Corporate Tax Pros: Who Says You Can’t Have a Little Fun During Tax Season?

Posted by Traci WheelercloseAuthor: Traci Wheeler Name: Traci Wheeler
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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (99) on Feb 2, 2012 in Empowerment Series, February, Motivation, Tax | 2 comments

We’re a month into tax season, which means long hours, overwhelming amounts of work, and very little fun for corporate tax professionals. I agree there is no getting around it during tax season, but tax professionals have a tendency to burn the midnight oil for extended periods of time. While this is an admirable quality (and one most employers love), it can be to a detriment to you, and, ultimately to your team, your work quality and your organization.

Even during busy times, we all need to blow off some steam and have a little fun.

Attitude is Everything…Especially During Tax Season

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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (99) on Feb 1, 2012 in Empowerment Series, January, Motivation, Tax | 4 comments

Last summer, my oldest son, Garrett, joined a U9 Academy soccer team to work on his skills and start transitioning toward more competitive play.  Needless to say, we have spent countless hours at the soccer field for practice and traveled every Saturday to compete against local teams in our area.  One of the things that has shocked me throughout this experience is the bad attitude of some of the kids on opposing teams and even more shockingly, some of the parents.   Regardless of how my son plays or whether his team wins or loses, my husband and I have always tried to impress upon him the importance of a good attitude.  In fact, we have gone so far as to tell him if he doesn’t exhibit a positive attitude and good sportsmanship, we will personally walk out on the field and take him off.

Going Undercover? Do you Really Need To?

Posted by Kelley LearcloseAuthor: Kelley Lear Name: Kelley Lear
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About: Kelley is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. Kelley’s extensive experience in project management, product management, and consulting with Fortune 500 and Global 1000 clients is extremely important in this role.See Authors Posts (105) on Jan 31, 2012 in Empowerment Series, Innovation, Process Improvement | 2 comments

How many of you have watched “Undercover Boss” on CBS?  There has been a lot of press on this show lately.  I can’t seem to turn on the T.V. without seeing sound bytes attempting to draw more viewers into the drama.  I mean who wouldn’t like to see their boss have to try doing their job for a day?  I confess that I actually caught one of the earlier episodes of the program and was mildly interested (if not fairly amused), to see what one CEO experienced on a day of hard labor, interacting with his regular employees and gaining insight on what was going on within his company.  Although positioned to depict hopefulness and change, I actually find this premise sad in way.

IT – Tax Department Friend or Foe?

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About: Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.See Authors Posts (99) on Jan 26, 2012 in IT, January, Tax | 0 comments

Historically, the IT guys or gals at most companies were responsible for supporting and keeping up electronic communications throughout the organization, including servers, computers, printers and telephones.  These were the folks you went to when your computer wouldn’t boot up, and you had to get that final tax return finished and out the door.  They were the ones you called when the printer jammed and no else seemed to have any idea how to fix it.  They came to your rescue when the projector didn’t work or the phone had no dial tone in the conference room right before your meeting was about to start.  They were your friends, right?  You were happy to see them.

Tax Related Material Weaknesses – They Just Aren’t Going Away….

Posted by Kelley LearcloseAuthor: Kelley Lear Name: Kelley Lear
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About: Kelley is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. Kelley’s extensive experience in project management, product management, and consulting with Fortune 500 and Global 1000 clients is extremely important in this role.See Authors Posts (105) on Jan 25, 2012 in Audit, Compliance, Process Improvement, Tax | 0 comments

Tax related material weaknesses are unfortunately still very often topics for conversation amongst tax professionals. In fact, I was just talking to a colleague who was hiring a tax risk coordinator, whose first task was going to be to conduct a thorough risk assessment within their organization. Another was discussing the lack of tax expertise on their current Board and how that is affecting them with their arguments for employing important process changes within finance and tax.

Every year I try to read the latest and greatest surveys, results and proactive thinking on tax related material weaknesses to keep abreast of what is going on out there.