This year will be one of change for my business. When I started my business in 1999 I had just some thoughts and dreams. Nearly twelve years later I have a mature and still growing tax practice and I must deal with the reality of change.
The first of these changes is growth in my practice. I’ve known Aaron Lion for a number of years. Last year, we met and discussed the idea of him joining my practice. Aaron took that thought and ran with it; in early January he passed the Special Enrollment Examination (the exam to become an Enrolled Agent). He’s sent in his Form 23 to the IRS and sometime in the near future he’ll be a duly licensed Enrolled Agent. Whether that will be in time to help during the heart of tax season is up to the bureaucracy at the IRS.
Here’s some background on Aaron: He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics of Computation with a minor in Computer Science. He worked as a software engineer for twenty years. Aaron left his last engineering job six years ago as a result of having one impossible task after another and one unhappy customer after another (a result of other people’s decisions).
Aaron then became a professional poker player. After finally getting to the point where he felt he could make a living from poker, he stopped because while being able to do it was important actually doing it was not.
Aaron resides in suburban Washington, DC where he is happy to take care of his top two customers: his wife and daughter. He is looking forward to taking care of more hopefully happy clients in our tax practice.
You’ll see Aaron first here on the blog. He’ll be writing many of the posts, and will also add an East Coast view to tax issues.
Welcome aboard, Aaron.