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Register for this webinar by following this link here.    Our speakers for this event are Josh Lance and Ryan Embree! Josh is a CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, manages a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, he works with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice. Ryan Embree is the Director of Partnerships at Practice Ignition.   ABSTRACT: Do you want to streamline onboarding, automate engagements, and eliminate accounts receivable for your firm? Join Ryan Embree of Ignition and Josh Lance of Lance CPA Group to learn how you can scale your revenue and win high value clients with Ignition. Create and send your proposal and engagement letter within minutes from Ignition. Once your client accepts, Ignition automatically creates invoices and marks as paid in QuickBooks when payments are processed. In this interactive, hands-on session follow along with accounting expert Josh Lance to get up and running fast with Ignition. He will also give tips and share his experience for managing his own firm. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions in an open Q&A. Learning objectives:   By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: How to create and send a proposal in 5 minutes that gets signed electronically and gets you paid automatically How to streamline your sales process and upsell services by allowing your clients to choose from up to three proposal options Why getting payments (ACH and Credit Card) set up inside the proposal (instead of post-proposal) is a huge time saver Designing a compliant engagement letter  Identify ways to speed up your engagement process with Practice Ignition Which one or all? Packaging and bundling your services Consultative selling Process and Workflow Efficiency   Who should attend? Anyone who prepares tax returns and advises clients. Course Level: Basic  Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization - Non-Technical Recommended CPE:  1 Recommended CE: 0   
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Register for this webinar by following this link here.    Our speakers for this event are Clayton Crouch and Jim Buffington!     Clayton Crouch | Sr. Solution Specialist | Intuit Clayton received his Master of Business Administration from the University of North Texas. He is a Senior Solution Specialist who supports the sales teams in the professional tax group, while hosting webinars and product demos for Intuit’s professional tax customer base. He is passionate about helping customers implement the right cloud-based solutions which allow them to grow and scale their business and power prosperity for their clients.   Jim Buffington | CPA. Advisory Services Leader | Intuit Jim has been teaching in the tax and accounting industry for over 15 years and is an expert in the implementation of advisory services based on his experience working with thousands of tax and accounting firms across the U.S. In addition to being a CPA, Jim holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Accounting from Texas A&M University, then went on to get his MBA at University of Texas Dallas. To learn more about Jim, feel free to visit his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbuffington88/ and follow in on Twitter @Jimatintuit.     ABSTRACT: Join us in this session to meet the Intuit Tax Advisor team to help you maximize your return on investment on your journey to advisory. We will discuss the latest product updates and customer feedback, showcase custom strategies, and address the most common questions around Intuit Tax Advisor.  ***Intuit Tax Advisor is only available to ProConnect and Lacerte users. ProSeries customers will not be able to use the software at this time*** WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone currently using Intuit Tax Advisor and anyone interested in adding tax advisory to their compliance services.            
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Register for this webinar by following this link here.    Our speakers for this event are Josh Lance and Ryan Embree!     Josh Lance | Managing Director at Lance CPA Group | Head of Accounting at Practice Ignition CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, I manage a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, I work with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice.   Ryan Embree | Partnerships | Practice Ignition       ABSTRACT: Generally speaking, tax season—the four-month-long period where tax professionals diligently set about collecting their clients’ financial figures, making sense of everything, and submitting timely, accurate returns—is where accounting practices tend to make the majority of their yearly revenue. What if there was a better way to run your firm? As it happens, there is. Practices looking to avoid feast and famine type of scenarios should transition towards a year-round recurring revenue model, protecting their cash flow in the process. Over the years, Josh Lance, CPA has expanded his firm’s business model to focusing more on recurring revenue and less on tax season. This expansion increased his revenue by 300%. Join Josh Lance, CPA of Lance CPA Group to discover new ways to serve your tax clients year round. During this webinar Josh will cover how to provide additional services, plan out your recurring revenue for the year and identify new revenue streams in your firm. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:   By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: Identify new services to offer your tax clients Tips on structuring your firm to be less reliant on tax season revenue How to leverage sales and marketing efforts to obtain new revenue streams Which one or all? Pricing Strategies Packaging and Bundling your services Process and Workflow Efficiency Managing a remote team   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares tax returns and serves taxpayers or business clients.   Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization – Non-Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0    
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Register for this webinar by following this link here.    Our speaker for this event is Sonia Dumas!    Founder | ALT Monie | Cash Flow Conversations Sonia Dumas is the Founder of ALT Monie and Cash Flow Conversations. She’s a subject matter expert who helps tax professionals understand the big picture risks and opportunities of Web 3 – and how to turn this disruption into expanded high-fee services for clients.   ABSTRACT: The world is in the early stages of adapting to cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and blockchain technology. This fast-paced informative session will help you to see the big picture vision and reality of this technological shift. Discover the reason why early adopting taxpayers and business leaders are embracing this soon to be regulated global transformation. In addition, capture a sneak peak look into the world of triple entry accounting and learn the important smart questions to ask crypto-curious clients.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES By completing this session you will be able to: ●       Discuss the big picture of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts with colleagues. ●       Know how to research which Web 3 software companies are disrupting business as usual.   ●       Start thinking strategically about triple entry accounting. ●       Be able to ask smart questions to taxpayers who are integrating cryptocurrencies into business and life. BEST SUITED FOR - Tax professionals, accountants, attorneys, financial advisors Course level:  Beginner Length: 60 minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group - Live internet Field of Study: Technology CPE: 1 CE: 0              
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
Register for this webinar by following this link here.    Our speaker for this event is Josh Lance!    Josh Lance | Managing Director at Lance CPA Group | Head of Accounting at Practice Ignition CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, I manage a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, I work with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice.   ABSTRACT: When was the last time you refined your sales process? Now that we’re past the tax filing deadline it’s a great time to reimagine your sales process and start cross selling advisory services to your existing clients.  When accounting professionals lean into their advisor role with their clients, they can unlock tremendous value. In today’s new world, a modern advisor is an invaluable asset to a client’s business, supporting employees’ livelihoods and helping economic recovery.  How do firms communicate this added-value clearly and create client advisory service proposals that sell? We’re joined by Josh Lance of Lance CPA group and he’ll be sharing his top tips for selling advisory services to his clients.            LEARNING OBJECTIVES:             By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: o   Identify the value of delivering advisory services for clients and your firm o   Recognize the key elements and best practices for every advisory proposal o   How to cross sell advisory services to your existing clients ●      Which one or all? o   Packaging and Bundling your services o   Consultative selling o   Process and Workflow Efficiency o   Managing a remote team WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares tax returns and serves taxpayers or business clients.     Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization – Non-Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0      
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Monday, November 7, 2022
REGISTER TODAY! How to Ignite Your Client Engagement Strategy for 2023 - November 7, 2022 START DATE:11/7/2022 START TIME:1:00 PM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: The new year is just around the corner and it's time to start thinking about your client engagement strategy for 2023. Will you increase your fees? Will you fire any clients? Who is your ideal customer? What will you change from this year to next year? Josh Lance, the Managing Partner at Lance CPA Group, has been running his Chicago-based firm virtually for the last seven years. He'll be sharing the 3 principles of client engagement - 1 The customer journey.. 2. Strategically sell and close deals... 3. Selling doesn't stop with the sale..  LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: o   Recognize how to transition your current clients to your new client engagement strategy o   List the 3 principles to your client engagement strategy o   Identify opportunities to increase prices and cross sell new services o   List common traps to avoid when creating your client engagement strategy Which one or all? o   Packaging and Bundling your services o   Consultative selling o   Team Management o   Process and Workflow Efficiency   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares tax returns and serves taxpayers or business clients.  Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization – Non-Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0       Josh Lance Managing Director at Lance CPA Group and Head of Accounting at Practice Ignition Joshua Lance CPA, LLC CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, I manage a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, I work with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice.             Ryan Embree Partnerships Practice ignition    
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Friday, November 11, 2022
REGISTER TODAY! How to Manage and Run a Virtual Tax Season - November 11, 2022 START DATE:11/11/2022 START TIME:3:00 PM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Tax season is just around the corner, it's time to start thinking of future proofing your firm. Josh Lance, the Managing Partner at Lance CPA Group, has been running his Chicago-based firm virtually for the last seven years. He'll be sharing his blueprint to build an efficient and profitable virtual firm in time for the next tax season. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: o   Recognize how to transition your current clients to your virtual way of working o   List key technology and workflow considerations for a virtual tax season o   Identify how to motivate and manage a virtual team o   List common traps to avoid when making the switch to virtual   Which one or all? o   Packaging and Bundling your services o   Consultative selling o   Team Management o   Process and Workflow Efficiency   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares tax returns and serves taxpayers or business clients.  Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization – Non-Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0       Josh Lance Managing Director at Lance CPA Group and Head of Accounting at Practice Ignition Joshua Lance CPA, LLC CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, I manage a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, I work with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice.        
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REGISTER TODAY! How to Increase Revenue and Reduce Time Spent on Administrative Work with Ignition - November 14, 2022 START DATE:11/14/2022 START TIME:12:00 PM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Do you want to streamline onboarding, automate engagements, and eliminate accounts receivable for your firm? Join Ryan Embree of Ignition and Josh Lance of Lance CPA Group to learn how you can scale your revenue and win high value clients with Ignition.  Create and send your proposal and engagement letter within minutes from Ignition. Once your client accepts, Ignition automatically creates invoices and marks as paid in QuickBooks when payments are processed.  In this interactive, hands-on session follow along with accounting expert Josh Lance to get up and running fast with Ignition. He will also give tips and share his experience for managing his own firm. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions in an open Q&A.    Learning objectives: By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: How to create and send a proposal in 5 minutes that gets signed electronically and gets you paid automatically How to streamline your sales process and upsell services by allowing your clients to choose from up to three proposal options Why getting payments (ACH and Credit Card) set up inside the proposal (instead of post-proposal) is a huge time saver Designing a compliant engagement letter  Identify ways to speed up your engagement process with Practice Ignition Which one or all? Packaging and bundling your services Consultative selling Process and Workflow Efficiency   Who should attend? Anyone who prepares tax returns and advises clients.  Course Level: Basic  Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization - Non-Technical Recommended CPE:  1 Recommended CE: 0                                             Josh Lance Managing Director at Lance CPA Group and Head of Accounting at Practice Ignition Joshua Lance CPA, LLC CPA & CGMA. At Lance CPA Group, I manage a virtual and remote team serving craft brewery and digital agency clients around the country. At Practice Ignition, I work with accountants to help them optimize their firm and how they can use Practice Ignition to better run their practice.             Ryan Embree Partnerships Practice ignition    
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
REGISTER TODAY! Intuit Tax Advisor: In the Know - November 15, 2022 START DATE:11/15/2022 START TIME:1:00 PM CST DURATION:45 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Join us in our monthly webinar series as we help you maximize your return on investment on your journey to advisory. We will discuss the latest product updates and enhancements, share best practices, and address the most common questions around Intuit Tax Advisor.  ***Intuit Tax Advisor is only available to ProConnect and Lacerte users. ProSeries customers will not be able to use the software at this time*** WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone currently using Intuit Tax Advisor and anyone interested in adding tax advisory to their compliance services.          SPEAKERS:    Clayton Crouch Sr. Solution Specialist Intuit Clayton received his Master of Business Administration from the University of North Texas. He is a Senior Solution Specialist who supports the sales teams in the professional tax group, while hosting webinars and product demos for Intuit’s professional tax customer base. He is passionate about helping customers implement the right cloud-based solutions which allow them to grow and scale their business and power prosperity for their clients.   Jim Buffington Advisory Leader Intuit Jim has been teaching in the tax and accounting industry for over 15 years and is an expert in the implementation of advisory services based on his experience working with thousands of tax and accounting firms across the U.S. In addition to being a CPA, Jim holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Accounting from Texas A&M University, then went on to get his MBA at University of Texas Dallas. To learn more about Jim, feel free to visit his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbuffington88/ and follow in on Twitter @Jimatintuit.    
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Monday, November 28, 2022
REGISTER TODAY! How to Automate Tax Engagement Letters in Ignition - November 28, 2022 START DATE:11/28/2022 START TIME:12:00 PM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Do you want to streamline onboarding, automate engagements and eliminate accounts receivable for your firm? Join Ryan Embree of Ignition and Josh Lance of Lance CPA Group to learn how you can scale your revenue and win high value clients with Ignition. Ignition brings together everything you need to engage clients and get paid effortlessly in one place. From selling your services and creating impressive digital proposals, through to automated invoicing and payment collection, Ignition helps you to build strong relationships that work for you and your clients. Win win.  In this interactive, hands-on session follow along with accounting expert Josh Lance to get up and running fast with Ignition. He'll also give tips and share his experience for managing his own firm. You'll also have an opportunity to ask questions in an open Q&A.            LEARNING OBJECTIVES:             By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: o   How to create tax proposals in Ignition for 1040, 1120, 1065, and tax planning clients o   How to leverage Ignition’s proposal templates to fast track proposal creation o   How to streamline your sales process and upsell services by allowing your clients to choose from up to three proposal options o   Why getting payments (ACH and Credit Card) set up inside the proposal (instead of post-proposal) is a huge time saver o   Designing a compliant engagement letter engagement letter o   Identify ways to speed up your engagement process with Ignition ●       Which one or all? o   Packaging and Bundling your services o   Consultative selling o   Process and Workflow Efficiency  WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares tax returns and serves taxpayers or business clients.  Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites: None Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Business Management & Organization – Non-Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0  
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Already Registered? Log into the event now!  Register for the event to get log in credentials.   How You Can Start Offering Tax Advisory: a Realistic Roadmap - November 29, 2022 START DATE:11/29/2022 START TIME:9:00 AM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Proactive tax advisory has experienced a lift since about 2010, but really took off around 2016, and has been a buzz word for traditional accountants to make more money while working less. Somehow, technology, progress and resulting efficiencies made accounting work more of a need (vs. want) and a commodity over the last 2 decades of the past century and the first decade of the current one. And somehow, working 60-80 hours a week has become a badge of honor for accountants trying to compete for business and fees. It’s a losing proposition, if you ask me.  Tax advisory is a way out for both us as accountants and our clients. We get to work less, charge more for our expertise, and the client gets to save more and have more meaningful support for their business and life. So it’s a win-win!   Whether you’ve been trained in tax planning or advisory before, tried it out or are just considering it, there is a gap between theory and realistic practice. In this session, you will bridge that gap and learn how to implement it into your business immediately. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By completing this session, you will be able to: ·  Shift your mindset so that you understand how you can start offering tax advisory now ·  Understand the business model (one time planning + ongoing, which is optional) ·  Identify client scenarios, fees and client ROI ·  Determine clarifying questions to be asked at Discovery, and offers to be presented (with a deadline) ·  Gain confidence in your pricing strategy for all components of the offers ·  Have a roadmap of how to implement this fast step-by-step into your business WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Anyone who prepares or reviews tax returns and other accounting work, and is not yet convinced that tax planning advisory = value billing.  Course Level: Intermediate Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet  Field of Study: Taxes - Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 0
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Sign in to log into the event.  Register for the event here. How to Market Your Firm - November 29, 2022 START DATE:11/29/2022 START TIME:1:00 PM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: Sometimes firms with great potential fail. They fail because they are unable to communicate to their ideal clients that they are the best fit. And a "best-fit" is not just that a client is ready, willing, and able to engage with a firm but goes beyond. They are a client that is best served by a firm's expertise, specialty, or volume. Ultimately, the benefit to the firm and the client are substantial when you unlock the demographics and needs that make that client a "best fit" for your firm. This session will help identify the services offered by Intuit and the clients that most benefit from the expertise that you provide. In doing so, our goal is to help you attract those ideal clients to your firm, powering prosperity for all involved! This session is not currently eligible for CPE/CE credit.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By completing this webinar, you will be able to: Identify the Intuit solutions available to you and the benefits they provide your clients Spot common trends among current and potential clients that help identify the best-fit service(s) for them Utilize marketing resources to improve reach and benefit to your firm      WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Firms looking to grow or better curate their client list   Course Level: Basic  Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: NA Recommended CPE: 0 Recommended CE: 0  
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Ready for the event? Log in now!  First, Register for the event!  The Future of Audits - November 30, 2022 START DATE:11/30/2022 START TIME:11:30 AM CST DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: This session will enable attendees to learn about current audit trends, planned changes to IRS enforcement efforts, and potential impacts that these two factors could bring about for tax professionals and their clients. The course will provide detailed stats on current audit, notice, and inquiry data and follow these trends across time to forecast what could change in the future with a larger enforcement budget. After attending the session, tax professionals will be better prepared to plan for future IRS correspondence to effectively support their clients.  Experts from Protection Plus will be available to answer questions throughout the session. LEARNING OBJECTIVES By completing this session, you will be able to: Identify current IRS notice and audit practices Understand the IRS correspondence trends that are changing Plan for changes that the IRS has announced and/or considered Communicate to clients about how to prepare for continued IRS enforcement efforts WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Tax professionals that prepare individual tax returns for their clients.  Course Level: Basic Course Length:  60 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet  Field of Study: Auditing - Technical Recommended CPE: 1 Recommended CE: 1 IRS Course ID: Federal Tax Law Update Online: NESGF-U-00143-21-O In Person: NESGF-U-00143-21-I
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
If you're already registered for the Nuts and Bolts of the 1040 Schedule C - December 6, 2022 webcast, click here to log in now! First, Register for the webinar! Nuts and Bolts of the 1040 Schedule C - December 6, 2022 START DATE:12/6/2022 START TIME:11:30 AM CST DURATION:120 MINUTES ABSTRACT: From Serious Self-employed business owners to gig workers. more clients than ever before are coming to our practice with self-employed income that requires a Schedule C. While changing laws keeps all tax professionals from being too complacent, it is easy to go through the same motions year after year and not do the best for your client. Come join me for a chance to look at the nuts and bolts in this fast-paced webinar through the Schedule C. Attendees will refresh their knowledge of the Schedule C. Learning objectives:  By completing this webinar, you will be able to advise your clients on topics such as: Discuss who should file a Schedule C. Identify income to be reported and cost of goods sold. Identify ordinary and necessary expenses. Discuss depreciation at a high level. Identify vehicle expenses and documentation Discuss the qualifications for Business Use of Home Who should attend? Anyone who prepares tax returns and advises clients Course Level: Basic  Course Length: 120 Minutes Prerequisites:  NONE  Delivery Method: Group-Live Internet Field of Study: Taxes - Technical Recommended CPE: 2 Recommended CE: 2  IRS Course Topic: Federal Tax Law Topics/Federal Tax Related Matters Online: NESGF-T-00150-22-O In Person: NESGF-T-00150-22-I