Taxes & Accountants Suggestions

I run a sole-proprietor web dev company. After a few years of going at it alone, my taxes really need someone on them who knows what they are doing. I have spoken with a few accountants but am finding that many know nothing "special" about accounting for the web business.

So my questions are:

1) Can someone suggest some tips to finding a qualified accountant. What questions to ask them and such.

2) I would also like to know what type of "legal" tax tricks or deductions i should definitely be doing to make the most after taxes.

3) Any URL to great info is also appreciated.

Lets make this post great!

Hi,

I've been running business for over 30 years, and I have found that you cannot expect too much specialized assistance from accountants, though they can provide some general rules of thumb to help you with your tax preparation. I look for a sharp accountant who asks the right questions, provides some information that I do not know of already, and I augment this with my own research, so basically we work together. Also, I minimize the amount of time I spend with an accountant since I do not find it to be useful to have someone managing my books. I look for good advice and good tax preparation and the rest I handle myself.

Hope this helps,
Rich