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Dawn is The Designated Motivator for Accounting Professionals and the CEO of Powerful Accounting, Inc.

For more than two decades, Dawn has been a well-known and respected educator and motivator for her clients, other accounting professionals and technology solution providers. She is known for innovative collaborations within the accounting profession including with her technology ecosystem partners which are included in her Team Brolin Starting Lineup.

Dawn is a member of the Intuit Tax Council, the ADP Advisory Board, and the Avalara QuickBooks Advisory Board. She has also received many designations and recognitions throughout her career including Insightful Accountant’s 2020 Top Niche Practice ProAdvisor: Forensics” and one of  Accounting Today’s “2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.”

As an in-demand thought leader, speaker, and the author of The Designated Motivator and The Designated Motivator for Accounting Professionals, Dawn believes that motivation and strategic planning is not a one-time event, it is a critical part of being able to achieve the success you want for yourself and your team.

Dawn has appeared on many top-rated news programs and is consistently recognized with awards of distinction in the accounting profession. She has delivered hundreds of webinars and keynote speeches and works with many technology solution providers to help them better understand how to create and market their solutions. She is also a Designated Motivator to her peers and the collegiate softball team she is the assistant coach of at Eastern Connecticut State University.

RCReports is cloud software that determines Reasonable Compensation for Closely-Held Business Owners. RCReports is used by CPA’s, Tax Advisors, Valuators and Forensic Accountants when they need to determine a Reasonable Compensation figure for a client. 

Whether it’s for Compliance, Normalization or Planning, RCReports has a report to fit your need. RCReports synthesizes a proprietary blend of IRS criteria, court rulings, geographic data and its EXCLUSIVE database of wages to accurately and objectively determine Reasonable Compensation for Closely-Held Business Owners. 

All Reasonable Compensation Reports are designed to provide an Independent Unbiased Reasonable Compensation figure that can be relied on in IRS examinations and Litigation.