A 10-year veteran of the Maryland Association of CPAs and a two-time CPA Practice Advisor “40 Under 40” honoree is a couple weeks away from taking over the reins of MACPA, one of the largest and most active state associations in the accounting profession.
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
More than ever, managing partners at Maryland CPA firms say they need someone to scan the horizon for them — to identify future trends before they happen, to monitor and affect change on legislation and regulations, to train their people and help them ...
On a snowy January morning over 130 CPAs stepped aside from their busy schedules to advocate for legislation supporting the CPA profession. The Maryland Association of CPAs engages in ongoing legislative and lobbying efforts, and CPA Day is the best ...
Maryland CPAs have chosen to be active participants rather than passive recipients as more than 130 CPAs showed up for the annual CPA Day in Annapolis event hosted by the Maryland Association of CPAs. It was their 115th year advocating for the CPA profess
In a world defined by accelerating change and complexity, the ability to anticipate disruptions, problems, client needs, and new opportunities will be the most important skill any business person can possess.
The most important competency in the business world today – the ability to anticipate future trends and position our organizations to take advantage of them – is a mystery to some accounting and finance professionals.
MACPA had also sought an additional cap of $1 million for small businesses, but that provision was removed from the final version of the bills. The MACPA will continue to work to add that cap for smaller CPA firms in future General Assembly sessions.
What are the top five issues facing Maryland CFOs, Controllers and management accountants? What is their outlook on their businesses? Maryland's economy? The US economy? How future ready are they?
The Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt the final CPE regulations for "nano learning," also known as 10-minute CPE increments. The regulations will be in effect by March 31, 2015. Maryland joins Ohio in ...
Tom Hood, CPA.CITP, CGMA, was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame on Tuesday during an evening ceremony at the Westin Galleria in Dallas. Hood is the Executive Director and CEO of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).
In a move that will let accounting and tax professionals in Maryland have faster access to real-time sales and use tax information, cloud-based tax automation vendor Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with the Maryland Association of CPAs, a professional membership-based organization comprised of over 9,000 CPAs.
These new tools include the Bounce, a learning framework based on the latest competency research about the top five critical success skills for the future, social learning tools to increase learner engagement, a leadership academy, on-demand leadership courses and a learning management system that supports a strategic and systematic approach to talent development and succession planning.
The CEO of the Maryland Association of CPA’s, Tom Hood, CPA.CITP, shares why he finds the annual Thought Leader Symposiums to be a valuable event, and also talks about the MACPA Innovation Summit.
Sponsored by the MACPA, the 2012 Innovation Summit will be held on June 27 and will bring together some of the profession’s top leaders, ideas and technologies. Professionals will learn about the latest trends and issues that exist with the profession and hear best practices for success. The three tracks this year are Tax & Accounting, Government & Healthcare, and Industry & Innovation. For more information, visit http://www.macpa.org/Public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx?courseID=12191008.
MACPA members join forces over sales tax on services, combined reporting, ‘digital download’ proposals.