About Us!
The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA -
USA), was formed as a non-profit professional organization on November
27, 1976 in San Francisco, California. Its objectives under the
nonprofit mutual benefit corporation law of the State of California are:
- To provide continuing education and professional development to
its members.
- To assist members in career opportunities and advancement.
- To maintain the standards and ethical requirements of the
accounting profession.
- To provide scholarship funds to deserving accounting students.
- To establish college residency and other relevant programs for
minority accounting students.
PICPA - USA is administered by a set of officers and board of
directors who are elected during its annual convention held in October
and serve the Organization for one year. All officers are eligible
for re-election except the President who is limited to serve for two
terms only.
PICPA - USA mainly provides Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
program that caters the requirements of the CPA and other accounting
professional licenses. As such the professional development
portion of its monthly meeting and the seminar/workshop at its annual
convention are credited, when applicable, toward CPE Credit Hours.
Membership consists of mostly Filipino-American Certified Public
Accountants who are residents of the nine contiguous counties
surrounding the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area. PICPA - USA
members are in various fields of endeavor, from tax/financial planners
and key corporate/government finance managers to private accounting
practice.
PICPA - USA is a founding member of the National Council of
Philippine American Canadian Accountants (NCPACA), an umbrella
organization of Filipino-American and Canadian CPA associations
throughout North America, with chapters from California, Washington,
Texas, District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York and Toronto, Canada.
