CalCPA’s Orange County/Long Beach Chapter offers a wide variety of resources that make your CalCPA membership a career enhancing—and personally rewarding—experience. At the heart of our chapter are committees and local interest groups that focus on specific practice areas and enable you to collaborate on current issues, as well as share tips and resources that make your business more successful and your professional life easier. Interest Groups • Accounting Principles & Auditing Standards/GAA • Administration • Business and Industry • Eldercare • Estate Planning • Financial Planning • Governmental Accounting & Auditing • Litigation Services • Sole Practitioner/Small Firm • Tax—Domestic & International • Technology Function Specific Groups • Awards and Recognition • Careers in Accounting • Financial Literacy • Golf Tournament • Government Relations • Media • Membership • Practitioner Emergencies • Professional Conduct • Sponsorship • Student Outreach
What’s more, the Orange County/Long Beach Chapter features compelling chapterwide activities, all of which include networking:
Fall Seminar Series —A seven-week, 21-hour CPE series covering a multitude of topics from developing trends to accounting and auditing, tax and niche service areas.
CPA Professional Conference —Five hours of top-notch CPE followed by an afternoon of entertainment at a local museum or theme park. Economic Forecast —A renowned economist and forecaster helps CPAs and their clients uncover the future state of the economy. Special Events—We promote the profession’s future as we build our scholarship endowment fund and award more than $40,000 a year. We honor outstanding financial executives at the CFO of the Year event. All CPAs and financial professionals are invited to enjoy a great day of golf, awards and a barbeque at the Golf Tournament. Plus, socialize, network and build relationships at Chapter Networking Mixers.