10/19/2026
A good Accountant gets asked questions that have very little to do with preparing a tax return.
- A business owner wants to know whether their retirement plan still makes sense.
- A client is getting ready to sell a company.
- Someone has concerns about protecting assets.
- Another client has never updated an estate plan that was created 19 years ago.
You may be the person they ask because you already understand their business and their tax situation. But that doesn’t mean you should be expected to solve every problem yourself.
In many cases, recognizing that a client needs deeper expertise is exactly what good advisory work looks like. The question is knowing WHEN it is time to bring someone else into the conversation.
Here are seven situations Accountants should watch for to bring in more expertise for a client: https://hubs.li/Q04zbJm-0