{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6bf652ef-e862-4f56-a596-ed493d286093","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Teaching SALT to the next generation with Tram Le","description":"In this episode of the SALTovation podcast, we speak with Tram Le, a CPA, attorney and SALT professor, and our very own Judy Vorndran.\r\n\n \r\n\nTram talks about pursuing her career in accounting and law after shifting from music. She also shares what she sees teaching SALT topics to graduate students as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Texas in Arlington. She also discusses what she thinks makes clients want to work with her.\r\n\n \r\n\nQuestions asked and answered in this Episode:\r\n\n \r\n\nWhat is Tram Le\u2019s background and career story?\r\n\nHow does she think the SALT class she teaches relates to the classes she took in college?\r\n\nWhat is the biggest misconception about state tax that she finds within the students?\r\n\nWhat does Tram offer that makes clients want to work with her?\r\n\nWhere did UT Arlington find the value in offering a SALT class?\r\n\nWhat drives and motivates Tram to do her best work each day?\r\n\n\n \r\n\nWhat You Will Discover:\r\n\n \r\n\n[00:52] How Tram shifted from pursuing music to accounting and law\r\n\n[07:07] Taking the SALT class and meeting Judy\r\n\n[11:18] How the SALT classes she teaches compare to the classes she took as a student\r\n\n[17:10] The biggest misconception about state tax within her students\r\n\n[22:47] What makes clients want to work with Tram\r\n\n[28:28] Why does she think UT Arlington offers a SALT class\r\n\n[30:14] What drives and motivates Tram\r\n\n[31:43] One thing we don\u2019t know about Tram and more fun facts\r\n\n\n \r\n\nQuotables:\r\n\n \r\n\n\u201cBeing in the top of a class doesn\u2019t necessarily mean success.\u201d - Judy Vorndran [09:15]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cThis is not just a simple job. It\u2019s complicated and it requires nuance. And it requires the ability to take the complicated issues, make them simple for our clients so they understand how to handle it, but also deal with the nuance, so that we give them the right answer.\u201d - Judy Vorndran [16:09]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cJust understanding that it does matter how you file.\u201d - Tram Le [18:14]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cWhen I am helping a client or advising, I put myself in their shoes, and what would I do if I had these problems?\u201d - Tram Le [23:52]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cIf there\u2019s something I\u2019m doing, I have to do it right, and I don\u2019t want to let you guys down. I don\u2019t want to let clients down. I don\u2019t want to let myself down. And also, I think a big part of me as a mother of two young girls, I want to be a really good role model for them.\u201d - Tram Le [30:48]\r\n\n\n \r\n\nRelevant Links:\r\n\n \r\n\nWebsite: https://www.saltovation.com/\r\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tram-le-88573752\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c5ee698f-40de-4ec6-b3d6-61628d0f6477/salt-1-bpay1.jpg"}