{"id":7641,"date":"2019-06-14T10:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalaccountingschool.com\/?p=7641"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:16:17","slug":"running-a-successful-tax-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalaccountingschool.com\/running-a-successful-tax-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Running a successful tax business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill came to the world of ledgers and tax returns by an unlikely route. He majored in music, and spent time as a songwriter in Los Angeles, even landing a spot on a production team for a Stevie Wonder spin-off called Writer\u2019s Quarters West. To help make ends meet for his young family, Bill started a small business in 1988, part time, while still keeping a foot in the music industry. But it quickly consumed all his time and energy, and he discovered that he actually enjoyed running a business, which required learning how to keep the books, which led to an MBA in finance and accounting. Eventually, Bill was hired by <a href=\"https:\/\/universalaccountingschool.com\/\">Universal Accounting Center<\/a> in Salt Lake City to teach their unique bookkeeping and tax preparation courses to students from all over the country. He has been a lead writer and editor for Universal Accounting&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/universalaccountingschool.com\/professional-tax-preparer-certification\/\">Professional Tax Preparer course.<\/a> He also worked several seasons as a tax professional for H&amp;R Block. Having worked several seasons as a tax professional for H&amp;R Block, Bill currently runs his own thriving bookkeeping, accounting and tax preparation business.<\/p>\n<p>Starting and building a successful tax business takes time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>Listen as Bill Brough EA, shares his experience and some advice.<\/p>\n<p>As a professional tax preparer, Bill first started with just a handful of clients one tax season. In the time it went from being a supplemental income that he was doing on weeknights and weekends to a crossroad. Yes, he took the leap and started doing taxes full-time doubling and even tripling his business each tax season year-over-year.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Brough EA, owner, and founder of Bottom Line Bookkeeping &amp; Tax. Primary contributor and content writer to the Professional Tax Preparer PTP program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/universalaccountingschool.com\/professional-tax-preparer-certification\/\">Become a Professional Tax Preparer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/universalbusinessbuilders.com\/owner\">Start and BUILD your own successful accounting firm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaYanmfl2e8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBuSTi-dFn4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmESnFctoW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill came to the world of ledgers and tax returns by an unlikely route. 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