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VISITORS
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 13 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
-The Kids' Guide to Money Cents
-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.
2010 FINANCIAL FITNE$$ CALENDARS ARE HERE
The 2010 Financial Fitne$$ calendars are a great way to start
the New Year. With tips and pointers for every month, you can
plan to stick to this resolution throughout the entire year. The
free 2010 calendars are now available! Order yours today by
sending your name and mailing address to
aroth@tscpa.net. The printed calendars are reserved for
Texas residents only. But hurry, there are a limited number of
calendars available.
QUICK POLL: WHAT ARE YOUR FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS?
The holidays have come and gone and the damage has been done.
The month of January is often spent recuperating and getting
back into the swing of things. January is also the month where
many resolutions will be made … and broken. Now that you’ve
renewed your gym membership, how do you plan to get your
finances back in shape? What’s your No. 1 financial
resolution? Do you plan to pay down debt, save money or
organize your records? Take our poll and tell us your top 2010
financial resolution.
2010 Financial Resolutions Poll
FINANCIAL RECORDKEEPING: WHAT TO KEEP AND WHAT TO TOSS
If your financial papers are in a heap, resolve to get organized
for the New Year. Yes, it’s okay to discard your pay stub from
April 2006. In fact, you can get rid of all your pay stubs once
you’ve checked them against the W-2 form received from your
employer. For this and other helpful financial recordkeeping
organizational tips, check out the printable checklist from
Texas CPAs.
Financial Recordkeeping Checklist
DISABILITY INSURANCE: HOW TO TAILOR THE POLICY TO YOUR NEEDS
If you become disabled and are unable to work, the bills will
still need to be paid. Texas CPAs recommend having adequate
disability insurance to avoid the depletion of savings or the
accumulation of serious debt caused by a disabling illness or
injury. Other valuable personal finance information on dealing
with death, divorce and disaster is available in the Life Crisis
section of ValueYourMoney.org.
Read the Article
Visit the Life Crisis Section
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