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Developing long-term financial stability is one of the key functions of a business’s accounting team. Tax professionals help companies in financial planning by forecasting budgets, reducing liabilities and improving company assets. To create these advantages, tax professionals must possess strong financial planning skills.
The Online Master of Science in Taxation from Northeastern University can provide you with the advanced planning knowledge and experience you need to reach the next step in your career. Both individuals and businesses require skilled tax experts to plan for stable financial futures.
Strong business leaders understand the importance of having a plan and value the financial planning process for its ability to prepare companies for new opportunities or to shelter them from unexpected circumstances. However, not everyone realizes that planning is a skill like any other, and if you have not been trained how to plan in a strategic manner, you may struggle to develop effective plans.
Management coach and Harvard Business Review contributor Elizabeth Grace Sanders explained that planning can seem difficult to people who haven’t been trained into the habit. Fledgling planners often struggle to use their planning time wisely, or they focus on the wrong things.
Tax professionals who develop their planning abilities will have more opportunities to succeed in their work. Whether you’re helping individuals plan for their future or assisting a larger business team in the development of a long-term tax strategy, planning is essential. It leads to better results, because you’ll understand all of your options and priorities. Plus, the planning stage can reveal avoidable problems that would be much more harmful if discovered while the project was already underway. The ability to check against a plan throughout the course of project ensures it is completed efficiently and with the fewest delays.
Successful businesses plan everything they possibly can. Plans create expectations, set boundaries, develop benchmarks, and much more. Financial plans are especially important to the overall functioning of businesses. Key benefits of financial and tax planning include:
Tax professionals play an important role in keeping the business functional and risk-averse. Business leaders value financial planners for their ability to strengthen the organization’s long-term viability.
The Online MST program at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University prepares tax professionals to take the next step in their careers by providing expert guidance on many aspects of tax issues related to planning. Students interested in pursuing a career as a tax advisor for individuals or business entities can learn about best practices for minimizing tax liabilities and preparing for future financial needs.
Ideally suited for experienced professionals, the MST program dives into advanced strategies for financial planning, in addition to courses designed to expand your knowledge of the tax code.
Three courses are specifically tailored to the planning theme:
To learn more about how the 100% online MST from Northeastern University can propel you to the next stage of your career as a tax professional.
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Welcome to Northeastern University’s Online Master of Science in Taxation. We have designed this program with the seasoned tax professional in mind. The program expands and enhances the tax professional’s knowledge about the various areas of the tax code and field of taxation.
Today’s tax environment demands the continuous development of the tax professional in a range of ever changing tax law. The practice of taxation becomes more complex every year with new laws, regulations, and court cases. Northeastern University’s Online Master of Science in Taxation is designed to prepare the tax professional to meet these changes and challenges. After completing the core courses, our program encourages students to refine their advanced knowledge by concentrating on one of two tracks: Taxation of Entities or Taxation of Individuals.
I encourage you to expand your knowledge of the tax field in a high tech caring environment at Northeastern University. Please speak with our enrollment office to learn more about the online program.
Timothy Gagnon
Faculty Director
Online Master of Science in Taxation
Northeastern University
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