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 The Tax Professional's Guide to Georgia Tax Credits, Courtesy of Alpharesults
 Vol. V No. 5 May 2011
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In this issue
Who is Your Ideal Client?
Competitiveness Initiative Update
Healthcare and Certified EHR Systems

Hello!

Welcome to Alpha-Mail, the monthly newsletter about Georgia tax credits for Georgia tax professionals.

We thought this month would be a good time for you to consider who is your ideal client?  Also, check out our update on the governor's new Competitiveness Initiative process.  And finally, we'd like to share a  new issue affecting your Healthcare clients.  We hope you can use this information to strengthen your client relationships!

Thank you for reading Alpha-Mail -- please click reply to tell us what you think.

All the best, 

Dale&JimSigsSM1     

 Dale Stapler    Jim Tinsley
     Alpharesults, LLC 




Who is Your Ideal Client?
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Now that everyone is coming up for air after tax season, many CPAs are looking for new business.  And since I am always interested in the CPA firm's uniqueness, specialization and future plans, I take every opportunity to ask CPAs to tell me about their ideal client.

 

This comes in handy when I meet with companies that are starting up, relocating to Georgia, or having significant growth.  They are looking for business advisers, often from CPA firms, who can help them.  Knowing your ideal client helps me refer the best adviser for the job.

 

For example, Alpharesults' ideal clients are privately held companies that pay Georgia income taxes and have activities such as installing new business software, adding jobs or expanding over the past few years (remember: pay taxes and activities).

 

Suggestion: clearly define your ideal client so that your network of business advisors can help (such as bankers, attorneys, insurance agents, tax credit consultants and others). If it's easy to remember, hopefully they will bring you opportunities for new business.   

 

 

JimSig 

 


Competitiveness Initiative Update
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The state's new Competitiveness Initiative team wants input from you for future economic development plans and related legislation. They will be holding 12 meetings throughout the state, from June 23 in Albany to August 31 in West Point (click here for locations and dates). The format for these meetings will be a facilitated session around the 6 topical areas that the Initiative has identified: business climate, education & workforce development, innovation, infrastructure, international opportunity and growth, and government efficiency and effectiveness. It is requested that presenters utilize these areas in their presentations. If you are interested in helping with Georgia's economic development future, attend and participate in the meeting nearest you!


DaleSig 


Healthcare and Certified EHR Systems
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If your healthcare clients are interested in pursuing the new Federal Meaningful Use incentives, they have to be running on a Certified EHR System. And they have to be careful -- it is a specific vendor's application version that is certified. For example, Greenway Medical Technologies' PrimeSuite application must be on version 2011. Some vendors have multiple applications and multiple versions (click here for a listing).

To get their first (Stage 1) $$ payment, the certified EHR software version has to be installed, workflows changed, employees trained (NOTE: retraining tax credit potential) and the software utilized by the physicians for at least 90 consecutive days. Helping your clients focus on these incentive $$ will strengths your relationships with them.

 

 

JimSig 

 


About Us
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Alpharesults has assembled a team with the specialized knowledge and approach required to obtain Georgia income tax credits.  We are not a public accounting firm.  Rather, our services complement those of public accounting firms and do not create conflicted loyalties, because our professionals do not perform attestation work or other external audit functions.  

We focus on small to medium-sized businesses and work exclusively in Georgia with a wide variety of in-state and out-of-state accounting firms.  For more information on our services, follow this link

 

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