What are your long-term goals for the
ASCPA? Almost half of our membership falls within the baby boomer generation, so we are working to rebuild our pool of upcoming leaders.
Durand Springer, founder of the
ASCPA, reportedly "could not stomach the leisurely ways of the elite who in those days dominated the Institute's activities ...
Despite divisions between the AIA and the
ASCPA, which hampered professional accountants' ability to influence legislation, ultimately legislation was enacted that provided professional accountants with their license to audit public companies.
She will be recognized at the
ASCPA Accounting Educators Conference in May.
Joint Accreditation Review Task Force (JARTF) (1995), Guidelines for Joint Administration of Accreditation of Tertiary Courses by the Professional Accounting Bodies (Melbourne and Sydney:
ASCPA and ICAA).
The
ASCPA tries to stop the sale of CPA credentials and is oriented to state-level authority und multiple accounting services, while the AIA focuses on national authority and has an East Coast and auditing orientation.
As a consequence, large numbers of local practitioners (and even some of the elite) joined a rival association, the American Society of Certified Public Accountants (
ASCPA), formed in 1922.29
Through its educational foundation, the Alabama Society of CPAs (
ASCPA) annually provides 20 $1,500 scholarships to students majoring in accounting at accredited colleges and universities who are within one year of completing their accounting degree.
* Access the student lounge section of the
ASCPA website,
In 1925, she held membership in the American Society of Certified Public Accountants (
ASCPA).
This Week: Jerry Spratt,
ASCPA Discussion Leader of the Year
If you are interested in making a Kids Count presentation or being added to the list of
ASCPA Financial Literacy Volunteers, contact Robin Harris at the
ASCPA office at (501) 664-8739 or RHarris@ARCPA.org.