There are many accounting and tax specialty areas in the U.S., and just as many groups that represent them. From niche business areas such as Dental CPAs, to expat specialists, and even professional organizations centered around shared demographic communities and languages.
One of the larger groups, the Association of Russian-Speaking Accountants and Tax Professionals (ARSAT), has announced a national forum for 2026, to be held October 22-24 at the Hilton Aventura in Miami, Florida. The association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is one of several tax and accounting associations that bring together professionals who specialize in serving clients who may speak more comfortably in their first language. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 900,000 native Russian speakers in the nation, and about 3 million Americans of Russian heritage.
Other such language and culturally-oriented tax and accounting associations include the Latino Tax Professionals Association, the Taiwanese American CPA Association, and the Chinese American Society of CPAs. In addition to English, the IRS offers basic tax information in more than 20 languages, and has official translated forms in six additional languages, including Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Haitian-Creole. But even with these forms and instructions in some additional languages, many taxpayers and business owners benefit from consulting with a professional who shares their cultural and language ties.
- Information for registration, vendors and partnerships is at: http://arsat.tax/events/miami-26 (site is in Russian language).
ARSAT noted that, for the first time, the forum will extend beyond the profession to serve the public. The association helps U.S. tax professionals from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, many of whom are naturalized U.S. citizens or the relatives of former immigrants, retrain and integrate into the U.S. tax system, and to serve clients who also often have close ties to their native language.
Members of ARSAT advise American businesses and international clients, support technology startups, create jobs, and provide free representation to low-income families before the IRS.
United by one language and one mission, regardless of borders or nationality.
This is where the network comes to life. During the forum, practice founders, entrepreneurs, and startup advisors from across the country will gather for three days of learning, dealmaking, networking and partnership.
This year brings two firsts. The inaugural vendor expo turns the forum into a working marketplace, where conversations become contracts. And the doors open to the public, launching ARSAT’s long-term financial literacy initiative: a practical seminar on avoiding common tax mistakes and IRS penalties (October 22) and a six-hour personal finance course on investing, tax strategy, and wealth building (October 24).
Taxes touch everyone. Knowledge should too.
“Nobody hands you the American Dream. You build it, return by return, client by client. Four years ago, many of our students were starting from zero in a new country. Today they own practices, hire Americans, and defend families before the IRS. That’s what a second chance looks like,” said Elina Linderman, EA, co-founder of ARSAT and founder of La Rusa Tax.
“Taxes are the language every American family and business must speak. We taught our professionals to speak it fluently. Now we’re teaching everyone. Not politics. Not borders. People helping people.”
Sessions are led by practitioners authorized to represent clients before the IRS:
- Elina Linderman, EA (La Rusa Tax, Clearwater, FL) – Enrolled Agent with 25 years of experience and full authority to represent taxpayers before the IRS
- Pavel Bocharov (Trident Tax, Dallas) – ARSAT co-founder, AFSP participant, Certifying Acceptance Agent, and member of the National Association of Tax Professionals
- Marina Wayne (La Rusa Tax) – nearly four decades in accounting and taxation
On Friday, October 23, the forum turns into graduation night: dinner, music, and an awards ceremony for graduates, accountants who arrived in America with skills, retrained under U.S. law, and now run their own practices. The proof of the mission, on stage.
- Information for registration, vendors and partnerships is at: http://arsat.tax/events/miami-26 (site is in Russian language).
The Association of Russian-Speaking Accountants and Tax Professionals (ARSAT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2022. ARSAT provides education, mentorship, and grants to tax professionals rebuilding careers in the United States, and free representation before the IRS for low-income taxpayers through its Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Its mission: strong community, new jobs, growing businesses, and protected families. Learn more at https://arsat.tax.
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