Chairman's Message
 What a year this has been and it's not over yet! We have had great CPE with nationally known speakers; in fact the week after Thanksgiving, we had the acting deputy director of the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility along with several other outstanding speakers to help us better understand what we face in dealing with the IRS, both as practitioners and CPA leaders in industry. There are a number of great courses coming your way over the next few months; just check out our new website for more details...
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CPA Society Special Holiday Gathering – December 20, 2007
Join us at the Dallas CPA Society Special Holiday Gathering in the Pegasus Room at the Tower Club located at 1601 Elm Street - 48th Floor in downtown Dallas at 6pm on Thursday, December 20, 2007.
Mark your calendar now to enjoy holiday festivities with your fellow Dallas CPA Society members on December 20!
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Sign Up for Love for Kids Christmas Party
All of the toys collected at the Margarita Ball will be distributed to the more than 4,000 children who will attend the Love for Kids Christmas Party on Saturday, December 8 at the Circle R Ranch in Flower Mound. The Dallas CPA Society needs 90 volunteers for this event. Volunteers need to arrive at the Circle R Ranch by 8:30am. A volunteer party is held following the children's departure at 1pm. Click Here to volunteer now!
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Pre-Season Tax Review Courses
The Dallas CPA Society is pleased to announce that the pre-season tax review courses - both individual and corporations - will be held on January 3 and 4, 2008. They will once again be presented by Professor Blaise Bender from San Antonio, Texas. He is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Law at Our Lady of the Lake University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and a licensed CPA...
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4-Hour Tax Seminar Presented by the Dallas CPA Society and Meadows Collier Reed Cousins & Blau LLP - January 31, 2008
Topics and Speakers:
- Professionals in the Spotlight - Charles M. Meadows, Jr., J.D., CPA
- The IRS is Out There Auditing Taxpayers Again: Will your Client be Next? - Josh O. Ungerman, J.D., CPA
- Employment Tax Controversies - Anthony P. Daddino, J.D.
- Hobby Losses and Passive Activities: A Review of the Best Way to Withstand an IRS Attack of Your Client's Outside Business Activities Under IRS Sections 183 and 469 - Mary E. Wood, J.D.
Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 8am – 12Noon...
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Partners In Education Committee News
Join the fun of educating! Be a volunteer speaker! The DCPAS Partners in Education Committee, USA Today and the DISD are partnering up again for “Ask a CPA Day”. Use your knowledge and skills to spread the word about the benefits of a career in accounting to high school students in 13 schools in the Dallas District. The excitement takes place on Wednesday, December 12, 2007. The format of the program has yet to be determined. Participating high schools are...
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Sponsors Needed For May 2008 FREE CPE DAY
Free CPE Day 2007 was an overwhelming success and drew approximately 600 registrants. On May 2, 2008, the Chapter will host what promises to be an unprecedented event in the history of continuing education in the DFW Accounting community. Free CPE Day 2008, to be held at the Hilton Anatole, is expected to attract at least 1,000 participants!
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Dr. Nita Clyde To Retire
Dr. Nita Clyde who teaches the Ethics class, “Ethics and Texas CPAs – Doing the Right Thing” will retire at the end of the year. Her last class at the Dallas CPA Society is scheduled for Thursday, December 13, 2007, from 8am-12Noon. Click here to register. Good luck, good times, and bon voyage! You will be missed.
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Welcome Home The Troops - January 19, 2008
The Public Affairs Committee will once again sponsor a "Welcome Home" for the troops, and we would like you and your family to take part. Each day anywhere from 100 to 120 troops arrive at DFW Airport on their way home for a two-week R&R. A small portion of these troops will meet their families here, but the majority will catch connecting flights home. As volunteers we will welcome these troops off their flight, thanking and encouraging them for their service...
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2008 MASTER TAX GUIDES
NOTICE: The Dallas CPA Society will not sell Master Tax Guides to members this year. Instead, you may order them directly from CCH at a 30% discount at the Partner Page address...
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CPE Spotlight
Check out New dates for Ethics classes and other Online CPE courses in the coming months...
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November New Members
Join us in welcoming our newest members...
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Dallas CPA Society 100 Club and Lone Star Club
Within the Dallas CPA Society there are two groups created to recognize exemplary commitment to the Chapter. The 100 Club consists of companies and firms with two or more CPAs, all of whom are members of the Dallas CPA Society. The Lone Star Club's purpose is to honor and recognize members who are employed by a licensed practice unit or industry organization with only one CPA employee...
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Dallas CPA Society Member Web Pages
The DCPAS offers a “free-of-charge” member web page. This valuable member benefit provides each individual member with their own web page, hosted as part of the DCPAS web site...
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ASK THE "DOC-CPA"
Q. Doc, because of my busy schedule, I constantly eat fast food. I have heard that eating fish is very good for you in terms of cardiovascular risk and mental decline. I therefore order much fried fish and fish sandwiches which I really enjoy in order to at least eat healthy fast food. That is healthy, correct?
A. A recent study published in the Arch Internal Med, found once again that how one prepares food may be as important as the food itself...
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TSCPA CPE Classes in Dallas
Check out the TSCPA's CPE courses available in January, Go Here.
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TSCPA Chapter Tip Sheet
News and information from the TSCPA...
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