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.

Highlights

• 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

• 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 offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN).