OSCPA membership protects your investment in yourself: you made a huge investment in yourself when you earned your CPA credential. Those three letters carry great distinction with employers and the public when it comes to hiring the best financial advisors in today's tough climate.

• Position: Member BENEFITS

Your OSCPA membership is essential to protecting and maintaining your investment. We are the only organization that is concerned with and committed to your professional development, keeping you informed on the issues of the day, advocating for your interests, providing opportunities to enhance your resume and increasing your value wherever you work. As a CPA or accounting professional, your Society membership is critical to your continued success.

Your OSCPA membership is a valuable asset that helps you build your business and career acumen every day. Who couldn't stand to sharpen their edge as much as possible right now?

Consider these very real member benefits:

THE OHIO SOCIETY IS THE ONLY PARTNER LOOKING OUT FOR YOU.

CPAs enjoy a high level of public trust and a reputation for their integrity and quality advice. But every day, there are threats to undermine or dilute the importance of the credential.

OSCPA closely monitors these threats and protects CPAs in multiple ways. We advocate on your behalf to legislators and regulators. We educate business leaders about why employing CPAs or hiring a CPA firm is an insurance policy against fraud and financial crisis. We also help the public understand the benefits of working with a CPA to achieve their financial goals. We work to make sure your credential continues to be a source of pride and recognition in business and the community.

Your support through membership has allowed OSCPA to win several recent lobbying victories:

* Changing state tax law to continue IRA charitable distributions

* Protecting the commercial activity tax rate

* Increasing interstate practice mobility access to 38 states

* Shaping legislative efforts to streamline regulatory procedures

* Fighting proposals to expand the sales tax to your accounting and consultation services.

The challenges facing the profession will continue to mount in this trying economy. OSCPA is actively lobbying to pass legislation creating CPA/client privilege, which will enable clients to work with their CPA without the threat that the CPA could be forced to testify against them. OSCPA is also working to protect the self-regulation of the profession and making sure that your voice is heard during the state budget process. These are just a few of the key initiatives OSCPA is tirelessly pursuing on your behalf.

WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HIGHEST-QUALITY CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.

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