So you want to be a Tax Agent: A survival guide to working in Public Practice

So your days and nights of study are over and you have a hard-earned accounting qualification and a burning desire to make your mark in public practice. Are you ready? Do you know how to prepare for a meeting? How will your productivity be measured? Do you know how to manage upwards? In this book, Linda McGowan distils the everyday wisdom of a career in public accounting. This is the stuff they probably don't teach you at school but is essential to master if you're to thrive in a profession that today is more dynamic than ever. After graduating with a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Linda McGowan spent four years in corporate roles before moving into public practice. She worked in a small team reporting to the two partners as she honed her tax and small business accounting skills at a time when the use of computers in public practice was still novel. Opportunities for professional development seemed very limited until one of the partners suggested Linda join a CPA Discussion Group. This turned out to be fantastic advice and the peers she met in that group have provided support and friendship for decades. Linda has been running her own practice since 1992. This book distils the public practice fundamentals she believes every public accountant needs to know.