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Membership Value in a New Year Tom Sulewski
Welcome to a new year! Turning the page on the calendar is a natural time for us all to set both personal and professional goals. The hopes and opportunities that lie ahead for our organizations, our profession and our clients are tremendous. Achieving success in the coming year will again take focus, flexibility, and creative solutions to both known and unknown challenges. The WSCPA is here to help you every step of the way. Make it a goal this year to not only renew your own membership, but to invite a peer to join us and to actively engage. The rewards and benefits are many:
Advocacy – Protecting our profession from regulatory changes and external risks are primary concerns for many firm leaders today. The WSCPA has an active and effective advocacy team working on our behalf. They currently are monitoring several topics, including Washington State Board of Accountancy rule changes related to the revised CPA exam, the CPA-inactive bill, DOR and capital gains taxes, and licensing regulations getting traction at the state and national levels. Networking and Resources – During challenging times like the past two years, we have relied on the best practices and idea sharing of our peers more than ever. The WCSPA is your connection to resources on current topics through the Connect Community, Knowledge Hub, Job Board, and Coronavirus and Mental Health Resource Centers. Chapter and membership events are tremendous opportunities to build relationships with other professionals from different regions of the state to share ideas and common challenges. Student Pipeline – As the “great resignation” sweeps through the economy, our profession is not immune to its impacts. It is more important now than ever to be investing in the student pipeline to our profession and the WSCPA takes a leading role in that effort. The annual awards of more than 80 accounting scholarships across multitudes of universities in our state help develop the future CPAs for our firms. You can contribute to a named scholarship, join the application review committee, and share the opportunity with students and interns in your firm or network. The WSCPA student engagement programs with Beta Alpha Psi programs actively promote the profession to students seeking employment.
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The Washington CPA Winter 2022
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