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CPA News January 2009In this Issue: · Chapter News · Chapter Calendar · CPE · Job Opportunity · TSCPA News CHAPTER NEWS Ballots distributed Ballots for your 2009-2010 Chapter officers and directors have been emailed/mailed. Return your completed ballot to Linda Johnson by January 23 to be counted. Chapter Calendar Save the date! May 5, 2009 Chapter Annual Meeting Luncheon with special guest Kym Anderson, TSCPA Chair-elect Chapter CPE Individual Income Tax Update with Steve Tillinger ,CPA January 29 College Station Conference Center 8:00 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 4:30 8 hours CPE credit (lunch on your own) Cost $175 members and members’ non-CPA staff $250 non-members To register, contact Linda Johnson at Linda@LNJohnson.com or phone 936-435-9989 or go to registration form on the Chapter Web site http://bvcpa.org/Tax%20CPE%20rsvp.htm Whether you are a generalist or a tax specialist, you will take away valuable information and insights from this eight-hour program. The course will bring you up-to-date on current issues in federal income taxation affecting individuals and small business owners with emphasis on recent federal income tax legislation, important court cases, Treasury income tax regulations, and IRS revenue rulings and procedures. Your Instructor Will Address the Hot Topics of 2008 *MAJOR DEVELOPMENT – Tax
Return Preparer Penalty law changed (again!) and regulations issued! –
Learn how they affect you and your practice Prerequisites -- Basic knowledge of individual and small business federal income taxation. JOB OPPORTUNITY The Texas A&M University System Office of Budgets and Accounting is looking for a Senior Accountant The link to vacancy is: https://jobs.system.tamus.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50702 The Texas A&M University System is composed of nine universities, seven state agencies, and a health science center, as well as the System headquarters. The A&M System is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to excellence. FROM TSCPADestination CPA Visit Destination CPA (http://go.tscpa.org/) in the student section on TSCPA's Web site for an interactive accounting career road trip, complete with scenic routes and informative pit stops. This online experience puts students in the driver's seat to see through the virtual windshield all a CPA career has to offer. Outstanding Accounting Educator Awards TSCPA recently honored four top Texas accounting professors with the organization's 2008 Outstanding Accounting Educator Awards. Recipients are: Paula Miller, CPA – Collin County Community College Norman A. Sunderman, Ph.D., CPA – Angelo State University Brett A. Wilkinson, Ph.D. – Baylor University Michael K. Shaub, Ph.D., CPA – Texas A&M University Congratulations, Mike!! At a ceremony held during the TSCPA Accounting Education Conference, the winners each received a $1,000 award provided by the TSCPA Accounting Education Foundation, as well as a plaque for their office and a recognition plaque for their school. Criteria for judging include instructional innovation, student motivation and learning opportunities, professional and student accounting organization involvement, research, and publications. Technical Questions Answered If you have a technical question and need to find an answer, help is only a phone call away. Do as many satisfied TSCPA members have done and call a CPA for informal consultation or get research assistance from a professional librarian through the Center for Corporate Financial Leadership (CCFL). As a TSCPA member, you can access these free services on the Society’s Web site at tscpa.org. (Click on CCFL in the Resource Center.) CCFL’s Information & Research Center also offers a 6,000-title book loan program. Get Research Assistance. Financial Literacy The New Year is a great time to bring TSCPA’s free workplace financial literacy program into your office. ValueYourMoney.org helps you educate non-CPA employees on money matters via downloadable materials like newsletter articles, flyers for bulletin boards, table tents for break rooms, and paycheck inserts. Speeches and PowerPoint presentations are also available for employee seminars. Check out the newest resources on budgeting and preparing financially for a disaster at http://www.valueyourmoney.org/. Let a Student Shadow You You can help mold a young person’s career choice! Job Shadowing is an educational activity focused on providing an up-close look at the world of business. It gives students across America the opportunity to “shadow” a workplace mentor through a normal day on the job, letting them see how the skills learned in school relate to the workplace. For students, Job Shadowing can become the link between academics and careers. For employers, it offers both an introduction to the employees of tomorrow and the opportunity to help students explore career options – and to share what it will take to achieve their goals. Members in industry are especially encouraged to participate, not only to benefit their employers, but also to expose students to the wide variety of job responsibilities available to them as CPAs in the world of business. All it takes is a willingness to arrange for a few students to visit your work site so they can see how the real world works. Get all the info you need, and find out how to sign up, at www.jobshadow.org. Depression Knows No Season “This is supposed to be a joyous time of year, yet I feel angry one minute and plunged into despair the next. What’s wrong with me?” You might be suffering from depression. ACAN, the TSCPA Accountants Confidential Assistance Network, offers confidential assistance. Call us at 800-766-ACAN. All we want to do is help. All you need to do is call! Find a Mentor on TSCPA’s New Online Mentor Network Are you weighing a career move and looking for a little guidance? Do you need advice on resolving a conflict in the office? Since you probably don’t want to discuss these types of issues with your boss, TSCPA has developed a customized database for you to find a CPA mentor. Called Mentor Network, the program is available online at tscpa.org and lets CPA, candidate and student members search for potential mentors via criteria like chapter, years of experience and specialty area. All you have to do is enter your desired mentor specifications, choose a mentor from the list of matches, and then e-mail the mentor your question. It may be a one-time exchange or it may develop into regular e-mail correspondence. Besides finding a mentor on tscpa.org, you can also volunteer to become a mentor. Visit Mentor Network http://www.tscpa.org/mentornetwork/index.asp
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