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November 1st, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
Awards Night will be our next chapter event, scheduled for Nov. 16 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort. We will be honoring our 40-year members, chapter past presidents and awarding scholarships to area students. November is a time for reflection and for giving thanks, so it is appropriate that this event will be in the middle of harvest time.
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September 30th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
I want to thank the sponsors and players who helped make our annual golf tournament a great success: McGowan Guntermann; Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset; Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf, LLP; Nasif, Hicks, Harris & Co., LLP; American Rivera Bank; Vance, Thrift & Biller; David G. Junod, CPA; Acena Consulting, LLC, (Ranch Eickhoff); Thomson Reuters (Chris Knighten); BNY Mellon (Spencer Gould); Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (Ray Noack); Rancho San Marcos Golf Club; and the Sandpiper Golf Club. This event raises funds for our student scholarships, and we couldn’t do it without the generous support of our sponsors.
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August 27th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
I’m pleased to report on the progress of our chapter for the first quarter, which included two successful events and many other discussion group meetings.
Many of our members, plus potential new members and nonprofit clients, were able to join John Valenzuela at the Form 990 update July 23. We had such good feedback that we are looking into bring John back next year. We would be happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions, so please let us know.
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July 28th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
Gail Anikouchine, chapter first vice president, and I recently attended the CalCPA Annual Members’ Business and Council meeting in Anaheim. The following are some highlights.
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June 29th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
The theme of this month’s message is membership. One of CalCPA’s constant goals for each fiscal year is to increase membership. Some may ask you, why join CalCPA? I’d like to share some information about CalCPA, its vision, mission and priorities that you can share.
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May 25th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
I was happy to see some new faces and many familiar ones at our annual installation dinner at the Alisal Ranch May 1. We had a fun murder mystery presentation by Sharpo! Murder Mystery Company that kept us laughing for most of the evening. This was the first year we have held a dinner instead of a retreat. I am interested to hear comments from those of you who attended regarding the new format—and those of you who did not attend. Most of the board members were there, as well as many of our chapter committee chairs and representatives. I would like to say a big thank you to Rita Williams, our tireless program associate, for pulling this event together.
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April 29th, 2010
By Patricia K. Krout, CPA
I’m so excited about writing my first president’s message. Our chapter could not exist without the support of our members. I’d like to thank Gail Anikouchine, Jeff Dottl, Raj Acharya, Jason Janzen, Yusuf Balogun, Darcia Stebbens and Jessica Johnson for rounding out the board this year. We couldn’t provide quality CPE without our state liaison members and chapter committee chairs.
Also, a big thank you to Don Loster (Accounting Education), Gail Anikouchine (Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards, and CalCPA Council), Eileen Sheridan (Estate Planning and Taxation), Susan Jacobson (Financial Literacy and Conejo Valley Discussion Group), Jeff Dottl (Golf Tournament), Donna Nelson (Management of an Accounting Practice), Adrienne Huff and Jessica Johnson (Young and Emerging Professionals), Chris Reed (Santa Barbara AP&AS), Raj Acharya (Ventura AP&AS), Mike Ray (Santa Barbara Discussion Group) and Garry Jones (Ventura Discussion Group).
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April 7th, 2010
By Susan Jacobson, CPA
I know it’s April and everyone is very busy, so I will make this short and sweet. I have enjoyed my experience over the past year as your chapter president. It is almost time for me to pass the gavel to our next chapter president—Patricia Krout. I have the honor of doing so at our annual chapter installation dinner May 1 at Alisal Guest Ranch. Our 2010–11 chapter officers and directors will be as follows:
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January 1st, 2010
By Susan Jacobson, CPA
As the 2010 filing season gets under way, let’s not forget about the following new tax credits.
First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 expands the $7,500 credit in effect for 2008 for taxpayers buying their first home. The amount of the credit increases to $8,000 for primary residences purchased between Jan. 1, 2009, and Nov. 30, 2009. Under the legislation, the previous requirement that the credit be repaid is waived after 36 months in the home. The credit starts to phase out for taxpayers with AGI above $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers.
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December 1st, 2009
By Susan Jacobson, CPA
If you are interested in networking, come to our first Attorney-Banker-CPA (ABC) mixer Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard. We’re looking to make this one of our chapter’s biggest networking events, and we hope to attract at least 100–150 attorneys, bankers and CPAs who are interested in making good business connections. The nonprofit Murphy Auto Museum boasts a collection of more than 50 cars displayed by many collectors from the tri-county area surrounding Oxnard. It houses a wide variety of classic and special interest vehicles.
The mixer is a great opportunity to make new contacts, build existing business relationships and renew old acquaintances. The mixer also is a fund-raiser for our chapter scholarships to accounting students attending colleges in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Last year we raised more than $11,000 for chapter scholarships. Bring your business cards and prepare to make excellent connections at this event.
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