High school seniors: preparing for your next step after high school
Following these seven tips will help lead you to success from high school to college — and beyond.
www.quintcareers.com/after_high_school.html
SmartPros Salary Survey: A CPA license pays
A CPA license is a major determinate of an accounting professional's salary, according to the 2003 SmartPros Salary Survey. The online survey found that respondents with a CPA license were more than twice as likely than their non-CPA counterparts to have a salary of $60,000 or more.
www.smartpros.com/x41722.xml
Want to be an accountant?
Enrollments are up as university accounting programs change.
baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/
moneycenter/story.html?id=2220
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
A hearty welcome ...
...to new TCPA members Shawnte Bell of Damascus High School; Ieisha Dunston and Carlos A. Vallenas of Northwest High School; Sade Avery of Parkdale High School; and Julia Madison of Thomas Stone High School. Thanks so much for joining Tomorrow's CPA.
Forensic accountants: Specialists in demand
Forensic accounting has gained renewed attention due to recent accounting scandals, but it has always been a part of the profession. In fact, forensic accountants were credited with putting Al Capone in prison on tax-evasion charges.
www.smartpros.com/x41702.xml
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Accounting word of the week: K
Keogh Plan: A tax-deferred, qualified retirement plan for self-employed individuals and unincorporated businesses. Also called "self-employed pension." For more definitions, go to www.investorwords.com.
Leggo my Eggo!
Identity thieves will take your name and money and try to make it theirs. Even as a student, you can foil their plans.
www.nextstepmagazine.com/NSMPages/
articledetails.aspx?articleid=280
MACPA promotes profession in BBJ, WBJ
Did you catch the Nov. 21 issues of the Baltimore Business Journal and the Washington Business Journal? If not, you missed the MACPA's special 12-page supplement that promoted Maryland CPAs to regional businesses. But you can still read it online. Download the complete supplement here.
www.macpa.org/advertising/
bbj/supplement.pdf
Got a question only a CPA can answer?
More than 160 TCPA members venture into the Mentor Center each month to pose questions about the CPA career, the educational requirements, the exam or what it's like to be a CPA. Visit the Mentor Center at www.tomorrowscpa.org/members/mentors.htm. Remember, it's e-mail only!
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