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.

Prerequisites

Basic taxation knowledge

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.

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