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Tax Resolution Specialist: Best Referral Sources

Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.

Get the networking events worth showing up to

Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for tax resolution firms and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.

Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.

Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need tax resolution firms, who else gets a call that same week?

Tax resolution firms sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a letter shows up from the IRS. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.

What starts the work
  • Tax notice or auditwhen a letter shows up from the IRS
  • Lawsuit or claimwhen somebody gets sued
  • Sale of a businesswhen an owner sells the company
  • Divorcewhen a marriage ends
Block one

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.

  1. 01

    CPA / Accountant

    They send you work
    80

    Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS

    CPAs hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  2. 02

    Attorney Real Estate

    They send you work
    66

    Trigger: somebody gets sued

    Real estate attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  3. 03

    Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)

    They send you work
    65

    Trigger: somebody gets sued

    Community association managers hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  4. 04

    Financial Advisor

    They send you work
    64

    Trigger: an owner sells the company

    Financial advisors hear about it when an owner sells the company, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  5. 05

    Attorney Business & Corporate

    They send you work
    64

    Trigger: somebody gets sued

    Business attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  6. 06

    Insurance Property & Casualty

    They send you work
    63

    Trigger: somebody gets sued

    P&C insurance agents hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  7. 07

    Attorney Bankruptcy

    You send them work
    61

    Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS

    You hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before bankruptcy attorneys do. Expect to give more than you get back here.

  8. 08

    Business Banker

    They send you work
    60

    Trigger: an owner sells the company

    Business bankers hear about it when an owner sells the company, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  9. 09

    Business Coach

    They send you work
    58

    Trigger: an owner sells the company

    Business coaches hear about it when an owner sells the company, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.

  10. 10

    Bookkeeper

    You send them work
    57

    Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS

    You hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before bookkeepers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.

Block two

Where those people actually are

Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.

Start here

Vistage

Your partners are in this room: CPAs, financial advisors, and business attorneys.

Run CEO peer groups. You are buying advice, not leads, but the group turns into a warm list over time.

Paid peer group Monthly $2,000+/yr ~8 hrs/month
Find your local chapter →

Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.

  1. 01

    Vistage

    Paid peer group

    Your partners are in this room: CPAs, financial advisors, and business attorneys.

    Run CEO peer groups. You are buying advice, not leads, but the group turns into a warm list over time.

    Monthly $2,000+/yr ~8 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  2. 02

    Your city or county chamber of commerce

    Chamber of commerce

    Your partners are in this room: CPAs, community association managers, and financial advisors.

    Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~4 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  3. 03

    Your local estate planning council

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: CPAs and financial advisors.

    Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.

    Monthly Under $500/yr ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  4. 04

    State bar practice sections

    Your partners' association

    Your partners are in this room: real estate attorneys, business attorneys, and bankruptcy attorneys.

    Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time.

    Quarterly Under $500/yr ~2 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  5. 05

    EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization)

    Paid peer group

    Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, business attorneys, and business coaches.

    Owners above a revenue bar, meeting in private. Few referrals, but the ones that happen are big and close fast.

    Monthly $2,000+/yr ~8 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  6. 06

    LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities

    Online community

    Your partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and P&C insurance agents.

    Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.

    Always on Free ~3 hrs/month
    Chapter finder →
  7. 07

    BNI

    Structured referral group

    One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.

    The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.

    Weekly $500–$2,000/yr ~8 hrs/month One seat per category
    Chapter finder →
  8. 08

    LeTip International

    Structured referral group

    One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.

    Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.

    Weekly $500–$2,000/yr ~7 hrs/month One seat per category
    Chapter finder →
The competitor trap

State CPA society

Most tax resolution firms join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licences, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.

State CPA society →

Let us be straight with you. For tax resolution firms, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.

Block three

Is your seat open?

Prime Time takes one tax resolution specialist per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.

Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.

Get the dates

Have the next meetings sent to you

The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for tax resolution firms, with the one page plan.

We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.

Take this with you

Your one-page action plan

Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.

Networking plan: Tax Resolution Specialist

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. CPA / Accountant (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS
  2. Attorney Real Estate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody gets sued
  3. Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody gets sued
  4. Financial Advisor (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: an owner sells the company
  5. Attorney Business & Corporate (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: somebody gets sued

The three rooms to be in

  1. Vistage: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, financial advisors, and business attorneys.
  2. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, community association managers, and financial advisors.
  3. Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: CPAs and financial advisors.

Don't confuse this with networking: State CPA society. Learning and supplier access, not referrals.