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MAY-JUNE 2009 |
Mu Sigma Consulting Adds Pazzaz to Their Community Service SDSU Grad and First American Financial CEO, Gilmore, Visits Campus U.S. News & World Report Ranks SDSU IB Program Top 20 Accounting Students Honored SDSU Team Takes First Place at Business Strategy Competition SDSU Accounting Students Operate Free Tax Clinic SDSU’s CGI Hosts Corporate Governance Symposium Stephen Coslik Wins 2009 Monty Award SDSU Finance Major and Compact Scholar, Lauren Zimmerman CBA Announces 2009 Lamden Rising Stars Award Winners Varaiya Discusses Economic Climate SDSU SIFE Team Wins Regional Competition SDSU Accounting Students Lobby Sacramento Naughton Participates In AACSB Peer Review 2009 Undergraduate Career Fair SDSU Students Compete in Nissan Cube Collegiate Challenge Future Rising Business Leader Awards Accounting Students to Participate in KPMG Programs Dr. Richard Dalbey Bequests Estate to SDSU 2009 Student Research Symposium |
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SDSU accounting students, Wes Martin, Ryan Rios, Laurie Schrimpf and Jessica Minick, visited Sacramento in January to participate in the “CPA Day at the Capitol” event. The students were there to lobby the state legislature to vote in favor of Senate Bill 691 which would increase the number of classroom hours needed for CPAs to qualify for a state license from 120 to 150.
The issue at stake lies in the fact that 46 other states have already adopted the 150 hour limit as a standard, making it impossible for California CPAs to benefit from reciprocity across state lines.
The trip, funded by CalCPA, also led the students to visit with local state senators and members of the state assembly to discuss the issue in March. If passed, the law would take effect January 1, 2012.