{"id":30097,"date":"2023-08-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=30097"},"modified":"2023-07-31T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:34:54","slug":"intuit-tax-council-profile-louise-cochrane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/practice-management\/intuit-tax-council-profile-louise-cochrane\/","title":{"rendered":"Intuit\u00ae Tax Council Profile: Louise Cochrane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to another profile in an ongoing series of Intuit\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tag\/tax-customer-council-profiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tax Council<\/a> member profiles. I sat down with Louise Cochrane, CPA, owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfcochrane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LF. Cochrane &amp; Associates<\/a> in Alameda, CA, to learn more about her practice and her commitment to the Tax Council.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?w=700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30102\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png 1000w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=700,700 700w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=740,740 740w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Louise-Cochrane.png?resize=720,720 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scott Cytron: Tell our readers about your practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Louise Cochrane:<\/strong> I have been a tax-focused CPA for the\u00a0past 11 years,\u00a0and seven years prior to that, I had experience in internal audit, audit, and general accounting. I also offer <a href=\"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/tag\/tax-advisory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tax advisory<\/a>\u00a0services to women who\u00a0own businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: How has advisory benefitted your practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC: <\/strong>I have greater control of my schedule.\u00a0The year is more consistent now than when I was strictly offering tax compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: Your firm\u2019s tagline is \u201cCPA for Women Business Owners.\u201d How did you come to create a practice like this? What was your inspiration?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC:<\/strong> One of the phrases I hate the most is, &#8220;A woman needs to have a job like she doesn&#8217;t have a family, and have a family like she doesn&#8217;t have a job.&#8221; This just isn&#8217;t true.\u00a0I am a mom of three and I own a business.\u00a0There isn&#8217;t an exact balance, but I have found ways to make sure when there is a lot of hustle\u00a0and little chill. I know there will be time very soon when I will have a lot of chill and little-to-no hustle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: Why is the the Tax Council important to the profession?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC:<\/strong> Tax Council allows me to be a sounding board, contributor, and collaborator to support my peers and my clients. Intuit <a href=\"https:\/\/proconnect.intuit.com\/tax-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ProConnect\u2122 Tax<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/proconnect.intuit.com\/lacerte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lacerte\u00ae Tax<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/quickbooks.intuit.com\/accountants\/products-solutions\/accounting\/quickbooks-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QuickBooks\u00ae Online<\/a> are very powerful tools. I have been using Lacerte since I was 8 years old!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: What kind of Intuit software do you use right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC:<\/strong> ProConnect Tax and QuickBooks Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: What was your very first job?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC:<\/strong> Pre-college, in my dad&#8217;s tax practice and HVAC company.\u00a0 My\u00a0father is a serialpreneur; I learned a lot about running a business ever since I was 8 years old. During college, I had an internship at AIG doing internal audit right when Sarbanes-Oxley was enacted, then after college, I held an auditor position with a firm that specialized in unions, employee benefit plans, and not-for-profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: How can tax professionals keep up with all the changes in tax laws and regulations?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mastermind_group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masterminds<\/a> are amazing.\u00a0I also lean on the <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.calcpa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Society of CPAs<\/a> and CPE providers to provide education and networking events to keep up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SC: f you were stranded on a desert island with access to just one kind of technology, what would it be, and why would you want it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LC: <\/strong>A movie streaming service. I love movies, so as long as I have a favorite beverage and a movie in hand, I\u00a0am content!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Louise Cochrane, CPA, a member of the Intuit Tax Council and owner of LF. 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