March-April 2023
In this issue:
- Chair's Message
- Is Accounting a STEM Field? Why It Matters
- Virtual Currency and Taxes
- Improving Your Technology Stack
- The 2023 Legislative Session – Back to Normal?
- SPAC Transactions: Risk of Goodwill Impairments Post de-SPAC
- What Changes Are Coming to the 2024 CPA Exam?
- Special Supplement - Women in Leadership
- Executive Roles for Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities
- Women in TXCPA's Leadership
- Why Women are Critical for Your DEI Initiative
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Sheila Enriquez
Chair's Message
A special supplement focused on women in leadership is part of this issue of the magazine. Several successful female Texas CPAs share advice with other women who want to take leadership roles at their firms, businesses and in the profession.View Article -
Is Accounting a STEM Field? Why It Matters
The idea that accounting should be considered STEM may initially be surprising but upon delving into the logic and the evolution of the field, there is solid justification for the classification.View Article
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taxable
Virtual Currency and Taxes
Though Congress and the IRS have tried to rein in and make taxpayers more accountable for trading in virtual currency, it is still an area where practitioners lack good guidance.View Article -
Improving Your Technology Stack
Quickly expanding technology options don't make it easy to align devices and software in an efficient way that makes sense for your business. This article offers five approaches to help decision makers discover new cost-effective solutions in the market.View Article
Technology stack
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priority legislation
The 2023 Legislative Session – Back to Normal?
Our advocacy efforts in the Texas Legislature are focused on the CPA pipeline. Proposed legislation would allow students and CPA candidates to begin taking the CPA Exam after completion of 120 hours, rather than needing to wait until finishing all 150 semester hours before testing.View Article -
SPAC Transactions: Risk of Goodwill Impairments Post de-SPAC
Access to equity capital markets is critical for companies in the high-growth phase. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are publicly traded shell companies that provide a way for private companies to become public. This article focuses on an unintended consequence that post de-SPAC companies may encounter with goodwill.View Article
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New CPA Exam
What Changes Are Coming to the 2024 CPA Exam?
CPA candidates, practitioners and educators need to be ready for a significantly revised CPA Exam coming in 2024. This overview provides insight into the philosophy behind the Exam structure and its Core and Disciplines sections.View Article -
Special Supplement - Women in Leadership
Women have broken barriers and have become leaders in the accounting and finance profession. This special supplement details some of the challenges women face and provides advice on how to build an executive presence despite them.View Article
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Executive Roles for Women and Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Trends point to the executive suite gradually becoming more diverse.View Article -
Women in TXCPA's Leadership
Today's CPA magazine asked a few of our female leaders to share their advice on leadership in the accounting profession.View Article
women in leadership
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Why Women are Critical for Your DEI Initiative
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CHAIR
Mohan Kuruvilla, Ph.D., CPA
PRESIDENT/CEO
Jodi Ann Ray, CAE, CCE, IOM
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Melinda Bentley, CAE
EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR
Jennifer Johnson, CPA
MANAGING EDITOR
DeLynn Deakins
ddeakins@tx.cpa
COLUMN EDITOR
Don Carpenter, MSAcc/CPA
WEB EDITOR
Wayne Hardin
CLASSIFIEDS
DeLynn Deakins
Texas Society of CPAs
14131 Midway Rd., Suite 850
Addison, TX 75001
972-687-8550
ddeakins@tx.cpa
Editorial Board
Shivam Arora, CPA-Dallas;
Derrick Bonyuet-Lee, CPA-Austin;
Aaron Borden, CPA-Dallas;
Don Carpenter, CPA-Central Texas;
Melissa Frazier, CPA-Houston;
Rhonda Fronk, CPA-Houston;
Aaron Harris, CPA-Dallas;
Baria Jaroudi, CPA-Houston;
Elle Kathryn Johnson, CPA-Houston;
Jennifer Johnson, CPA-Dallas;
Joseph Krupka, CPA-Dallas;
Lucas LaChance, CPA-Dallas, CIA;
Nicholas Larson, CPA-Fort Worth;
Anne-Marie Lelkes, CPA-Corpus Christi;
Bryan Morgan, Jr, CPA-Austin;
Stephanie Morgan, CPA-East Texas;
Kamala Raghavan, CPA-Houston;
Amber Louise Rourke, CPA-Brazos Valley;
Nikki Lee Shoemaker, CPA-East Texas, CGMA;
Natasha Winn, CPAHouston.
CONTRIBUTORS
Melinda Bentley; Kenneth Besserman; Holly McCauley; Shicoyia Morgan; Craig Nauta; Kari Owen; John Ross; April Twaddle