FY10 Board of Governors
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John D. Griffin, CPA
President
AARP
Daniel Black, CPA President-Elect
Daniel Black & Assoc.
Stanley Berman, CPA
Vice-President
Global Impact
Abdool Akhran, CPA
Treasurer
Bert Smith & Co.
Hillary Coley, CPA
Secretary
Trout Unlimited
Patricia A. O'Malley, CPA
Immediate Past President
Rubino & McGeehin, Chartered
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Kenneth Emson, CPA
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Brenda Hargett, CPA
American Petroleum Institute
Malcolm Karl, CAE
Eagle Bank
Daniel Kovlak, CPA
KPMG LLP
Quinn, Lobel & Assoc., P. C.
Sue Marcum, CPA
American University
Patricia Wensel, CPA
USDA, retired
Jacqueline Bryant, CPA
Tate & Tryon CPAs
Joseph S. Drew, Ph.D.
William Eisig, CPA
BDO Seidman
Daniel Lynch
KForce Professional Staffing
Uzma Malik-Dorman,CPA
Thompson Cobb Bazilio
John Wooldridge, CPA
Larson Allen LLP
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Dear Friends ,
With budgets tight, now is the time to think about moving to Firm/Organizational Membership. Through Firm Membership, each of your staff becomes a full fledged member of the GWSCPA and your firm gets added benefits as well. If you are already paying for GWSCPA membership for some staff, you may find that you can actually save money and offer everyone an outstanding employee benefit through a Firm/Organizational Membership!
Participation on a firm or organization level provides each of the professionals on your staff with education, networking and business opportunities at a substantially reduced cost over individual membership. And when your professional team members take advantage of GWSCPA's programs, the member discounts and other benefits more than pay for their annual membership dues.
Firm Membership Rates for FY2010
All Firm Members pay an initial fee of $395 and each accounting staff person is included at $100 per employee.
(Firm Memberships are capped at $8500 no matter how many staff are included. )
Firm Member Benefits
· One simple annual dues payment, based on your firm's size, allows all firm accounting professionals to join the GWSCPA.
o Each employee joins in his or her own membership category and will receive an individual Membership Certificate with their member number and access to the full range of GWSCPA member benefits.
o New employees can be added any time during the year - included in this year's annual fee.
o Membership is open to both CPA and non-CPA accounting professionals.
· Firm Member staff receive a 20% or more discount on CPE and other events from GWSCPA's programs, as well as reciprocal discounts with our neighboring CPA Societies.
· Firm Members are listed in our online referral service and will be featured even more prominently on our soon-to-be re-designed website.
If interested, just give us a call-and please join us in welcoming those Firms/Organizations that have already committed this year!
AARP
Beers + Cutler
Bert Smith & Co
Bish & Haffey, PC
Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C.
Daniel Black and Associates
Denburg & Low, P.A.
Drolet & Associates PLLC
Eagle Bank
Ellin and Tucker, Chartered
Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman
Haggerty & Associates
Halt, Buzas & Powell, Ltd
The Heritage Foundation
Hoffman CFO Consulting
Johnson Lambert & Co.
Kearney & Co.
Kronzek, Fischer & Lopez, PLLC
LarsonAllen LLP
McQuade Brennan
National Geographic
Payroll Network
Regardie, Brooks & Lewis, Chtd.
Reid Consulting
Rubino & McGeehin
Strack & Standfield
Thompson Cobb Bazilio
WETA
Remember, the greatest asset of any firm is its staff, and one of the greatest assets to your professionals is the GWSCPA.
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What's new at GWSCPA
Connect with us on Linked In
Through our LinkedIn page you will be able to connect with members throughout the GWSCPA network. For any questions, please contact Brian at bcalvary@gwscpa.org 2010 CPE
GWSCPA staff and our CPE Advisory Committee are getting ready to finalize our 2010 CPE calendar and we want to hear from you! One of the most valuable benefits that you will find at the GWSCPA is our responsiveness to our members. If you have specific technical topics you'd like to learn more about, or if you have ideas for CPE courses you are not finding anywhere else-let us know. We build our calendar around member needs but you have to tell us what you want.
We will also be looking for CPE speakers, so if you have an area of expertise to share, tell us about it.
Email any cpe ideas to Brian Calvary, Education and Membership Coordinator at bcalvary@gwscpa.org
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| Upcoming events
CFO Roundtable November Meeting
The first meeting of this GWSCPA-partnered event was a resounding success, with 30+ CFOs in attendance to share issues and ideas with their peers. The next meeting will take place on November 11 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda from 7:30 AM-9:00AM.
Speaker : Dr. Anthony Sanders, George Mason University
Topic: Corporate Growth Strategy- The Continued Role Real Estate Plays in Shaping Corporate Strategies
If you are a CFO interested in attending as GWSCPA member/guest, email Kari at kbedell@gwscpa.org
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Regular Committee meetings
(Please rsvp so we can plan for refreshments and space)
YEA-Young and Emerging Accountants
November 5, 6:30 PM -McLean VA
Upcoming Events Planning Meeting
NEW -Government Contracting Committee!
Friday November 20th-12-1:30 PM (lunch provided)
McLean,VA
Government Auditing and Accounting Committee
Thursday, December 3 - 12:00 PM
Lunch and CPE speaker: Jennifer Main, CFO, TARP
Not-for-Profit Committee
January 26, 2010, 8:30 AM
Breakfast and CPE speaker: Not for Profit Tax Update
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| Legislative/Regulatory Update
Red Flag Rules delayed until June 1, 2010
On October 30, the Federal Trade Commission announced it was delaying enforcement of its "Red Flags" Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors subject to the FTC.
The action was in response to a request from Congress, which was encouraged to pursue the delay by numerous organizations, including GWSCPA and the AICPA. The AICPA is continuing to seek an exemption for CPAs and CPA firms before the rule takes effect next year.
Enforcement of the rule was scheduled to have become effective on Sunday, November 1.
New York Tax Preparer Registration
The state of New York has passed legislation requiring all tax preparers filing New York tax returns in the state to register with the Department of Taxation. Additionally, those filing a certain number of returns must pay a $100 fee. As passed, the legislation exempts New York CPAs, but not out-of-state licensees and is set to go into effect December 31, 2009. There are efforts underway to exempt out-of-state CPAs and their staff. In the meantime, find out details at the New York State Dept. of Taxation website. |
The Profession
Global Accounting Alliance (GAA)
The October issue of GAA Accounting is now available online. The lead article in this digital issue is the Journal of Accountancy's coverage of the International Accounting Standards Board's October 6 roundtable in New York on the IASB's constitution. Field testing of proposed international standards was one of the topics discussed. You will also find some interesting podcasts from the July 17th roundtable in New York. Keep up with the latest in International Accounting by visting theGAA site.
GAA participating bodies incude:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA)
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI)
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA)
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) |
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Member News
Alex Galeano honored as Young Hispanic Corporate Acheiver
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) - a coalition of the nation's most respected community-based organizations - honored 26 professionals at the 2009 HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™ (YHCA) Program. The awards reception was held recenltly at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC.
The candidates came from around the country and were between 25-40 years of age, of Hispanic heritage and employed by a Fortune 500 or HACR corporate member company. Among this year's awardees was our own Alex Galeano of AARP. You may know Alex from his work as a founding member of our YEA Committee.
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Payroll Network Chief Executive Officer Charlie Wolf II Named President of Independent Payroll Providers Association
Charlie Wolf II, president and chief executive officer ofPayroll Network (www.payrollnetwork.com), a leading independently-owned payroll management company that provides payroll processing and HR services to companies in the Washington, D.C. region, has been named president of the Independent Payroll Providers Association (IPPA). IPPA is a leading nationwide trade association made up of privately held companies whose primary function is the preparation of payroll and payroll taxes for employers of all sizes.
Charlie is a longtime GWSCPA member and Payroll network is among our growing numbers of Firm/Organizational Members.
Promotions
Billy Thomas, the GWSCPA YEA Committee Chair, has been named Senior in Bond Beebe's Tax Department.
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For future issues, if you have a topic you'd like to see highlighted, or have an idea for a feature article you'd like to contribute, let us know.
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