Jean-Guy Talbot

Jean-Guy Talbot

File Preparation Write-Downs

getting a write-down

From time to time, I’m asked to make presentations on how to read financial statements and how to use them to increase profits. Most of what I present is extremely obvious and would hardly seem worth presenting. In short, here’s…

Caring for our clients

passport

If someone had asked me when I was first in practice whether it was possible to care too much for my clients. I would have answered: “Absolutely not. I will do whatever the client wants or needs within reason”. I…

The Secret of Resilience

The Secret of Resilience

Anybody who’s had a successful business will agree that building a successful enterprise requires a tremendous amount of resilience. My recent struggles with my mental health have got me reading books and searching the internet a lot for information on…

Should you hire?

Strangely enough, this is one of the most common questions I get. In the past, before answering, I’d ask a bunch of questions related to their practice, backlog, etc. etc, etc. Lots of questions. Based on what I was told,…

Managing workflow

Managing workflow

I always find it interesting how one practitioner will ask me a question, and I suddenly find myself being asked the same, or very similar question, by many accountants and bookkeepers.   The question is this: How do my manage the…

Fees during tax season

Fees during tax season

Should accountants be adjusting fees for services rendered during tax season?Answer: Yes! I was very tempted to end this newsletter right here. This would have been the shortest newsletter EVER. Increasing fees for services requested during the months of March…

Owner time management

delegating

All those great ideas of how I can grow and make my practice better Jean-Guy are all great. I love them. But here’s the problem Jean-Guy, I just don’t have the time. I have all these fires to put out.…