10/22/2026
๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐.
A year-end tax planning meeting should be spent making decisions, not searching for numbers.
Before you meet with your accountant, have these seven things ready:
๐ญ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป
It gives your accountant the starting point and prior-year tax picture.
๐ฎ. ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐๐ผ-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ&๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต
Not a bank-feed download. Use reconciled financials.
๐ฏ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Expected revenue, major expenses, payroll, and anything unusual before December 31.
๐ฐ. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ
Include payment dates and confirmation records.
๐ฑ. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Especially important for owners taking wages from the business.
๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐
Equipment, vehicles, loans, large capital expenditures, or property transactions.
๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
Investment gains or losses, rental activity, retirement distributions, new income sources, or other significant changes.
The goal is simple:
Your accountant should spend the meeting helping you decide what to do before year-end, not rebuilding information that should already be available.
And if you're using QuickBooks, Xero, or another accounting system, give your accountant the appropriate ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, not your personal login credentials.
Get the numbers organized now so the tax conversation can focus on decisions.