Learning to Teach "Tax" as a Second Language

Overview

Sometimes the vernacular of accounting seems more challenging than technical aspects. This session offers suggestions for translating the foreign language of taxation into tangible terms for non-accountants. We explore techniques for simplifying the complexity of taxation terminology. This course will equip you with tools for demystifying tax technicalities so you can help clients and other non-tax professionals grasp fundamental concepts.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Highlights

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Accounting as a foreign language
• Commonly misunderstood concepts
• Communicating tax matters
• Client-practitioner interactions
• Interacting with tax authorities

Prerequisites

Basic taxation knowledge

Designed For

CPAs in public practice or members in industry who want to simplify complicated tax concepts.

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

• Identify taxation nuances that are important but difficult for non-tax professionals to understand.
• Apply techniques for educating clients regarding taxation.
• Distinguish methods for simplifying and communicating complicated tax concepts.

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by CPA Crossings. Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.