Mr. Weatherford: goes to Sacramento.

• Position: Finalentry - Interview

More than 300 CPAs descended on Sacramento in May armed with compelling arguments regarding mobility and other important issues for California CPAs--for CalCPA's CPA Day at the Capitol, and William B. Weatherford, a CPA candidate with PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Jose, was among them.

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Tell us about your CPA Day experience.

I spent the day at the Capitol meeting with legislators and their staff and educating them about the issues that CalCPA had identified as important to the profession this year. I had a great time meeting with the legislators and advocating for the issues that I support. It was also a good networking opportunity because there were CPAs and accounting professionals from all around the state at the event. Surprisingly, I ran into a lot of people that I went to school with.

Did you believe you had a good message to deliver?

CalCPA picked important issues to advocate for this year, such as the mobility and substantial equivalency initiatives. Many other states already have adopted these new standards or are moving toward doing so; therefore, it is important that our state do the same, or California CPAs may be at a competitive disadvantage when dealing with clients that do business across state lines.

What does it mean to you, as an emerging professional, to have a CPA license that is accepted in all 50 states?

This is extremely important to me. In my line of work, I regularly deal with clients that have a presence in multiple states (and countries, for that matter). If I can't assist clients with tax matters that arise in the jurisdictions...