BURKETT
BURKETT & BURKETT
Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
announces CPA designation for Sara Tipton
West Columbia, SC (November 30,
2009) –BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A., is pleased to announce that Sara
Tipton has earned her CPA (Certified Public
Accountant) certification from the South Carolina State
Board of Accountancy.
Tipton is a Certified QuickBooks
ProAdvisor and specializes in financial statement and tax
return preparation for corporations, partnerships and
individuals, as well as small business consulting.
“We are proud of Sara for earning her
CPA designation this year. Her hard work and attention to
detail is what we look for in a CPA. She is an asset to our
firm,” said Ronny Burkett, Managing Partner.
Tipton has been with Burkett Burkett &
Burkett Certified Public Accountants, P.A. since December
2005. She is a graduate of University of South
Carolina Moore School of Business, and holds a Master of
Business Administration. She is a member of the Lexington
Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Columbia Chamber of
Commerce, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the South Carolina Association of Certified
Public Accountants, and is the Treasurer of Columbia
Opportunity Resource.
The CPA designation is given out by the
South Carolina State Board of Accountancy. The Board grants
a license to practice as a Certified Public Accountant to
persons who complete one hundred and fifty semester hours of
college education and who pass the standardized test of
accounting knowledge, skills, and abilities approved by the
board. They must also pass an examination in professional
ethics as approved by the board and have at least one year
of accounting experience satisfactory to the board in
public, governmental, or private employment under the direct
supervision and review of a certified public accountant or
public accountant licensed to practice accounting in some
state or territory of the United States.
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT
Certified Public Accountants, P.A. is a
full-service regional accounting and business consulting
firm with offices in West Columbia, Rock Hill, and Sumter.
The firm is also an Independent Member of the BDO Seidman
Alliance, which is the 10th largest accounting network
worldwide. Affiliate companies include ResourceOne
Health Services, LLC and Burkett Financial Services, LLC.
For more information visit
www.BurkettCPAs.com
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A. announces new employees Margaret
Felkel and Katie Harsey and CPA designations for Mary Goode,
Rachel Arthurs, and Matthew Hodges
West Columbia, SC
(June 23, 2009) –BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified Public
Accountants, P.A., is happy to announce the hiring of two
new employees: Margaret Felkel and Katie Harsey, both
graduating from the Moore School of Business with Masters of
Accountancy degrees in August. The firm is also pleased to
announce that employees, Mary Goode, Rachel Arthurs and
Matthew Hodges,
have earned their CPA (Certified
Public Accountant) certification from the South Carolina
State Board of Accountancy.
“We are very proud of Mary, Rachel, and
Matthew for their hard work in achieving the CPA designation
and feel privileged to have acquired Margaret and Katie as
two of the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of
Business finest August graduates” said Ronny Burkett,
Managing Partner.
The CPA designation is given out by the
South Carolina State Board of Accountancy. The Board grants
a license to practice as a Certified Public Accountant to
persons who complete one hundred and fifty semester hours of
college education and who pass the standardized test of
accounting knowledge, skills, and abilities approved by the
board. They must also pass an examination in professional
ethics as approved by the board and have at least one year
of accounting experience satisfactory to the board in
public, governmental, or private employment under the direct
supervision and review of a certified public accountant or
public accountant licensed
to practice accounting in some state or territory of the
United States.
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A. is a full-service regional
accounting and business consulting firm with offices in West
Columbia, Rock Hill and Sumter. The firm is also an
Independent Member of the BDO Seidman Alliance, which is the
10th largest accounting network worldwide. Affiliate
companies include ResourceOne Health Services, LLC and
Burkett Financial Services, LLC. For more information visit
www.BurkettCPAs.com
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Olivia
Ling Tan (谭玲)
of BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT
Certified Public Accountants, P.A. Earns
CPA
West Columbia, SC
(September 12, 2008) –Olivia
Ling Tan is the first Chinese BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT
Certified Public Accountants, P.A., employee to earn her CPA
certificate from the South Carolina State Board of
Accountancy.
Tan’s specialty includes: Tax return
preparation and Tax research, Retirement plan
administration, Financial statements compilation and review
for corporations, partnerships and individuals. Tan is more
than happy to utilize her language and culture background
along with her CPA designation to help Chinese and other
Asian business clients in the State of South Carolina.
“ We are very proud of Olivia, she is a
hard worker and brings the advantage of her culture and
language to the Accounting Business here in South Carolina
where so many Chinese companies are setting-up business”
Ronny Burkett, Managing Partner said.
Raised in
Shaoshan, Hunan (湖南)
province in China, Tan is
fluent in Chinese and English and can speak Cantonese. She
came to the States on a Norman Graduate Scholarship to the
University of Maine. She graduated with a Masters of
Science Degree in Accounting from the University of
Cincinnati in Ohio in 2004. After school Tan worked as a
Staff
Tax Accountant
for FirstGroup America, Inc, a
multi-billion international company in Cincinnati, OH where
she focused on Corporate Tax. Tan began working at
Burkett in the fall of 2007.
BURKETT BURKETT &
BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
is a full-service regional accounting and business
consulting firm with offices in West Columbia, Rock Hill and
Sumter. The firm is also an Independent Member of the
BDO Seidman Alliance, which is the 10th largest accounting
network worldwide. Affiliate companies include,
ResourceOne Health Services, LLC and Burkett Financial
Services, LLC. For more information visit
www.BurkettCPAs.com
Deven Fozdar,
CPA, CFE named Manager for
BURKETT BURKETT &
BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
West Columbia, SC (March 26, 2008)
– BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified Public Accountants,
P.A. announced the promotion of Deven A. Fozdar to Manager.
Fozdar has been a Senior Accountant with the firm since 2000
and a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2007.
“We are pleased that Deven has achieved
manager status here at Burkett; we couldn’t be happier with
his work and commitment to ethics and good business sense,”
the Managing Partner, Ronny Burkett said.
Fozdar’s new position allows him to
manage and prepare tax returns for individuals,
partnerships, corporations and not-for-profit entities. He
also performs audits of small businesses, assists with
business valuations and litigation support cases and handles
financial fraud and forensic accounting for the firm.
Born in Bombay, India, Fozdar holds a
Bachelor of Commerce Degree with a concentration in
Accounting and Taxation from the University of Bombay. He is
Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and
Fellow of Chartered Accountants in India. Fozdar also is
accredited as an Independent Valuator by the Institute of
Internal Auditors for performing quality assessment reviews
of internal audits.
His past work includes President of
Finance Public for a limited company in India from 1993-1999
where he managed relations with banks and financial
institutions at senior levels. He also was responsible for
obtaining financing, tax planning, financing functions,
auditing the accounts and filing of tax returns. Fozdar was
also appointed a Director on the Board of all the group
companies for Public Accounting in India.
Fozdar is a member of the South Carolina
Association of Certified Public Accountants, American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners, Institute of Internal Auditors,
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Immigration
Community Access Point board member and past treasurer of
Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of South Carolina.
BURKETT BURKETT &
BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
is a full-service regional accounting and business
consulting firm with offices in West Columbia, Lexington,
Rock Hill and Sumter. The firm is also an Independent
Member of the BDO Seidman Alliance. For more information
visit www.BurkettCPAs.com
C.
Mark Bokesch Manager, BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A. Earns Certified Fraud Examiner
Designation
West Columbia, SC
(March 5, 2008) – BURKETT
BURKETT & BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A., is
pleased to announce that C. Mark Bokesch Manager, has earned
the globally preferred “Certified Fraud Examiner” (CFE)
designation from The Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners, the world’s leading provider of anti-fraud
training and education. CFEs are knowledgeable in four areas
critical to the fight against fraud: Fraudulent Financial
Transactions, Criminology and Ethics, Legal Elements of
Fraud and Fraud Investigation.
The ACFE’s Board of Regents awards this
designation only to select professionals who meet a
stringent set of criteria, including character, experience,
and education. Bokesch has successfully met this criterion
and now joins the ranks of over 16,000 business and
government professionals worldwide who have earned the CFE
certification.
Bokesch’s CFE will allow him to examine
data and records to detect and trace fraudulent transactions
as well as interview suspects to obtain information and
confessions. He will be able to write investigation reports
and advise clients as to their findings and testify at
trial. Bokesch is well-versed in the law as it relates
to fraud and fraud investigations.
Mark Bokesch holds a Juris Doctorate from
the University of South Carolina Law School in addition to
his Masters of Taxation from the University of South
Carolina. He is CPA, certified in both South and North
Carolina, and has over eight years of experience in Business
Valuation, Litigation Support and Tax. He received his
Undergraduate from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Biology and minor in Business Administration. Bokesch
is the Treasurer for the Columbia Capital Rotary club and an
active member of SCACPA, South Carolina Association of
Certified Public Accountants.
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A. is a
full-service regional accounting and business consulting
firm with offices in West Columbia, Lexington, Rock Hill and
Sumter. The firm is also an Independent Member of the BDO
Seidman Alliance, which is the 10th largest accounting
network worldwide. For more information visit
www.BurkettCPAs.com
Amy Macchiaverna Named New Marketing Director for BURKETT
BURKETT & BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
West Columbia, SC
(February 4, 2008) –
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified Public Accountants,
P.A.,
a full-service regional accounting and
business consulting firm, announced today that Amy
Macchiaverna will head-up the Marketing Department as
Marketing Director for all four offices, West Columbia,
Lexington, Rock Hill and Sumter, SC. Amy will also act
as Marketing Director for the affiliate companies
ResourceOne Health Management Services, LLC,
a medical practice management and billing service, and
Burkett Financial Services,
LLC, a registered investment
advisor company.
“We are so proud to have Amy on board
with us here at Burkett, her past marketing experience and
background will bring a fresh image to our growing company.
Her special event management and branding knowledge will be
utilized as we expand into our new office building this May
2008 in West Columbia,” said Rocky Cumming, CPA and Partner.
Amy Macchiaverna, a native of Irmo, South
Carolina, joins Burkett after nine years of experience in
public relations, marketing and event planning with such
companies as American Red Cross Southern California,
Twentieth Century Fox and Lexus Division of Toyota Motor
Sales USA. Her work on the consumer accounts, Disney Online,
eBay, and Nike, helped propel her into representing the
famed GOT MILK? creator, Jeff Manning, on several marketing
campaigns.
“It feels good to be back home and
joining a company that has been in South Carolina for over
30 years and is held in such high regard by all of its
clients throughout the state and continues to contribute to
the community on a daily basis on a business and
philanthropic level,” said Amy Macchiaverna, Marketing
Director.
Amy will be focusing
primarily on internal and external marketing activities for
BURKETT BURKETT & BURKETT Certified
Public Accountants, P.A.,
ResourceOne Health Management
Services, LLC,
Burkett Financial Services, LLC
and Burkett Charities throughout the state and region.
“Amy’s event planning skills will provide
a wealth of expertise during our annual Burkett Charities
Golf Tournament this September, where we challenge local
golfers to compete for their favorite charity. Last year we
gave over $11,000 to 5 different charities”, said Ronny
Burkett, CPA and Managing Partner.
Amy is a graduate of the College of
Charleston and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree with a focus
on Media Communications. She also has graduate course work
in Journalism from University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA). Amy is a member of the Greater Columbia and West
Metro Chamber of Commerce as well as a Contemporary at the
Columbia Museum of Art and a member of Columbia Opportunity
Resource (COR), Young Professional Society (YPS) and
Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM).
BURKETT BURKETT &
BURKETT Certified Public Accountants, P.A.
is a full-service regional accounting
and business consulting firm with offices in West Columbia,
Lexington, Rock Hill and Sumter. The firm is also an
Independent Member of the BDO Seidman Alliance, which is the
10th largest accounting network worldwide. For more
information visit
www.BurkettCPAs.com
ResourceOne
Health Management Services, LLC
is the best source for providing financial management and
billing services by helping maximize income while minimizing
the administrative burdens that devour valuable time and
energy. ResourceOne helps businesses effectively manage the
dynamic changes that are occurring in the healthcare
industry. For more information visit
www.ResourceOneHealth.com
Burkett Financial Services, LLC
provides comprehensive financial planning and investment
management services to physicians, corporate executives,
professionals and business clients. For more information
visit
www.BurkettFS.com