TXCPA Will Provide Personal and Career Development
• Through Networking and Volunteering
TXCPA provides members with ongoing chances to sharpen their leadership skills and develop networking opportunities through their volunteer efforts within the organization. Twenty local chapters offer great opportunities to network, provide referral services and tie the profession to the community. Find out how to participate.
• By Providing Peer Review
The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy requires that all CPAs engaged in the practice of accounting and/or auditing must do so through a registered practice unit and complete a peer review every three years in order to remain licensed as a CPA. TXCPA offers Peer Review services firms throughout the state.
• Through High-Quality Continuing Professional Education
One of the key benefits of TXCPA membership is the availability of high-quality, cutting-edge professional education. The CPE Foundation provides more than 500 continuing education programs in a variety of formats to meet the needs of our members each year. CPAs are required by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to obtain 120 hours of continuing professional education credit within a three-year period, including an ethics requirement.
TXCPA Will Provide Solutions
• Acting as Clearinghouse Providing Cutting Edge, Professional Information
Acting as clearinghouse providing cutting edge, professional information TXCPA searches through professional sources and links both nationally and statewide to keep members up-to-date on the breaking news events affecting the accounting profession. Through our website and email communications, TXCPA brings members useful and timely information on a regular basis. Members also receive Today’s CPA bringing in-depth technical information and the latest on changes in the accounting profession, as well as ongoing Society events and programs.
TXCPA Will Work to Continue to Enhance the Image of the Profession
• Providing a Media Focus
A primary TXCPA service is the ongoing effort to influence the attitudes and awareness of business and professional leaders regarding the broad range of services and strategic business services provided by CPAs. This is accomplished through placing CPAs in the role of spokesperson with major media outlets and image enhancement activities and promotions.
TXCPA Will Actively Recruit New Individuals to the Profession
• Through High School and College Accounting Career Education Programs
Through high school and college Accounting Career Education Programs TXCPA’s Accounting Career Education (ACE) program is a proactive, statewide program, which provides information, speakers and resource materials to students and educators regarding careers in accounting. The ACE program utilizes educational materials from the TXCPA and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to highlight the many diverse opportunities available to students who pursue a career in accounting. TXCPA volunteer members travel to schools across the state, delivering presentations to students, hosting workshops and seminars for teachers and counselors, and providing speakers to university and college business and accounting programs.
• Through the Efforts of The Accounting Education Foundation of the TXCPA, Inc.
The Accounting Education Foundation provides financial assistance to students in the field of accounting. Through scholarships, seminars and programs, the Foundation enhances the quality of education in accounting and contributes to a high level of competence within the profession. Contributions from TXCPA members and businesses have provided millions of dollars in support of these and other programs since 1957.
• Offering TXCPA Student Memberships
Student members of TXCPA receive many benefits including receiving TXCPA publications, helping them get acquainted with the issues confronting the accounting profession. Student members become candidate members upon graduation.
TXCPA Will Protect the CPA Certificate
• By Providing Legislative Information and Involvement
One of the principal functions of TXCPA is to serve as the voice of the accounting profession in state government, extending from the Texas legislature to numerous state agencies. TXCPA volunteers and staff of our Government Affairs department are very active in preserving the standard and integrity of the CPA certificate. Find out more.