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Tax Practice Quarterly: 2023 Future-Focused Tax Practice Forum
Tax
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Tax Practice Quarterly: 2023 Future-Focused Tax Practice Forum

Strategically position your tax practice for success. Learn how to expand your service offerings, delve into the evolution of digital tax practice and gain insights from a client-service perspective.

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Format

Webcast

NASBA Field of Study

Taxes

Level

Update

CPE Credits

2

Instructor

April Walker, Peter Wesch , Aaron C. Stocks

Availability

3 months

Product Number

WC4080868

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Create a future-focused tax practice

Another tax season has come and gone. We hope your staff has had time to take some much-needed vacation.

As extension season gears up, now is an opportune time for CPA practitioners to evolve their tax practices to succeed as a future-focused organization.

Ensure your tax practice is strategically positioned for success.

In this Tax Practice Quarterly webcast, experts will discuss:

  • Expanding client service offerings
  • The evolution of the virtual tax practice
  • Best practices from a human resource and a client-service perspective

Key Topics

  • Tax practice management
  • Ensure tax practice is future ready
  • Virtual tax practice/remote work
  • Staff management strategies
  • Billing and client service strategies

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognize the top practice management challenges facing tax practitioners.
  • Identify areas for growth in managing clients, staff and technology.
  • Identify new services that CPA firms could consider offering.
  • Develop best-practice strategies for managing workflow now and into the future.
  • Utilize AICPA Tax Section resources to support firm’s practice management strategies.

Who Will Benefit

  • Medium firms
  • CPAs
  • Tax professionals
  • Small firms/sole practitioners
  • Small/medium businesses

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More Details
NASBA Field of Study
Taxes
Level
Update
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of tax planning, practice management and compliance
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
2 hrs
Pricing
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Speakers
April Walker
CPA, CGMA
April Walker is a Lead Technical Manager in the AICPA’s Tax Division. Prior to joining the AICPA in January 2016, April was in the public accounting field for twenty years, specializing in individual tax, closely held businesses and their respective owners, and not-for-profit taxation. April practiced at Blackman & Sloop, CPAs, a local firm in Chapel Hill, NC, for the past 14 years and prior to joining that firm, she worked for almost 5 years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Raleigh, NC. April is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs.
Peter Wesch
Smith Marion & Co. just celebrated its 40th anniversary and currently employs just under 50 team members in three offices located in Southern California and Tennessee. More than 60% of the firm's work is concentrated in the public housing authority and non-profit sectors, while one-third comprises tax preparation and for-profit accounting. The firm expects to prepare roughly 2,500 tax returns in 2023 and performs audit and advisory work in 21 states. Pete Wesch joined the firm in 2006 and currently holds the roles of Tax Principal and innovator. He became an Enrolled Agent in 1994 and has been in practice for more than 30 years. Pete served on the CalCPA Technology Committee for several years and is currently a member of the Cal State University San Bernardino Accounting Advisory Board. Pete and his wife, Lynda, welcomed their first grandchild in 2022 and enjoy riding horses and racing cars. Smith Marion began off-shoring work in January 2020, with a single Associate working in India. That Associate has performed accounting, audit, and review functions, as well as some limited business tax return processing. The firm added a bookkeeper in 2021 and has now expanded the India workforce to include three Tax Preparers and a part-time Administrative Assistant. Smith Marion migrated to Cloud Servers and SaaS applications for all computer functions in 2015. The firm utilizes the CCH Axcess Suite, CCH ProSystem fx Engagement, Accounting CS, and QuickBooks for its primary accounting functions.
Aaron C. Stocks
As the Founder, CEO, and member of the Leadership Team at PFS Global, Aaron oversees each department and leads the following firm initiatives: * Company vision * Department oversite and improvement * Outsourced CFO Services * Business development * Acquisitions * Quality control Aaron has spent the last 13 years growing PFS Global. Over the last two years, Aaron has dedicated his time to reconstructing PFS Global into a business management company away from a traditional accounting firm.
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