing: Don’t Skip This Tax Planning Best Practice

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Having a system in place for promptly and clearly documenting your advice and the details of your tax plans is essential for a number of reasons: Managing Risk and Liabilities. Even tax planners may find the constant shifts in tax policy and the long lists of nuances and exceptions for each law confusing.

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Ethical Concerns in Using Tax Planning Software

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What are my ethical responsibilities when I use software to produce a tax plan? In the world of taxes, there are many ethical issues that can come into play. And according to the same research firm, the use of AI in the accounting and tax industry will likely grow more than 50 percent by the year 2030.

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AICTP’s Roadmap to Tax Planning: 10 Keys to Growing Your Accounting Advisory Services

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The American Institute of Certified Tax Planners (AICTP) offers a full-service solution to developing CAS in your firm focusing on the specialization of tax planning. AICTP provides a true roadmap for shifting your business model to support advisory centered client relationships through tax planning and value pricing.

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Tax Planning Versus Preparation – What is the Difference? – Part 2

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Tax planning is making shifts in a taxpayer’s financial and business situation, to minimize their tax burden both in the short term and over time. We’ll discuss five of the main strategies for legally lowering your clients’ tax burden. But saving one year is better than falling victim to a 7% tax increase!

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Tax Planning Versus Preparation – What is the Difference? – Part 1

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Visit social media or google these days and you’ll most likely see advertisements for Tax Planning. But many taxpayers (and even tax pros) are confused about the differences between tax planning and tax preparation. Why is it impossible to do tax planning at the same time as you prepare a tax return?