CPA: Imagine the POSSIBILITIES

The CPA profession is evolving in dramatic ways. The image of the profession has improved drastically. CPAs are now looked upon as valued professionals and are running major corporations, starting exciting entrepreneurial endeavors and developing private practices that handle much more than tax returns. They are helping people create the financial plans that will lead to secure futures. CPAs are entering the field of education and are moving into areas, such as Assurance Services, that didn't exist a decade ago, but have a powerful impact on tomorrow's business environment.

Today's CPA profession is high profile, exciting, stimulating and offers boundless opportunities for building the sort of career you want. CPAs are viewed as leaders in business and industry as well as private practices.

Opportunities for CPAs are expanding rapidly so it is crucial to get into the loop as early as possible. It is important to keep abreast of new opportunities and make the connections that will aid in your career. That's where the AICPA's Student Affiliate Membership category comes in.

Accounting: A Career without Boundaries

Today there are unlimited career opportunities for CPAs. In fact, the choices are so vast, and so varied, that choosing a career path can become a major challenge. Students and recent graduates who have not yet passed the CPA exam need to keep up on new developments in the profession, and to cultivate relationships with the thousands of CPAs already out there.

Our AICPA Student Affiliate Membership Program is designed to make that possible. Through this program we will help you every step of the way, from the earliest stages of your college career through passing the CPA Exam and conducting a job search.

Once you're established in a professional position, the AICPA will continue to provide the career development, professional education, and networking opportunities that you will need to keep pushing the limits throughout your career. We'll keep you abreast of the latest changes in this rapidly evolving profession from the beginning of your career (which means right now) all the way through to those distant retirement days.

We'll also provide you with practical help when it comes time to prepare for the CPA Exam as well. But most important, when you become an AICPA Student Affiliate Member you are getting an early start on membership in America's premier professional association for CPAs, sharing benefits with more than 340,000 practicing CPAs all over America.

AICPA Student Membership Application