Jim Buffington is the Advisory Services Leader for Intuit. Jim's passion is helping Tax & Accounting Professionals lead with planning and advisory services to help power prosperity for businesses & families. Jim is a CPA and was in public practice for a dozen years as a partner in an East Texas firm preparing oil & gas tax returns, before joining Intuit 18 years ago. Jim loves cycling and is currently riding 50K in all 50 states. He leads the Intuit Tax Customer Council and leads Advisory Services for Intuit Accountants, where he learns best practices from leading firms to share with the profession. You can find him teaching tax strategy and advisory courses for Intuit.