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CEO Corner
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Dear Hannah,
With technology rapidly changing how CPAs work and the services they provide, it's imperative for colleges and universities to adapt their curriculum to these changes so they can best prepare future CPAs to enter and succeed in the accounting profession.
Today, 60 leaders in academia, accounting faculty, career services and members of college advisory boards convened at Bentley University for our Educators Conference: Perspectives on a Changing Profession. This bi-annual event fostered important conversations on the technologies disrupting our industry and how those changes affect the skills future CPAs will need to have. We heard from:
- AICPA staff on the
2019 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits
report and the evolution of the CPA credential;
- Faculty and university leaders regarding the process of integrating technology into their existing accounting curriculum; and
- Local employers and young professionals on the skills firms are looking for to meet industry demands.
It was a wonderful, inspiring event, and I look forward to continuing these important conversations going forward. The MSCPA has developed strong relationships with accounting faculty across the Commonwealth, and we are constantly working with them on the evolving skills CPA firms and accounting departments need. This is one way that the Society is working on your behalf to grow the accounting pipeline with qualified talent. To learn more about our efforts, visit mscpaonline.org/edfoundation.
As always, we welcome your feedback and love to have you involved in the process. If you'd like to learn more or to get involved, please contact Erica DeBiase at edebiase@mscpaonline.org.
Have a great weekend!
Amy Pitter
MSCPA President/CEO
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MSCPA Fitness Challenge
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Networking Events
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Photos: Trivia Nights (1/23 & 1/30)
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The MSCPA held two Trivia Night events where over 150 geniuses met up for trivia, drinks and mingling. The first event was held at Fenway Johnnie's in Boston on January 23 and the second was at Platform Sports Bar in Northampton on January 30.
Congratulations to DGC for being the overall winner out of both locations!
Top three teams in Boston:
1st
place:
Between the Spreadsheets (DGC (DiCicco, Gulman & Company LLP))
2nd
place:
PwC
3rd
place: Book Cookers (AAFCPAs)
Top three teams in Western MA:
1st
place:
MBK (Meyers Brothers Kalicka, PC)
2nd place: Where's My Refund? (The MP Group)
3rd
place:
Let's Get Fiscal (The MP Group)
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XPX and AM&AA New England Winter Social (2/10)
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| Join XPX and AM&AA New England at Jack's Abby Brewery in Framingham for a mid-winter mix and mingle in the famous Fest Hall and enjoy appetizers, wood-fired pizza and 20 different brews on tap! Admission includes registration fee, an assortment of appetizers, pizzas, salad and one pint per person of Jack's Abby craft beer. REGISTER
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Legislative Updates
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The Capitol Account:
Winter 2020
The Winter 2020 edition of the MSCPA's Capitol Account is live! Learn about our recent legislative activities and MSCPA initiatives as they relate to the accounting profession. READ THE ISSUE
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The 2020 Census Hits Your Mailbox This March!
The 2020 Census will determine congressional representation, inform hundreds of billions in federal funding and provide data that will impact communities for the next decade. LEARN MORE
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#MemberMonday
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Did you see our profile of Julia Basile, accounting and auditing associate at Caras & Shulman, PC on our Facebook and Instagram last month? We got to know her and highlighted the interview as our December installment of #MemberMonday. Click here to read Julia's full interview.
If you know someone we should feature, please email Brendan Sullivan.
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CPE
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Keeping Retirement SECURE, New Act, New Opportunities (2/5)
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Learn how the SECURE Act could affect your retirement planning and the opportunities this Act now brings that can affect all workers and retirees, review the maximum period over which an inherited IRA can be withdrawn, the changes to Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) and more. REGISTER
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The Cannabis Industry: Business & Intellectual Appraisal (2/6)
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Address business and intellectual property appraisal challenges within the cannabis sector, review business valuation fundamentals, examine the valuation of intellectual property and development stage businesses in the cannabis industry and more. REGISTER
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Emotional Intelligence: The Critical Factor in Success (2/7)
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Discuss the 12 keys to EI and proven tactics to help every aspiring leader work smart, learn how to understand emotions, how to utilize appropriate social skills, how to understand the value of a timely pause and more. REGISTER
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MORRIS ROBINSON, CPA, LLM, Newton Centre, passed away on January 25. An experienced tax lawyer with over 30 years of tax law practice, he was the former managing partner of
M. ROBINSON & CO., PC, TAX LAW SPECIALISTS, Boston and a past president of
NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ATTORNEY-CPAS (AAA-CPA).
Our thoughts are with the Robinson family and his friends and colleagues.
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KATZ NANNIS + SOLOMON PC, Waltham, announced that SANDY CATERINE, CPA and
DAWN DARNELL, CPA were promoted to partners.
MCGAUNN & SCHWADRON, CPAs, LLC, Medfield, announced the firm was selected as vendor partner for 4,000 member hospitals by the Treasurer of The Veterinary Cooperative (TVC). Following TVC's annual meeting, firm members exhibited at the VMX 2020 in Orlando, the world's largest veterinary conference.
TONNESON + CO, Wakefield, announced that
PAUL COLETTI
and
CASSANDRA SWANSON
joined as tax associates. The firm also announced that:
- ORLA KELLY, OMAR ORTIZ, TIA SFEIR
and
MOLLY TANSEY joined as interns; and
- ELIZABETH TEIXEIRA
joined as a senior client services accountant.
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Parker Tax Publishing
Mass Medical Deduction
Mass Basis of IRAs
S Corp and Reporting of Management Fees
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AICPA PRACTICE ANALYSIS REPORT: FEEDBACK NEEDED BY 4/30
The AICPA values the views of all CPA Exam stakeholders and is seeking responses to changes that are proposed for implementation in the next version of the CPA Exam. Please submit your responses by April 30.
LEARN MORE
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THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY & VOTING REGISTRATION
Primary Day is fast approaching!
The deadline to register to vote and/or change parties is Wednesday, February 12. To find out if you're registered to vote, your polling location and any other election-related information, click here.
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Board Treasurer - Medford Historical Society & Museum
One-Time Help with a CPA Review for Good Governance - Boston City Lights Foundation Inc.
Board Treasurer/Accountant - Support The Pink House
Board Treasurer - The Center for Arts at the Armory
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Assistant Director, Accounting & Reporting - Bridgewater State University
Seasonal Tax Preparer - Luca, DeBlasio & Company, Inc.
Controller - Sig Sauer
Controller - The Yankee Companies
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Tax Preparer - Greene Rubin Miller & Pacino
Tax Preparer - Coval Anderson Coval LLC
CPAs (Permanent Part-Time) - Robert S Fineman PC
Financial Auditor - The University of Massachusetts Medical School
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