Improve Your Tax Writing Skills (OnDemand Webinar)

$219.00

SKU: 408350EAU

Description

Learn to communicate more effectively and polish your tax writing skills.Much of the highvalue work performed by tax professionals results in some type of a written document from a very formal tax research memorandum to a more casual email. However, many tax professionals do not write effectively and this inability to write well may diminish the perceived value of their research and analysis. The good news is that good writing is not innate but is a learned skill. A key objective of this topic is to demystify the writing process for tax professionals. You will examine how to incorporate the results of your tax research into a standard tax memorandum. Next, we will explore how to communicate technical information in nontechnical terms by modifying the content of the tax memo into a letter to your client. Finally, we will look at the most common communication email. This material will also include tips and tricks to polish your writing and will address practical writing concerns of the tax professional.

Date: 2021-04-26 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

Building the Case: Why Tax Professionals Need to Write Effectively
• Communicating Your Results
• Good Writing Is Good Thinking
• Increasing the Value ($$$) of Your Work

Writing the Standard Tax Memorandum
• Facts – the Foundation of Your Memo
• Issues – the Focus of Your Research
• Conclusion – Answer the Question Posed in the Issue
• Analysis – Documenting the Logic in Your Conclusion

Writing the Client Letter
• Know Your Audience
• You Recommend, but the Client Decides
• Essentials of the Client Letter

Emails
• Who Really Needs This Information?
• Keep It Short
• Your Readers’ Friends: The Subject Line and Formatting

Polishing Your Writing
• Grammar
• Sentence Construction
• Vocabulary
• Proofreading

Diane Orlich Kuhlmann, Ph.D.-DePaul University