Why you should add Investment & or Insurance services to your practice!

Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Time: 02:00 PM ET / 01:00 PM CT / 12:00 PM MT / 11:00 AM PT [Prevailing Time]
Presenter(s): John Azodi, CPA
Objective(s):
Have been wondering if you should add Insurance & or Investment to your practice?

Now you can find out in 60 minutes if you should & why you should, and how to successfully incorporate investment & insurance services into your CPA practice.
Field of Study: Management Advisory Services
Program Level: Overview
CPE Credit: 1 Credit Hour
Delivery Method: Group Internet-based

No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
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Course Description

Have been wondering if you should add Insurance & or Investment to your practice?

Now you can find out in 60 minutes if you should & why you should, and how to successfully incorporate investment & insurance services into your CPA practice.

Find out the regulatory & licensing considerations that CPAs need to take into account when they are incorporating insurance & or investment services into their accounting & tax practice. How to most effectively capitalize on opportunities to market these new services to existing and potential clients.

Presenter and Moderator Bios
John Azodi, CPA is the president of Azodi CPA & Investments, PC. He started his business in 1991 as a certified public accounting firm and added investments & insurance products to his practice in 1998.

John has taught a variety of seminars & Webinar in tax, investment and retirement planning to general public and other financial advisors and CPA’s.

John is author of the book, “How to Build Tax-Free Wealth” which was featured in the Wall Street Journal in September of 2010.

John uses his 12 years of experience as both a CPA and a Financial Advisors to train and mentor other CPAs and tax professional that want to provide Investment & or insurance products to their tax clients effectively. John is currently #1(as of 6/30/2011) producer with his broker Dealer.

Cost
$25.00 for CPAFMA Members / $40.00 for Non-Members / Free for PAFMs

Delivery System

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  • All registrants will receive a link to the MAPCast’s recording by email within 48 business hours of event’s conclusion.
  • There will be assistance available to help with technical and connectivity issues up to 10 minutes prior to the start of the presentation.

Registration

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Additional Information

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Affordable.
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