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Strong end of year and start of a new one

Strong end of year and start of a new one

 By Matthew P. Bryant, CPA  |  Rochester Chapter President

In December, we hosted a board meeting open to the NextGen members of our chapter and introduced our committees. Our NextGen members witnessed the board review of our 2016–2017 budget. Past and upcoming chapter events were discussed as well.  During the committee reports, each committee described what they do and the time commitment needed to be involved. The NextGen members asked some good questions and expressed a lot of interest in serving on a committee. As always, we are thrilled to have NextGen members active on our committees.

Jordan Fritz our chapter’s president-elect, led the efforts for the annual NextGen Holiday Happy Hour.  This annual event allows members to get together socially during the holiday season and gather donations for a local charity.  Over 25 members met at Good Luck in Rochester and donated two large boxes of children’s items for the Willow Domestic Violence Center.

Our last CPE event of the year was led by Antoinette Spina Immediate Past President of the Rochester Chapter. Due to a few late registrations, the session on Tax Considerations When Doing Business in Multiple States had a surplus of attendees but we were able to accommodate all who were there.

The session featured the facts and circumstances government auditors look at when determining if a company has nexus in their jurisdiction. Attendees gained insight into the complexity of dealing with multiple jurisdictions. We are grateful that Citizens Bank sponsored this training session, which allowed our Chapter to offer the session at a reasonable cost.

Scott Harrington led the efforts for the 5th Annual CPA Indoor Sand Volleyball Tournament in early January at Hot Shots in Rochester. There were about 70 people playing on 10 teams in the tournament this year. The winning team was from The Bonadio Group and the runner-up team was from Davie Kaplan.

Michelle Staebell and the education committee have scheduled the Outstanding Accounting Student Award Night for April 21 at Midvale Country Club. The education committee did a wonderful job securing Dr. Uma Gupta as the guest speaker.  Dr. Gupta brings more than two decades of knowledge and expertise in key educational issues shaping the future of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Management) in America today. This event will highlight outstanding accounting students from our Greater Rochester–area colleges and universities.

Please let me know if there are any topics of interest to you as we begin planning future events. Our chapter committees put a good deal of effort into the events that we schedule and it is awesome to hear from our members that they got something out of our events. With topic suggestions from you, we can deliver events that will meet the interests of our members.

mbryant@pharmasmart.com