The State of Business with the Ohio Society of CPAs

We spoke with Kris McGuigan, founder and CEO of Professional Courage, a career services company, about the nuances that come with salary negotiation. We discussed how salary negotiations differ depending where you’re at in your career, whether you’re just being hired or have been in your role for years, common mistakes made during salary negotiations and much more.

We spoke with Christopher Axene, CPA, principal at Rea & Associates and a member of OSCPA’s Federal Tax Committee about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act. We discussed certain provisions of the CARES Act such as the qualified improvement property fix, NOL carry backs and an acceleration of the ability to claim AMT credit refunds for C-Corps.

In this episode we spoke to Jake Nix, CPA, and the president of RISC Point Advisory Group, an IT firm offering consulting in the areas of security, privacy and compliance. He talks about what it’s like to transition into consulting from auditing, the experience you’ll need and the soft skills that will help you succeed as a consultant.  

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In this episode we spoke to OSCPA's government relations team: Barb Benton, vice president of government relations, and Greg Saul, director of tax policy on what it means to advocate for CPAs in Ohio, reaching out to legislators, common misconceptions about lobbying and much more. Please rate and review us on whatever podcast app you're using to listen! 

In this episode we're talking with Reginald Lee, PhD, professor at Xavier University about shifting your perspective by using strategic cost transformation. Reginald jokingly refers to himself as the “anti-accountant,” but in the course of our discussion he explains how this approach can actually benefit CPAs, despite seeming uncomfortable in the beginning. Hear more from Reginald at the Cleveland and Columbus Accounting Shows and register at my.ohiocpa.com.