C Corporation Tax Training for Staff Accountants: Build Review-Ready Form 1120 Preparers

By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms

Last updated: August 24, 2026  |  28-minute read

What Is C Corporation Tax Training for Staff Accountants?

C corporation tax training develops a staff accountant’s ability to transform corporate books and supporting evidence into a complete, traceable, technically supportable, and review-ready Form 1120 workpaper package.

A software operator can enter sales, compensation, rent, depreciation, taxes, interest, and other deductions and generate a return.

A review-ready preparer must be able to answer:

• Why does taxable income differ from book income?
• Does Schedule L agree with the final books?
• Why does tax depreciation differ from book depreciation?
• Was an owner distribution incorrectly deducted?
• Were accrued related-party expenses deductible this year?
• Is a capital loss currently deductible or carried?
• Does the corporation have an NOL carryforward and what limitation applies?
• Did dividend income require Schedule C analysis?
• Are federal tax payments complete and in the correct tax year?
• What changed from the prior year?
• What still requires a manager or specialist decision?

This builds on the same review-ready principles in Tax Workpaper Training for Staff Accountants, Tax Return Review Process, and the Workpaper Review Checklist.

Who I Am and Why I Teach C Corporation Returns This Way

I have practiced public accounting since 1990. I founded my accounting firm in 1993, merged it in 2001 to form Howard, Howard and Hodges, and helped grow the organization from three people to approximately 50 staff across multiple Florida locations and states. Our firm was named PASBA Firm of the Year in 2015.

C corporation returns can look deceptively simple. There is no partnership allocation system and no S corporation shareholder K-1 system. The regular corporate rate is a flat percentage. A new preparer can conclude that Form 1120 is simply “the trial balance plus 21% tax.”

It is not.

The real training happens in the bridge between financial accounting and taxable income: book-to-tax differences, depreciation, loss limitations, dividends, corporate distributions, related parties, Schedule L, Schedule M-1 or M-3, Schedule M-2, estimates, and tax-history continuity.

Since 2020, I have built and run SkillAbility as a structured accounting workforce-development platform. The goal is not to expose staff to more returns. It is to make the capability reviewers expect visible, teachable, and measurable.

Current Form 1120 Facts Staff Should Know in 2026

As of August 24, 2026, the latest published IRS Form 1120 instructions are for tax year 2025. Those instructions cover calendar-year 2025 returns and fiscal years beginning in 2025 and ending in 2026. They can also be used for certain short tax years beginning and ending in 2026 when the 2026 form is unavailable, but applicable tax-law changes still must be considered.

The CORP READY Framework

C — Confirm the Corporation Before You Prepare the Return

Start with the entity profile, not the tax software.

Verify the legal name, EIN, address, date and state of incorporation, tax year, accounting method, principal business activity, initial/final return status, ownership, related entities, foreign ownership, prior consolidated-return status, elections, and carryforwards.

Read the prior return as tax history—not as a template

The prior return can reveal NOL carryforwards, capital losses, charitable-contribution carryovers, credits, accounting methods, depreciation elections, international forms, Schedule M-3 history, and state filings.

But the prior return is not evidence that the current-year treatment remains correct.

O + R — Organize the Books and Build the Source-to-Return Map

Before entering tax software, obtain the final trial balance, general ledger, financial statements, bank/debt reconciliations, inventory support when material, fixed-asset detail, payroll/officer-compensation information, tax-payment history, equity/shareholder activity, prior return, carryforward schedules, and documentation for major transactions.

Create a source-to-return map

For every material return line, the reviewer should be able to move backward from the tax return to the source evidence.

Revenue and other income

Reconcile gross receipts to book revenue, sales reports, information returns where relevant, prior-year trends, and state-reported sales when useful. If the corporation has inventory or production activity, reconcile beginning inventory, purchases, direct labor, other production costs, ending inventory, book COGS, and tax COGS through Form 1125-A when applicable.

Other income may include interest, rents, royalties, capital gains, Form 4797 gains or losses, cancellation of debt, state refunds, and miscellaneous income. Each can carry different tax consequences.

Income, Deductions, and Common Review Adjustments

Officer compensation

The 2025 Form 1120 instructions require Form 1125-E when total receipts are $500,000 or more and officer compensation is deducted. Reconcile officer names, compensation, percentage of time devoted to business, stock ownership, and amounts reported elsewhere such as cost of goods sold.

Salaries and wages

Watch for double-counting among officer compensation, salaries, cost of goods sold, and amounts affected by wage-based credits.

Federal income tax

Federal income-tax expense may be on the books, but it is not an ordinary deductible business expense in computing Form 1120 taxable income. It is a classic Schedule M-1 addback when included in book net income.

Meals, entertainment, penalties, and other permanent items

Train staff to review the underlying transactions. Meals are generally subject to deduction limits, while entertainment is generally nondeductible except for statutory exceptions. Fines, penalties, lobbying expenses, life-insurance items, and other accounts may require separate treatment.

Related-party accruals

An accrual-basis corporation may have a book expense payable to a related cash-basis person that is not deductible until the related person includes the amount in income under the related-party timing rules. This is a useful example of a temporary book-to-tax difference.

Interest

Interest expense can trigger Section 163(j), related-party rules, capitalization, foreign-related limitations, or debt-equity issues. Staff should recognize the fact pattern and escalate technical computations that exceed their assigned scope.

P — Build the Book-to-Tax Bridge Before You Complete Schedule M-1

Schedule M-1 should never be a plug.

Schedule M-1 Worked Example

Assume the corporation reports $490,000 of net income per books after federal income-tax expense. The workpapers identify:

• $110,000 federal income-tax expense
• $20,000 business meals, with $10,000 nondeductible
• $12,000 nondeductible entertainment
• $90,000 book depreciation versus $170,000 tax depreciation
• $30,000 accrued related-party expense not currently deductible
• $8,000 tax-exempt interest included in book income
• $25,000 net corporate capital loss with no current capital gains

Before other special deductions, NOL analysis, credits, or special taxes, the workpaper produces $589,000.

The training value is the evidence trail. Every adjustment should have a book amount, tax treatment, source, permanent/temporary/carryforward classification, and reviewer conclusion.

Schedule L and Schedule M-2: Make the Return Agree With the Corporation

The IRS instructions state that Schedule L balance sheets should agree with the corporation’s books and records. That makes Schedule L a preparation control, not a clerical schedule.

Tie beginning balances

Beginning Schedule L should generally tie to prior-year ending Schedule L, with explained adjustments for legitimate book changes, reorganizations, acquisitions, or corrections.

Tie ending balances

Reconcile cash, receivables, inventory, shareholder loans, fixed assets, accumulated depreciation, debt, tax liabilities, capital stock, paid-in capital, and retained earnings to the final books.

Small-corporation filing exception

Corporations with both total receipts and total assets below $250,000 may qualify to omit Schedule L, M-1, and M-2 when the applicable Schedule K question is answered Yes. That is a filing exception—not permission to skip internal book and tax reconciliations.

Schedule M-2

Common review problems include owner distributions booked as expenses, shareholder loans posted to equity, capital contributions booked to revenue, unexplained prior-period adjustments, and retained earnings that does not agree with the books.

Do not confuse book retained earnings with federal tax earnings and profits. Distribution tax consequences can require separate E&P analysis and manager-level review.

R — Review Corporate-Specific Tax Items Before They Reach the Manager

Charitable contributions

For the 2025 Form 1120, corporate charitable contributions are generally limited to 10% of taxable income computed under the applicable statutory rules. Excess contributions generally carry forward five years, subject to special rules and exceptions.

Train staff to maintain a carryforward schedule showing original year, amount generated, amount used, expiration year, and remaining amount.

Business interest expense

Section 163(j) can limit business interest expense. Staff do not need to independently solve every complex limitation, but they should identify material interest expense, prior Form 8990 filings, carryforwards, partnership interest items, related-party interest, and changes in the corporation’s gross-receipts profile.

Credits

Credits may require Form 3800 and separate credit forms. Train staff to distinguish credit qualification, related deduction adjustments, current-year limitation, and carryforwards.

Corporate alternative minimum tax

CAMT is primarily a large-corporation issue. The 2025 Form 4626 instructions include an interim simplified method that substitutes an $800 million general AFSI threshold for the statutory $1 billion amount when determining safe-harbor status, with separate foreign-parented multinational group rules.

Depreciation, Section 179, and the 2025 Bonus-Depreciation Change

Fixed assets often create one of the largest recurring temporary differences on a C corporation return.

Reconcile beginning cost, additions, disposals, book depreciation, tax depreciation, Section 179, bonus depreciation, ending basis, accumulated depreciation, and gain/loss on disposal.

100% special depreciation allowance

P.L. 119-21 reinstated a 100% special depreciation allowance for certain qualified property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, subject to the statutory rules and elections. The 2025 Form 4562 instructions also include special transition rules for property acquired earlier and for certain qualified production property.

Section 179

For 2025, the Section 179 maximum deduction is $2.5 million, with the limit reduced when qualifying property placed in service exceeds $4 million, subject to the other Section 179 requirements and business-income limitation.

For deeper staff development, see Fixed Asset Accounting Training for Staff Accountants if published.

Domestic research and experimental expenditures

P.L. 119-21 added Section 174A. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, domestic research and experimental expenditures can generally be deducted currently, with elections to capitalize/amortize and transition options for certain unamortized domestic research expenditures from tax years beginning after December 31, 2021 and before January 1, 2025.

Foreign research remains subject to separate capitalization and amortization rules.

Staff should identify R&D or software-development accounts, domestic versus foreign activity, prior Section 174 balances, remaining unamortized amounts, current-year treatment, research-credit interaction, and any accounting-method or election questions. The method decision should be escalated when outside the staff member’s assigned scope.

NOLs, Capital Losses, Dividends, and Carryforward Discipline

Net operating losses

For many post-2017 NOL carryforwards, the current deduction is generally subject to an 80% taxable-income limitation under Section 172, with different rules for pre-2018 NOLs and certain insurance companies.

Maintain NOLs by year generated, character, amount available, amount used, and remaining amount. Ownership changes may introduce additional limitations and should be escalated.

Corporate capital losses

A corporation generally deducts capital losses only against capital gains. A net capital loss is generally carried back three years and forward five years as a short-term capital loss.

Dividends-received deduction

Schedule C handles dividends, inclusions, and special deductions. Depending on ownership and other statutory requirements, common dividends-received deduction categories include 50%, 65%, and 100%.

Train staff to ask who paid the dividend, whether the payer is domestic or foreign, the ownership percentage, holding period, whether the stock is debt financed, affiliated-group status, and whether other international provisions apply.

E — Tax Computation, Estimated Payments, Extension, and Balance Due

Regular corporate tax

The 2025 Form 1120 Schedule J instructions compute regular corporate income tax at 21% of taxable income.

Estimated taxes

Generally, a corporation makes estimated-tax installments when expected total tax less applicable credits is $500 or more. Installments are generally due on the 15th day of the fourth, sixth, ninth, and twelfth months of the tax year.

Staff should not claim tax payments from a prior-year worksheet or software carryforward without evidence. Use EFTPS, IRS business-account records, bank proof, or other reliable documentation.

Extension is not an extension to pay

Form 7004 generally provides a six-month automatic extension for Form 1120, subject to special rules for certain June 30 year-end corporations. Tax is generally still due by the original return due date.

Illustrative payment reconciliation

A small balance due does not prove there is no estimated-tax penalty. Timing can still require Form 2220 analysis.

A + D + Y — Schedules, Disclosures, Advanced Issues, and the Year-to-Year Handoff

Schedule M-3

Corporations with total assets of $10 million or more at year-end generally must file Schedule M-3 instead of Schedule M-1. Corporations with at least $50 million of assets generally face full Parts I, II, and III completion requirements under the current instructions.

A new staff accountant does not need to master consolidated M-3 reporting before preparing a small corporation. They do need to recognize when the ordinary M-1 workflow no longer fits.

Ownership and Schedule G

The Form 1120 instructions require additional ownership information in certain direct 20%-or-more and direct-or-indirect 50%-or-more situations. Train staff to read the current Schedule K ownership questions as fact questions—not prior-year defaults.

Foreign ownership and activity

A 25%-or-more foreign owner can create significant information-reporting issues, including possible Form 5472 requirements when reportable transactions exist. Foreign subsidiaries, branches, partnerships, investments, or tax credits may trigger Forms 5471, 5472, 8858, 8865, 1118, 8992, 8993, 8621, or other specialized reporting depending on the facts.

International information returns can carry substantial penalties, so recognition and early escalation matter.

Other escalation triggers

• Consolidated return
• Corporate reorganization or liquidation
• Stock redemption or property distribution
• Large shareholder loan or debt-equity question
• Cancellation of debt
• Accounting-method change
• Uncertain tax position
• Section 382 ownership change
• Material Section 163(j) limitation
• CAMT
• Large or unusual credits
• Reportable transaction
• Related-party international transaction

Build the return in five evidence files

Year-to-year handoff

Update NOLs, capital losses, charitable contributions, credits, depreciation, methods, elections, estimated-tax information, and unresolved issues. The next year’s preparer should not have to reconstruct a carryforward from the tax return PDF.

Form 1120 Self-Review Checklist Before Manager Review

• Did I verify the corporation name, EIN, tax year, address, ownership, and filing status?
• Did I compare current entity facts with the prior return and current legal records?
• Did I carry forward prior NOLs, capital losses, charitable contributions, credits, and depreciation correctly?
• Does gross revenue reconcile to the final books and supporting reports?
• Does COGS reconcile to Form 1125-A and inventory support where applicable?
• Did I avoid double-counting officer compensation, wages, and COGS labor?
• Did I prepare Form 1125-E when required?
• Did I identify meals, entertainment, penalties, federal income tax, tax-exempt income, and other permanent differences?
• Did I reconcile book depreciation to tax depreciation?
• Did I identify related-party accruals and other timing differences?
• Did I analyze charitable-contribution limitations and carryforwards?
• Did I separately analyze capital gains and losses?
• Did I update the NOL schedule?
• Did I review dividend income for Schedule C / DRD treatment?
• Did I screen for Section 163(j), CAMT, credits, and research expenditures?
• Does Schedule L agree with the books?
• Does beginning Schedule L tie to the prior return or an explained adjustment?
• Does Schedule M-1/M-3 agree with the supporting book-to-tax schedule?
• Does Schedule M-2 agree with retained earnings and distributions per books?
• Did I verify every estimated and extension payment to source evidence?
• Can I reproduce regular corporate tax at 21%?
• Did I consider Form 2220?
• Did I review Schedule K rather than rolling prior answers forward blindly?
• Did I identify foreign ownership/activity and additional-form triggers?
• Did I document open items, elections, uncertainties, and manager decisions?
• Did I update the year-to-year carryforward package?

100-Point Form 1120 Preparer Readiness Scorecard

Suggested interpretation

• 90–100: Ready to own defined recurring Form 1120 preparation with normal manager review.
• 82–89: Generally review-ready; targeted coaching remains in one or two areas.
• 72–81: Controlled preparation with checkpoints before independent ownership.
• Below 72: Continue structured C corporation practice before assigning more complex live returns.

Override the score for material unreported foreign activity, unsupported tax position, hidden payment discrepancy, fabricated evidence, unresolved balance-sheet difference, unrecognized shareholder transaction, or a material issue the preparer suppresses instead of escalating.

A 30/60/90-Day C Corporation Tax Training Plan

Use Scenario-Based Training for Accountants so staff practice tax judgment before live deadlines create their first attempt.

15 Realistic Form 1120 Training Scenarios

1. The shareholder distribution in consulting expense

The shareholder took $75,000 booked to consulting. The preparer must identify it, correct/classify it appropriately, and escalate distribution and E&P implications.

2. Book depreciation equals tax depreciation because software says so

The books show $90,000 while tax software computes $170,000. Staff must build the fixed-asset bridge instead of overwriting the book number.

3. The corporate capital loss

The corporation sells investment stock at a $40,000 loss with no current capital gains. The learner must avoid deducting it against ordinary income and update carryback/carryforward analysis.

4. The accrued shareholder bonus

An accrual-basis corporation records a year-end bonus payable to a related cash-basis shareholder. The learner must identify Section 267 timing as a possible issue.

5. The missing estimated payment

The prior workpaper shows four payments, but source evidence shows only three. The learner must reconcile before claiming the credit.

6. The small corporation under $250,000

The return qualifies to omit Schedule L/M-1/M-2. The learner still builds an internal book-to-tax and balance-sheet reconciliation.

7. The $10 million asset threshold

The corporation grows from $8.8 million to $10.4 million of year-end assets. The learner recognizes Schedule M-3 implications.

8. The domestic software-development account

The corporation has major 2025 development costs plus unamortized 2022–2024 Section 174 amounts. The learner surfaces the Section 174A transition/method issue and escalates.

9. The 2025 equipment purchase

Qualified equipment is acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025. Staff evaluate Section 179, bonus eligibility/elections, MACRS, and book-tax impact.

10. The 25% foreign shareholder

A foreign investor acquires 30% of the corporation and enters into transactions with it. Staff recognize potential foreign information-reporting requirements rather than rolling Schedule K forward.

11. The dividend portfolio

The corporation owns stock in several domestic companies at different ownership percentages. Staff identify Schedule C / DRD analysis.

12. Profit but limited NOL use

The corporation has current taxable income and a large post-2017 NOL carryforward. The learner applies current limitation rules rather than automatically reducing taxable income to zero.

13. The charity check dated after year-end

Book expense is accrued at year-end but payment and substantiation do not support the same tax deduction timing. Staff verify facts before claiming the deduction.

14. The extension payment solves the balance due—but not the penalty

Total payments cover annual tax, but estimates were late. The learner considers Form 2220.

15. The books balance only after plugging retained earnings

The preparer forces Schedule L by plugging retained earnings. The correct response is to stop and reconcile the books, distributions, prior-year balances, and M-2.

What CPA Firms Should Measure

For broader development measurement, see Accounting Onboarding KPIs and Staff Accountant Competency Checklist.

Common C Corporation Training Mistakes

Teach Form 1120 as data entry

The preparer never learns the book-to-tax system.

Plug Schedule M-1

The reconciliation becomes an unexplained balancing account.

Make Schedule L tax basis

The return stops agreeing with the books.

Treat owner distributions as deductible expense

Shareholder activity disappears into the P&L.

Let tax software own depreciation

Staff cannot explain a major recurring temporary difference.

Confuse capital losses and NOLs

Two separate corporate carryforward systems get collapsed into one.

Roll Schedule K forward without questions

Ownership, foreign activity, and disclosure changes get missed.

Claim estimated payments from the prior worksheet

A planned payment is not proof of payment.

Ignore 2025 R&E changes

Current Section 174A rules and transition options can materially change the return.

Judge readiness by clean software diagnostics

A clean diagnostic report cannot prove the books tie or the tax treatment is correct.

How SkillAbility Builds Review-Ready Form 1120 Preparers

BASE — Technical execution

Build entity setup, TB mapping, income/deduction competence, fixed assets, Schedule L, M-1, tax computation, and payment reconciliation.

MAPS — Judgment and review readiness

Build permanent-versus-temporary difference judgment, carryforward discipline, related-party recognition, shareholder-transaction analysis, research questions, Schedule K fact patterns, and client/open-item communication.

SUMMIT — Reviewer and advisor development

Develop managers who can review M-1/M-3 logic, challenge depreciation and accounting-method decisions, manage C-corp estimates, identify planning opportunities, coach preparers instead of rebuilding returns, and recognize when specialist review is required.

Frequently Asked Questions About C Corporation Tax Training

What is C corporation tax training for staff accountants?

It is structured training that teaches staff to prepare Form 1120 from reconciled corporate books, build book-to-tax adjustments, complete balance-sheet and equity schedules, identify corporate-specific tax items, reconcile payments, self-review the return, and escalate advanced issues before manager review.

What is the federal C corporation tax rate?

The 2025 Form 1120 instructions compute regular corporate income tax at 21% of taxable income on Schedule J, before other taxes and credits.

When is Form 1120 due?

Generally, a corporation files by the 15th day of the fourth month after the end of its tax year. Special rules apply to certain June 30 fiscal-year corporations and short tax years.

When are C corporation estimated taxes required?

Generally, installment payments are required when expected total tax less applicable credits is $500 or more. Installments are generally due in the fourth, sixth, ninth, and twelfth months of the tax year.

What is Schedule M-1?

Schedule M-1 reconciles book income or loss with income per return. Staff should support it with a separate workpaper identifying permanent differences, temporary differences, carryforward limitations, and book corrections.

When is Schedule M-3 required?

Corporations with total assets of $10 million or more at year-end generally must file Schedule M-3 instead of Schedule M-1 under the current instructions.

When can a corporation skip Schedule L, M-1, and M-2?

Under the 2025 instructions, a corporation with both total receipts and year-end total assets under $250,000 may omit those schedules when the applicable Schedule K question is answered Yes. Internal reconciliations remain good preparation controls.

When is Form 1125-E required?

A C corporation generally completes Form 1125-E when total receipts are $500,000 or more and officer compensation is deducted.

Can a C corporation deduct a capital loss against ordinary income?

Generally no. Corporate capital losses are allowed currently only against capital gains. A net capital loss is generally carried back three years and forward five years.

How are C corporation NOL carryforwards limited?

For many post-2017 NOL carryforwards, the current deduction is generally subject to an 80% taxable-income limitation, with different rules for pre-2018 NOLs and certain insurance companies.

What is the corporate charitable-contribution limit?

The 2025 Form 1120 instructions generally limit corporate charitable contributions to 10% of taxable income computed under the applicable rules. Excess contributions generally carry forward five years, subject to special rules.

What is the dividends-received deduction?

Schedule C includes dividends and special deductions. Depending on ownership and other requirements, common DRD categories include 50%, 65%, and 100%, subject to limitations and special rules.

What changed for domestic research expenditures in 2025?

P.L. 119-21 added Section 174A. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, domestic research and experimental expenditures can generally be deducted currently, with elections and transition options for certain prior unamortized amounts.

Is 100% bonus depreciation available in 2025?

P.L. 119-21 reinstated a 100% special depreciation allowance for certain qualified property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, subject to the applicable requirements and elections.

How should staff prepare Schedule L?

Schedule L should agree with the corporation’s books and records. Staff should reconcile beginning balances to prior-year amounts and ending balances to the final books, while maintaining tax-basis differences separately.

What should a staff accountant escalate?

Examples include foreign ownership/activity, consolidated returns, M-3, CAMT, complex Section 163(j), Section 174A transition/method decisions, ownership changes affecting losses, property distributions, reorganizations, liquidations, uncertain tax positions, large credits, and unusual related-party transactions.

How do you know when a Form 1120 preparer is review-ready?

A review-ready preparer can tie the return to source books, explain taxable income from book income, reconcile Schedule L and M-2, preserve carryforwards, reproduce tax and payments, identify additional-form triggers, self-review the return, and escalate unresolved judgment issues before review.

Current Research and Authority Resources

• IRS — Instructions for Form 1120 (2025)
• IRS — About Form 1120
• IRS — Instructions for Schedule M-3 (Form 1120)
• IRS — Instructions for Schedule D (Form 1120)
• IRS — Instructions for Form 4562 (2025)
• IRS — Instructions for Form 4626 (2025)
• IRS — Instructions for Form 7004
• IRS — Section 174A / Revenue Procedure 2025-28 Guidance
• IRS — Section 163(j) Questions and Answers
• Google Search Central — Optimizing for Generative AI Features

Tax law, forms, thresholds, transitional rules, and IRS guidance change. Verify the current return year, instructions, legislation, elections, carryforwards, and client facts before applying any treatment to live work.

The Bottom Line

C corporation tax training should not produce staff who know where to type the trial balance. It should produce preparers who can build the return’s logic.

Confirm the corporation and its tax history.

Organize the books and source evidence.

Reconcile income, deductions, and the balance sheet.

Prepare the book-to-tax bridge.

Review corporate-specific limitations and carryforwards.

Evaluate the tax and every payment.

Assemble the schedules and disclosures.

Document open issues and elections.

Build the year-to-year handoff.

That is CORP READY.

The staff accountant should know why taxable income differs from book income, why Schedule L ties to the books rather than tax basis, why a capital loss does not behave like an ordinary loss, why a shareholder distribution cannot disappear into operating expense, whether the corporation actually paid the estimates the workpaper says it paid, when $10 million of assets changes the reconciliation system, and when a new ownership or international fact changes the filing risk.

Reconcile the books.
Build the bridge.
Trace the tax.
Protect the carryforwards.
Then send it to review.

Protect Knowledge. Develop People. Scale the Firm.

To preparers who build the bridge before the reviewer has to reconstruct it,

Vincent Howard, CPA
Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges
SkillAbility for Accounting Firms

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