As the CEO of a fast growing site focused on promoting tax professionals and tax brands, I have been witness to extraordinary milestones. There is one very important milestone in mind that is emerging on our site. All communities set the standards that keep them connected, and make people feel accepted and safe. What is emerging on this site is a high level of integrity, professionalism and business etiquette. Business etiquette is characterized by polite behavior between people and within communities. These characteristics and behaviors are bountiful in our community. TaxConnections values high standards of professional etiquette and good will towards our members. We are going to provide you with one of many examples that are setting the standard for the site. We hope you can learn from this example and set similar high standards for other communities. As a result, everyone in the tax profession benefits from higher standards of business etiquette online.

Allow me to share an example of the professionalism that was demonstrated recently in our community. The specific example I am referring to is an email that I received from Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D. who is a U.S. Tax Attorney living and working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I am going to leave out the other members names for this article because they have yet to be contacted for permission to mention them. Herein is the message I received:

“Briefly, a member posting on TaxConnections Worldwide Tax Blogs discussed a proposed bill that had been rejected during the congressional process last year. Their posting had referred to the blog posting of another attorney. Neither Read More