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Tax Manager Accelerator

A six-month engagement that builds review capability and practice ownership on your team's live work.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Managers
Subject
U.S. Tax
Format
6-month engagement

Month by month

  1. Month 1

    Baseline and goals

    • Skill assessment across 1040, 1065, and 1120
    • Team quality and turnaround review
    • Individual development goals

    Practice: Agree a six-month scorecard with each participant.

  2. Month 2

    Review method

    • Risk-based review sequence
    • Writing notes that teach
    • Common error patterns

    Practice: Apply the method to live or sample files, with trainer feedback.

  3. Month 3

    Complex technical clinic

    • Book-to-tax and basis issues
    • Allocations and partner matters
    • Edge cases from the team's own work

    Practice: Bring real anonymized issues to a working clinic.

  4. Month 4

    Building team capability

    • Structuring on-the-job training
    • Peer review routines
    • Knowledge sharing

    Practice: Design and deliver one training session to your team.

  5. Month 5

    Workflow and capacity

    • Planning busy-season capacity
    • Turnaround and bottleneck review
    • Using technology in delivery

    Practice: Build a workflow and capacity plan for the next filing cycle.

  6. Month 6

    Practice ownership

    • Reassessment against the baseline
    • Quality measures to keep
    • Next-stage development

    Practice: Present results and the continuing plan to firm leadership.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Tax preparation

Professional software for individual, business, trust, and estate returns.

  • CCH Axcess Tax
  • CCH ProSystem fx Tax
  • GoSystem Tax RS
  • ONESOURCE Income Tax
  • UltraTax CS
  • Lacerte
  • ProConnect Tax
  • ProSeries
  • Drake Tax
  • ATX
  • TaxWise
  • TaxAct Professional
  • TaxSlayer Pro
  • CrossLink

Workflow and document management

Source document intake, workpapers, and tracking a return through review.

  • SurePrep
  • GruntWorx
  • CCH Axcess Document
  • CCH Axcess Workstream
  • Caseware Working Papers
  • Workpapers CS
  • FileCabinet CS
  • Practice CS
  • XCM
  • Karbon
  • Canopy
  • TaxDome

Data and AI tools

Cleaning client data, automating workpapers, and using AI with review controls.

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Power Query
  • Power BI
  • Alteryx
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • ChatGPT
  • CoCounsel

Your trainers

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

Portrait of Sarita Rochwani

Sarita Rochwani

Chartered Accountant, US CPA, PCC-certified leadership coach

Sarita Rochwani trains and coaches finance and tax teams to perform at a higher level. A Chartered Accountant, US CPA, and PCC-certified leadership coach, she has spent years developing professionals from staff to partner level.

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