Eliminating Busy Season: Tranforming Your Practice Webcast [YADV]

Subject:

Oct 16, 2026
Time: 07:00am-8:50am
Specialized Knowledge

Credit Hours:

2.00

Price:

Member: $125.00
Non-member: $155.00

Discussion Leader:

Arthur Joseph Werner, J.D., M.S.

Arthur Joseph Werner, JD, MS (Taxation), is the president and is a shareholder in the lecture firm of
Werner-Rocca Seminars, Ltd. Mr. Werner’s lecture topic specialties include business, tax, financial and
estate planning for high net worth individuals. In addition, Mr. Werner is a former adjunct professor of taxation in the Master of Science in Taxation program at the Philadelphia University. Mr. Werner received his B.S. in Accounting and his M.S. in Taxation from Widener University. He holds a J.D. in Law from the Delaware Law School. Mr. Werner lectures extensively in the areas of Estate Planning, Financial Planning, and Estate and Gift Taxation to Certified Public Accountants and Financial Planners and has presented more than 3000 eight-hour seminars over the past twenty-five years as well as numerous webinars and video presentations. Mr. Werner has been rated as having the highest speaker knowledge in his home state of Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, was awarded the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award in the State of Nevada, the Florida Institute of CPAs Outstanding Discussion Leader Award, and the South Carolina Association of CPAs Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.

Full Description

Eliminating Busy Season: Transforming Your Practice to Year-Round Advisor Services Webcast (YADV)

October 16th, 2026 / 7:00 am 8:50 am Alaska Time

Live Webcast / Washington Society of CPAs Virtual Classroom

This course provides tax and accounting professionals with a comprehensive framework for transitioning from a compliance-driven busy season model to a sustainable, year-round advisory practice. Participants will explore strategies for expanding services into tax, financial, and estate planning. The course addresses both transitioning existing clients and attracting new, higher-value clients while improving efficiency, client value, and revenue stability.

Major Topics:
-Limitations of the traditional busy season model
-Building a year-round advisory practice
-Transitioning existing clients
-Attracting higher-value clients
-Integrating tax, financial, and estate planning
-Workflow restructuring and operations
-Pricing and value communication
-Implementation challenges

Learning Objectives:
-Identify differences between compliance-based and advisory-based practice models.
-Determine strategies for transitioning existing clients to year-round planning relationships.
-Evaluate methods for attracting and retaining advisory-focused clients.
-Recognize opportunities to integrate tax, financial, and estate planning services.
-Identify operational changes required to support a year-round practice.
-Recognize risks and challenges in transitioning practice models.

Designed For: CPAs, EAs, tax professionals, and attorneys seeking to transition to a year-round advisory practice.

CPE Credits: 2, Specialized Knowledge

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of individual and business taxation.

Acronym: YADV

Discussion Leader: Arthur Joseph Werner, J.D., M.S.