On May 15th, Washington CPA Foundation contributors, trustees, board members, and scholarship reviewers assembled for a reception honoring their contributions supporting future CPAs. About 40 of this year’s scholarship winners from across the state attended to meet the people who helped make their scholarship awards possible.

On May 31, my term as a Washington CPA Foundation Trustee will come to a close. Some very remarkable changes have taken place since I first joined the board in September 2015.

As a soon-to-be CPA you are probably aware that CPAs don’t spend all day crunching data in Excel spreadsheets, but you may not have considered how good communication skills improve your professional value. Read on for a few tips on how to polish your presentations.

The Washington CPA Foundation Board met for a daylong retreat in early September to discuss issues affecting the profession and Foundation as well as to identify strategic issues moving forward, including updating the Foundation’s purpose statement. Read about exciting changes that have been implemented.

Determining how to begin your accounting career is a personal decision. To help you figure it out, here are five things you may not have considered that could make an internship or entry-level position at one of our region’s smaller firms the right choice for you.