NEWLY ADDED! ->> Focused on practical applications and examples around both basic and more advanced crypto tax planning, attendees will leave with actionable business intelligence with which to advise current and future clients. In addition to these practitioner focused insights, pending legislation and possible future tax changes will be put forward and discussed.
While most firms focus on top line growth, the most successful firms place equal if not greater importance on margin contribution. There are many factors that can impact margin, and evolving trends including alternative pricing models, alternative staffing models, and better overall processes to ensure that firms can make a profit on their engagements. In this course, we will discuss they key KPIs and pain points related to the factors that can impact profit margin, and present leading practices in each designed to improve the dollars you keep vs. the time you spend on client engagements.
Bill Penczak spent the first 20 years of his career as a billable consultant for large national firms, and for the past 18 years has focused on professional services firms, including regional, national and global roles for EY, BDO, and Briggs & Veselka. In the past two years, two of his clients were cited as the fastest growing CPA firms in the country by Accounting Today magazine. He is regular contributor to CPA Trendlines on topics related to firm management, growth, and people issues.
Busy season seems to keep getting busier. Last-minute changes to the tax code, delayed tax software updates, workload compression, and a shortage of experienced accounting professionals continue to exacerbate what is already a grueling season for many accounting firms. Client fee pressures force firms to figure out how to get more productivity out of their existing staff while not burning staff out and maintaining a high staff engagement level.
Yet, some tax and bookkeeping firms have been showing strong growth and even increased work-life balance. We interviewed a variety of these firms to see if we could identify the secret to their success. Attend this session to learn how these firms are bucking the general trends and achieving growth and increased profitability.
Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether are two trending topics in the fin-tech world. Yet, few business professionals can grasp the intricacies, opportunities and challenges posed by this new technology. This session intends to give you a high-level, non-technological understanding of the history of cryptocurrencies and the taxation of common cryptocurrency related transactions. This session also covers current developments surrounding this topic such as the inclusion of the virtual currency question on the front of Form 1040, how to successfully navigate through tax notices (CP2000, Letter 6173, Letter 6174 & Letter 6174-A) and tax planning opportunities.