Category: Certified Exams

  • Thursday April 8, 2010  Bruce Howard with Herbst Fischer CPAs addressed the Ethics class Wed April 7, 2010.  Bruce is head of operations and recruiting for this regional CPA firm. He presented ten ways to engage yourself with the professional community. These included building your rolodex, establishing your brand, and creating your own Board of…

  • Friday March 19 2010 I received this notice from TSCPA today. we will of course be incorporating this IFRS information in future courses, the sixth edition of Spiceland will include information on this topic. Those of you planning to take the exam however based on what you have learned thus far have three windows remaining. …

  • Wed March 10 2010 I am pleased to announce that we have scheduled Bruce Howard of Fisher Herbst Kemble CPAs to speak during our ethics class on Wed April 7 2010 at 5:30 PM in room 204 at the St Joseph campus.  Bruce is head of recruiting and operations for FHKCPAs.  I first met Bruce when…

  • Friday March 5 2010 I have intentionally quoted from a couple of the new links I set up to encourage students to read them as well. Today Mish makes these observations. I agree and this reflects why I teach accounting. The study of accounting leads to various professional designations which are attained through examination. The…

  • Tuesday Feb 23 2010 As of January 2009 your Texas State Board of Accounting has issued additional higher education requirements regarding research and communications.Please read the hyperlink, this should answer your questions regarding proper citations and preparation of papers in our classes.l Having said that, OWL is a good source for all your writing needs, including…

  • Tuesday Feb 23 2010 We renewed our site license here for Texas A & M San Antonio this week for www.gleim.com Gleim is the leader, my opinion, in accounting certification review materials. Becker delivers an in person course, gleim is a study on your own course. I recommend buying the review book that matches the…

  • Monday Feb 15 2010 I have placed two complete sets of Gleim CPA review books on reserve in Room 109 via Paula Garcia, our library representative. We have the 2009 and 2010 sets. Do not worry, things have not changed significantly since 2009! You can check them out for three hours at at time. Remember…

  • Sunday Jan 24, 2010 Yesterday we remarked that the Express News has expressed serious concern about the viability not to mention fiscal responsibility of the Museo Alameda.  I suggested in my Nov 23, 2009 post that there are multiple museums in San Antonio that would have served a Latin Culture purpose just as well, and…

  • Wendi Taber is a long term professional friend of this campus. She has spoken at least three times to my classes that I can remember. She is the incoming President of San Antonio CPA Society.  An alert student asked about the viability of all these multiplying certifications, many of which sound dubious at best, like…

  • Here are the revised content specifications for the Uniform CPA Exam. These go into effect January 2011.