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Welcome to the Brazos Valley Chapter of Certified Public Accountants (BVCPA) website. The BVCPA is the Brazos Valley’s local chapter of the Texas State Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA).

We are a professional organization committed to the welfare of our member CPA’s as well as initiatives such as Financial Literacy which benefit the greater Brazos Valley.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS DONATED

The Brazos Valley Chapter Chapter of Certified Public Accountants (BVCPA) is pleased to announce our recent donation of 12 books each to the Bryan and Larry J. Ringer Public Libraries. All titles donated are found on the Oregon’s Office of the State Treasurer Recommended Reading List, and are available to help keep your children reading and learning that money really doesn’t grow on trees. We have also donated a DVD, “The Money Mammals,” to each library. This DVD is designed to teach children about money by helping them to learn to share, save, and spend smart. Our nation’s recent economic difficulties have highlighted the ever-present need to treat financial literacy as a priority for children, and area CPA’s are proud to assist parents in doing so. You can find the following titles at each of the two aforementioned libraries, courtesy of the BVCPA:

Books:

-Arthur Breaks the Bank

-Arthur’s Funny Money

-Arthur’s Honey Bear

-Beatrice’s Goat

-The Berenstain Bears’ Mad, Mad Mad Toy Craze

-The Berenstain Bears’ Trouble With Money

-A Dollar For Penny

-How to Make a Million

-I Shop With My Daddy

-Just Shopping With Mom

-A Quarter From The Tooth Fairy

-Tight Times

For a brief description of each book, please visit amazon.com.

DVD:

-The Money Mammals

For more information on the Money Mammals, please visit www.themoneymammals.com/.

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We are also pleased to offer, in conjunction with the TSCPA, a helpful new publication,

When Baby Makes Three.

When Baby Makes Three is a nine-month checklist to get your growing family’s personal finances in order. While pregnancy is an exciting time to prepare for your little one’s birth, and is the time for picking out names and painting the nursery, we also encourage you to use this most special period of your life to get your family’s financial house in order before bringing home Baby. We hope you find this When Baby Makes Three helpful during this most wonderful time. And, most importantly, on behalf our entire Chapter, ‘Congratulations!’”

Another PUBLIC SERVICE is the personal finance web site www.ValueYourMoney.org. where you will find articles related to personal finance with links to the full articles on our Web site or on other sites. Fasten your seat belt for information about important money matters to help you soar toward financial success and encourage your clients, colleagues, family, and friends to get their ticket to financial well-being online at Peanuts and beverage service optional.

Welcome to the Texas Society of CPAs’ (TSCPA) exclusive monthly e-newsletter Take Off!. In your virtual seatback, you will find articles related to personal finance with links to the full articles on our Web site or on other sites. Fasten your seat belt for information about important money matters to help you soar toward financial success and encourage your clients, colleagues, family, and friends to get their ticket to financial well-being online at www.ValueYourMoney.org. Peanuts and beverage service optional.

HAVE YOU TAKEN THE POLL THIS MONTH?

Stop by www.ValueYourMoney.org each month and take our financial poll on the home page. TSCPA updates the poll monthly with a different seasonal financial literacy question each time, hoping to gain some insight from our readers. Don’t forget to visit ValueYourMoney.org this month to take the poll and pick up some helpful financial literacy tips and information.

Financial Literacy Poll

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TSCPA’S WORKPLACE FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

The No. 1 cause of stress in the workplace is personal finance (USA Today) and poll results indicate nearly 30 percent of Texas employees spend six or more hours each week at work worried about or dealing with personal finances. Whether you’re the company president or a human resources or communications professional, bring free personal finance resources into your office and share them with your employees. You can download articles for company newsletters and intranets, flyers and table tents for the break room and paycheck inserts. Many of the resources are available in both English and Spanish. CPA speakers are also available to come into the workplace for free personal finance seminars on the topic of your choice. Visit www.ValueYourMoney.org or e-mail Avery Roth at aroth@tscpa.net for more information.

Workplace Financial Education Program

PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT THIS SEASON

The holidays are right around the corner, which means the malls are going to be packed from Nov. 27 to Dec. 24. While we’re all tempted to go shopping sitting down in our pajamas in front of a computer screen, shopping and managing your finances online have brought identity theft to an all time high. It’s scary to know that someone out there could be using your credit card, and even more alarming to think that someone could be using your entire identity! It is nearly impossible to completely prevent identity theft, but Texas CPAs can offer a little advice, especially as we head into the holiday shopping season.

Preventing Identity Theft

DID YOU KNOW…

Another way to help prevent identity theft is to freeze your credit reports. For just a small fee, you can have the power to freeze and unfreeze your credit reports. Web sites like Experian.com and Transunion.com offer these services and additional advice about your credit report and credit scores.

Experian.com

Transunion.com