November-December 2022
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In this issue:
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Check Out Our Rising Stars
We know you’ll enjoy reading more about the energetic and happy faces gracing the cover of this issue. These are our 2022 Rising Stars – the future of our profession.View Article -
2022 Rising Stars
Through the Rising Stars Program, TXCPA recognizes CPA members 40 years old and younger who have demonstrated significant leadership qualities and active involvement in TXCPA, the accounting profession and/or their communities.View ArticleRising Stars
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ESG Continues to Be in the Spotlight as Regulators Move to Enforce Transparency
Shareholders are increasing their demands regarding insight into the impact business decisions have on climate and the environment, as well as its effects on community structures and equity. In response, an emerging sector of the financial market is developing to allow investors to tailor their portfolios to meet their environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities.View Article -
What is Fuzzy Matching?
There are many business cases where practitioners spend time over text matching tasks that are intuitively obvious but do not follow a pattern and therefore, must be performed manually. Fortunately, solutions exist, such as fuzzy matching.View ArticleTechnology
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Technology
Blockchain: The Architecture Underlying Crypto Assets
This article is a brief explicative summary of the underlying technology of crypto assets. It is not a technical reference and aims at an audience with a business background.View Article -
Special Report - Accounting Firms: Can Your Existing Talent Solve Your Workforce Shortage?
How a firm adapts to a more agile way to think about its work and its people could make all the difference in its ability to win against its competitors during this critical crunch for talent.View Articleworkload
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