Happy New Year from the MACPA!
Read this New Year's greeting from Tom Hood, CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs.
www.macpa.org/enews/message/
Senior calendar
Fill out and mail your college financial aid application and the Free Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) before Feb. 15. Determine how much money you'll need for college and where to get it.
Are your parents working on their income tax returns? They'll need to complete them for many financial-aid applications, including the FAFSA.
Contact the admissions offices where you've applied and check that your admissions packages are complete.
For other tips, go here:
www.iapply.bridges.com
FAQ: What are assurance services?
Find the answer here:
www.startheregoplaces.com/cpastoday/
careeropps/specialties/assuranceinfo.asp
Study accounting in college!
For a list of Maryland colleges and universities with accounting programs and Maryland community colleges with accounting courses, go here:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/highschool/college.html
Thinking outside the bun
McJob or no McJob, fast-food jobs can be a starting point, not a dead end.
www.wsjclassroomedition.com/archive/
04jan/edit_mcjobs.htm
Accounting word of the week: N
Net income: Excess or deficit of total revenues and gains compared with total expenses and losses for an accounting period.
www.startheregoplaces.com/resourcecenter/
glossary.asp
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TCPAs at work and play
Being a CPA means a lot of work, but also a lot of play. Here you'll find some popular links that cover both of those areas.
www.tomorrowscpa.org/links/index.html
Need a clever answering machine message?
Go to www.goodquotes.com — proverbs, bumper stickers, silly quotes, Murphy's laws, gravestones, pickup lines, mistranslations, celebrity quotes, answering machine messages, famous last words and more.
Two can be better than four
Spending two years at a community college can help you save money, prepare for a bachelor’s degree and give you a head start on a career.
www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/
articledetails.aspx?articleid=297
Catch the bad guys!
Follow the money to catch the crooks in the new forensic accounting game, "Catch Me if You Can."
www.startheregoplaces.com
Accounting teachers, come on down!
Is there a FAQ (and answer) you’d like to share? Words of wisdom about accounting studies and a career? A point of information you’d like to make? TCPA News would be delighted to make space for you. Just e-mail Richard Rabicoff at publicrelations@macpa.org.
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