You’ve made it through the first half of tax season – congratulations! While you may have experienced a rush of early filers this year, the latter half of tax season always has its own rush of last-minute filers too. To get ready, we recommend following these five tips for staying productive, profitable, and informed.
Take care of yourself
Hydration, sleep, and blood sugar levels are all extremely important for cognitive function and productivity. While it may seem like skipping lunch and burning the midnight oil helps you get ahead in tax season. You’ll be more productive when you take care of yourself properly.
As much as possible, make an effort to get enough sleep, drink water throughout the day, and eat regular healthy meals. Other self-care measures like exercise and our stress management tips for tax preparers can also help see you through the busy season.
Stay organized
Clutter is also known to negatively impact productivity, so keep that desk clear and keep your client files organized and stored properly. Even in the middle of tax season, it’s not too late to switch to a paperless document storage system if you’re a TaxSlayer Pro user.
Try to keep out only what you’re working on at any given time and put other work away. If you’re working from home, try to create a dedicated workspace that helps you stay focused and organized.
Reach out to clients
Send thank you notes or emails to customers who have already filed and continue to reach out to customers who haven’t returned yet this season. Doing so is an investment that will last you the rest of this tax season and into the next. You’ll build positive client relationships for next season, and you’ll increase revenue and client retention this season. The client retention tracker in your TaxSlayer Pro software can help you automate this communication.
Also, be sure to let clients know about changes to your service offerings, like virtual tax preparation.
Stay up to date on tax law changes
There have been several major changes to tax laws in recent years, and some even occurred during the tax filing season. Stay up to date by subscribing to the IRS’s newsletters and the TaxSlayerPro newsletter, where we cover all the new updates you need to know about as they are breaking.
