How should a new EA design a tax practice so pricing, workflow, and capacity are stable before growth starts?

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A new EA practice should be built around control before convenience. The fastest way to create problems is to add ser...

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The source thread is useful because it shows the business decision under pressure: How do employers/employees in firms 10-20 people handle OT and bonuses? We have no mandatory OT, but pay 1.5x for OT worked and we pay bonuses 2x a year. Last year, our professionals averages around $15k in paid bonuses/OT (probably a little higher). That is based on roughly 75 hours of OT and all professional staff ha That should push you toward service scoping before expansion. Decide who the ideal client is, what work you will refuse, how returns will be reviewed, and what turnaround promise you can actually keep. Software, office space, and marketing only help once those choices are already constrained.

Keep the answer anchored to the original source at https://www.reddit.com/r/taxpros/comments/1khrzqt/smallmid_firm_comps_ot_bonuses/. That traceability matters because it shows the content came from a real practitioner question, not a fabricated scenario. The exam-safe or practice-safe answer is the one that makes the next step explicit, keeps the file supportable, and avoids solving uncertainty with improvisation.

How should a new EA design a tax practice so pricing, workflow, and capacity are stable before growth starts?

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