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2012 IRS Filing Season Letter

January 31st, 2012

From tips on how to best navigate the IRS to staying abreast of the new return preparer regulations to who to contact with questions, the 2012 IRS Filing Season Letter provides a wealth of resources.

Download your copy today and keep it nearby as you go through this busy season.

 

2012 CalCPA Service Awards

November 21st, 2011

Each year, CalCPA recognizes those members who have gone above and beyond the call of duty by awarding the Public Service and Distinguished Service awards, as well as the Public Service Award for Firms. If you know anyone or any firm fitting the bill, share the news with us.

Review the qualifications and download nomination forms online. The nomination deadline for all awards is March 30.

Update Your Volunteer Profile

September 3rd, 2011

In part of our ongoing community outreach efforts, we are gearing up for the next school year by making sure the right volunteer opportunities reach our members. We’ve updated the volunteer program options to better reflect our outreach efforts. By choosing the volunteer programs in which you’d like to be involved on your CalCPA personal profile, you ensure that the emails sent to you best reflect your interests.

Check out the volunteer programs available to CalCPA members.

 

CalCPA Student Members: Want to Win $10K?

July 27th, 2011

The 2011 AICPA Accounting Competition asks college students to flex their fraud and forensic skills in advising a client on a major overseas expansion. The top three teams strut their stuff in Washington D.C., and the one that does the best job keeping the project on track—and on the right side of the law—gets a very legal $10,000.

Submissions are due Sept. 30.

Extensions Available to Report Peer Review Results to the CBA

June 28th, 2011

All California individual licensed CPAs, CBA licensed partnerships and CBA licensed corporations are subject to mandatory reporting requirements under the mandatory peer review law that became effective Jan. 1, 2010.

All firms and licensees with a license number ending in 01-33, must complete the new mandatory report and submit to the CBA no later than July 1, 2011.

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Count on our Future

June 28th, 2011

Count on our Future is a new CalCPA outreach event designed to reach more than 10,000 students statewide with our financial literacy presentations in a single week this November. We hope this will help schools, teachers, parents, and students recognize the importance of budgeting, saving and investing, managing credit and much more. With the next generation entering universities and the workplace facing new economic challenges, we want to get people excited to incorporate ongoing financial literacy presentations and materials into their classrooms.

Update Your Volunteer Profile

June 28th, 2011

As part of our ongoing community outreach efforts, we are gearing up for the next school year by making sure the right volunteer opportunities reach our members. We’ve updated the volunteer program options to better reflect our outreach efforts. By choosing the volunteer programs in which you’d like to be involved on your CalCPA personal profile,  you ensure that the emails sent to you best reflect your interests.

Check out the volunteer programs available to CalCPA members.

Extensions Available to Report Peer Review Results to the CBA

June 2nd, 2011

All California individual licensed CPAs, CBA licensed partnerships and CBA licensed corporations are subject to mandatory reporting requirements under the mandatory peer review law that became effective Jan. 1, 2010. All firms and licensees with a license number ending in 01-33, must complete the new mandatory report and submit to the CBA no later than July 1, 2011.

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Grassroots Advocacy

June 2nd, 2011

Participants in the Grassroots Program are CalCPA members who recognize the difference that individuals can make in the legislative process on behalf of the profession, their clients and the public. Legislators often base decisions upon communications they receive from constituents, so it is essential for CalCPA members to establish a connection with their elected representatives.

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Women’s Leadership Forum: Dress for Success Donation

June 2nd, 2011

Whether you are just starting your career or have been perfecting your craft for decades, our Women’s Leadership Forum June 10 in Los Angeles will provide a day of leadership development and professional growth.

And new to this year’s event, attendees to our June 10 event are invited to donate new or “nearly new” women’s professional attire (suit, shoes, purses) to be collected at the event that will help disadvantaged women re-enter the workforce and achieve economic independence.

Register today.


Discussion Groups

AP&AS (Santa Barbara)
Info: Gail Anikouchine or chapter program associate Rita Williams.

AP&AS (Ventura)
Info: Raj Acharya

Conejo Valley Discussion Group
Info: Chapter program associate Rita Williams

Santa Barbara CPA Discussion Group
There will be no meetings until after tax season. If you know someone who would be interested in being chair of this committee, contact program associate Rita Williams.

Ventura CPA Discussion Group: Loss Prevention
Date: Thursday, Feb. 23
Speaker: Jeff Hohman, CAMICO
Info: Interest group chair Garry Jones,
(805) 778-1858, or chapter program associate
Rita Williams

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May 4–6: DISNEYLAND Installation Retreat. Watch for flyer coming soon.

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(805) 571-1558

Program Director:
Kay Coffin
(559) 876-3800

7127 Hollister Ave. #318; Suite #25A
Goleta CA 91137

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