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