PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Monica Gardner, CPA
W
ow – what a year! As one year ends and another begins, it is a great time to reflect on the past and think about the future. As I was leaving the UACPA office the other day, I grabbed a Dove chocolate, and the message inside the wrapper read, “Always make your past self jealous.” I thought it was fitting, and I like to think my past self is jealous of all that has happened this year. My theme for the year was engagement — particularly engagement for success. This year has been a great example of that. The UACPA has been working hard for you, and many of you have been working hard with us. We have seen success because of your work. THANK YOU! We have had great member involvement with the tax reform and restructuring town hall meetings. While there is still some work to be done, as of right now, professional services have been carved out of the services that will be taxed. There has also been great participation and insight with the enterprise zone credit issues. Nothing has been finalized, but at least we are on the path to keep the credits and work to improve the filing and reporting rather than doing away with the credits completely, which was the original plan. We have received feedback from Leadership Council that has been passed along to the AICPA, and they seem to be listening. The above are some examples of members being engaged and seeing successful results. Looking ahead, I am excited to celebrate 100 years of the UACPA. Please help us continue the success that comes from engagement and participate with us as we celebrate this great milestone. Not many things make it to 100, so it is worth celebrating. It will be great to have everyone come together for our week of service in May, the week of celebration in July, the Bees night and charity
golf tournament in August and the centennial gala in September. I want to make sure I give a big thanks to the UACPA staff — Amy, April, Tyler and Tom. They all do a great job keeping the organization going, helping us connect and keeping us informed and educated. Thanks to Susan for her tireless efforts and travels as she is involved with and genuinely cares about our membership. And thanks to all the members. We are here for you and because of you. Without you there would not be the UACPA, or as was pointed out in the October issue, the YOU-ACPA. So, thank you for a successful year! n
the journal entry | January 2020
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