TTPP94: What Does Being MD of an Independent Tax Consultancy Look Like? with Angela Wood [Tax Role Insights Ep 5]

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You’ll Learn

• An overview of Angela’s career
• (6:45) Why Angela decided to move to ETC Tax, her initial remit, and what ETC Tax looked like at this time
• (14:00) Angela’s current remit as Managing Director – what she does and what she is responsible for
• (24:15) How much Angela gets involved in the doing of tax work
• (27:00) The pros and challenges of being Managing Director of a small tax business
• (36:45) Whether Angela finds anything stressful about her role
• (39:45) What drives Angela to continue

Resources

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Chapters

• 0:00 Angela Wood
• 6:50 Why Angela decided to move to ETC tax
• 8:10 Angela's remit when she first started working for ETC
• 11:15 What ETC looked like when Angela first got involved
• 13:04 The challenge with having the right amount of staff - not too many, not too little
• 14:18 What Anglea's remit is in her role - what she does and is responsible for
• 19:29 How BD, sales marketing etc. works in ETC tax - and is it all Angela?
• 24:26 How much Angela gets involved in the 'doing' of tax work in her role and her normal hours worked in a week
• 27:08 The pros to being MD of a small tax business
• 31:14 Challenges of running a small independent tax business
• 36:56 Does Angela find anything stressful about her role?
• 40:06 What keeps Angela wanting to continue with her role?
• 44:28 Angela's advice for anyone considering doing something similar