Join the Sales Tax Nerd Community

Subject: Sales Tax Professional Development Proposal

Dear {First Name of Supervisor},

I am writing to ask for approval to sign up for the Sales Tax Institute’s Sales Tax Nerd Community Membership.

As a member of the Sales Tax Nerd Community, I will be able to access new education and training opportunities, an online membership platform, office hour calls, and a resource library of sales tax tools for an entire year.

The membership will help me master critical sales tax issues and incorporate new efficiencies into my work as I trade best practices and ideas with other members and bring new sales tax tools into our processes. This will allow me to provide more value in my role and better serve our company/clients.

The membership is designed not only to build my sales tax knowledge but also as a strategic tool for our team. Although only one person can have a login to the membership platform, the membership comes with a number of benefits:

• 12 CPE-eligible monthly live webinars that cover a range of relevant issues that are important to sales and use tax today (21.6 CPE total). I will also receive the recordings of these webinars for 30 days to review concepts.
• A catalog of on-demand webinars on key sales tax topics that I can use to brush up on foundational topics and dig into new ones.
• Access to an online membership platform that acts as a dedicated space to ask questions and work through sales tax issues with sales tax professionals of all experience levels, industries, and specialties. This expands our sales tax team and gives us the insight and expertise of other sales tax pros (including expert Diane Yetter!) to answer questions that come up in our day-to-day work.
• A library of sales tax tools that can assist us in our sales tax work to make our processes more efficient.
• Discounts on multi-day training courses. As a community member, we are guaranteed to pay the lowest price offered to attend Sales Tax Institute in-person courses, the Advanced Workshop or Basics of Sales and Use Tax, or enroll in the 9-week online course, Sales Tax Jumpstart. Any member of our team can take advantage of these training opportunities!
• Quarterly 90-minute group “office hour” sessions with Sales Tax Institute President Diane Yetter, where we can have in-depth discussions about sales tax questions specific to our situation in real time. As you know, this type of dedicated, expert guidance is difficult to find at a packed conference, impossible in a pre-recorded online course, or only available through expensive consultants (CPE eligible).
• A Mentoring Program that defines roles, drives accountability, and provides tools that help both mentors and mentees have an enriching professional experience and build a network of support among other sales tax pros. Members can sign up to be mentors, mentees, or both. Having a mentor in the sales tax field is a great way to get additional guidance to make better decisions in my work and help meet career goals that support our company.

I am eager to hear your thoughts on this opportunity. For your convenience, I have included a summary of the membership details below:

• Company Name: Sales Tax Institute
• Opportunity: Sales Tax Nerd Community Membership
• Length: Annual Membership
• Registration Fee: $2,477 annually. When broken down, that is less than $50 a week for in-depth training, expanded industry connections, and exclusive access to Diane Yetter to help us through some of our trickiest sales tax challenges. (The live and on-demand webinars alone are valued at $4,975.)
• CPE Value: 31+ CPE credits available through live webinar, office hour, and special event attendance
• Additional Benefits: Sales Tax Nerd Community members will also have the opportunity to attend members-only presentations with industry experts and private demos with sales tax software companies.

I appreciate your consideration of this idea, and I look forward to discussing it with you further.

Sincerely,
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