Purposeful Practice
You have the technical expertise and you love the idea of working from home and setting your own hours. Or maybe you hope to expand and offer more services. A small business tax-centric practice allows you to build relationships with clients by providing personalized, timely service and advice. And the good news - the tax preparation industry is growing and the demand for reliable, knowledgeable professionals is increasing. Startup costs for a tax preparation business are relatively low, making it an attractive option for entrepreneurs. This short course will provide an overview of things to think about so that you can be purposeful in growing your business.
FCPA, FCGA, MBA
Michelle Causton is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. She is a past-president of CGA Ontario with extensive governance experience on regulatory and not-for-profit boards. She is a retired professor from Nipissing University and Canadore College. Michelle has delivered workshops, seminars and training sessions across Canada and the Caribbean on a variety of topics. Having worked in public practice for many years, she understands the pressures of accounting and the practical application of rules, regulations and best practices. As a life-long learner herself, Michelle is passionate about how to best share information, knowledge (and occasionally wisdom). Her focus is now on-line learning but she won’t say no to an opportunity to speak in person or virtually. Michelle says: “We all learn best when it is interesting and relevant. Appropriate humour can make lessons memorable".
Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.
Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.
