October 21, 2002

• IMA Conference in St. Louis – November
• Titan’s home games – We still need volunteers. 
• GHOST – We need volunteers and candy for Halloween night.

 Guest Speaker: Michael A. Henley, CPA

• Mr. Henley earned his BBA from Austin Peay State University in 1998.

• He now works for Grannis, Whisenant & Associates, P.C. CPA firm

• He took the Becker review to prepare for the CPA and passed.

• Mr. Henley discussed what he does as a public accountant.

·        60% Tax Planning

·        35% Management Consulting – Reviews and Compilation

·        5% Litigation support

o       He also took the time to show some of the programs that he uses in his field work.  These included:

·        T – Value Program (Time value of money) – this calculates estimates of payments and interests for the accountant.

·        Depreciation Program – used in audits to check estimates and calculations.

·        Trail Balance Program – ATB – used in audits

·        Tax Program – Lacerte –tax planning for individuals, partnerships, or corporations.

o       He gave “hands-on” demonstrations of the different programs for members attending.

o       Mr. Henley also took resumes for seniors graduating in December that may be interested in public accounting.

Thank you to those members and non-members who were able to attend.

Susan Martin-Brown, Irina Ikenberry, LaNora Littlejohn, Vicki Bracey, Cecil Wilson, Delaney Goodwin, Jane Nicholson, Angela Taylor, Mandy Coleman, Josh Nannery, and Curtis Mayo.