Membership Benefits

• CPA Referral Service – Enroll your firm in the online CPA Referral Service, which allows individuals and businesses to search for CPA firms by location, industry, and client services. Enrollment in the service is free to KyCPA Members.
• CCH publications - Great deals on the Master Tax Guide and the Guidebook to Kentucky Taxes, plus up to 30 percent discount for accounting books. Check it out. 
• KyCPAcareers.com – The KyCPA has partnered with MyCareerNetwork.com to provide you an easy way to post your resume and/or find qualified employee candidates.
• Peer review discount – Membership entitles your firm to a discount of $400 less than non-member firms when scheduling a peer review.

News and information

• The Kentucky CPA Journal
• The Kentucky CPA Online e-newsletter and other enews
• Informative Web site

• Approximately 200 one- and two-day CPE seminars and conferences to help you meet your CPE requirement. Members save an average of $100 per day!
• Satellite courses across the state. Complete listing in the CPE catalog.
• Member exclusive Get Smart program awards additional discounts of up to $100 for multiple registrations.
• KyCPA members and their staff may attend New Horizons educational programs at any of their several locations in Kentucky and surrounding states for a cost of only $179 per one-day class. Registrations must be made through the Society office. Please call the office at 800.292.1754 or email cbowen@kycpa.org.

Legislative Representation

• We recognize that CPAs are a state-licensed profession, and thus the Society has a major stake in what occurs in Frankfort that affects our license and ability to practice our profession, regardless of where or for whom we work. The Society operates an aggressive state legislative program that includes contract and staff lobbyists, maintaining a key contact program and a political action committee (PAC).
• In addition, we are called upon by the AICPA to help communicate with our federal legislators on subjects of mutual importance to the profession. For details on our Key Contact Program, please call the office at 800.292.1754 or email pgold@kycpa.org.

Networking and Volunteer Opportunities

• Networking opportunities include CPE seminars and conferences, breakfast and lunch meetings, the Annual Members Meeting, Day at the Races – Churchill Downs, Day at Keeneland, and the Awards Banquets.
• Take an active role in shaping the future of your profession by getting involved in one of the Society’s committees, special interest sections and Leadership Council.

Accounting Careers Awareness & Recruitment

The Society has several programs that concentrate on enhancing the perception of the profession and promoting awareness to Kentucky high schools and colleges, including:

• BASE (Business and Accounting Summer Education) Camp
• Accounting Careers Recruitment Initiative (ACRI) Speakers Bureau
• KyCPA student memberships
• Student and CPA networking events
• Campus recruitment days
• Annual awarding of thousands of dollars in scholarships to students majoring in accounting
• Dedicated student Web site, cpa2be.org.

KyCPA Member Affinity Insurance Plans

The Society Insurance Committee researches a broad spectrum of insurance products and selects the most comprehensive plans from the highest rated companies. Our goal is to provide a truly value added benefit. You save time because we’ve done the due diligence. All you have to do is compare and find the product that best suits your need. 

• KyCPA announces new insurance agency of record - The Kentucky Society of CPAs is pleased to announce that, after an extensive search, we have appointed Neace Lukens as our sole agency of record for your health and dental insurance needs. We chose Neace Lukens to represent the Society’s membership regarding our group health and dental programs because we want the best and we are confident that you will receive great service from Neace Lukens. For more than 15 years, Neace Lukens has helped businesses in nearly every industry develop specialized solutions tailored for their needs. It will do the same for the Kentucky Society of CPAs group health insurance program. Plus, an exciting partnership with Kroger is in the works that will be of great benefit to our members. Please know the KyCPA Insurance Committee is hard at work to safeguard one of your most valued benefits. Please contact Holly Goodyear at Neace Lukens, 502.259.9223, if you would like to talk with one of its agents. 
• KyCPA Term Life Insurance – Affordable term life insurance is the key to provide adequate financial security for your families. Your association’s term life insurance plan provides a unique term insurance product which combines the low-cost of group insurance premiums with a policy guaranteed renewable to age 75, and convertible to a permanent life policy to age 75. The most important aspect of your policy is its renewal guarantee, so it will be there when your family needs it most. Spouses are eligible for coverage on the same basis as members and the Plan offers optional benefit riders for accidental death, disability premium waiver, and children's insurance. For rates and more information, contact Woody Long, National Insurance Agency, 502.425.3232.

• KyCPA Individual Disability Income Insurance Plan. – How will you pay your bills and support your family should you become ill or disabled? Check out our affordable KyCPA group rate structure with the industry’s highest quality definition of “own-occupation” for disability. For rates and more information, contact Don Katzman, National Insurance Agency, 502.425.3232.
• CPA Life Insurance Plan – Term Life Insurance – You are eligible to request coverage issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America under this Plan if you are less than age 75, a member of the AICPA, a State Society of CPAs or other qualifying organization, and living in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam. The amount of life insurance coverage you may apply for depends on your memberships in the AICPA and/or a State Society of CPAs or other qualifying organization. Available with term life coverage is an equal amount of accidental death and dismemberment insurance. For details, please call AON Insurance Services at 800.223.7473 or go to http://www.cpai.com/personal-insurance/life/?refID=cpa.
• Professional Liability Insurance – CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company is the Society’s professional liability and related risk management services provider. Created by CPAs to protect CPAs, CAMICO is the nation’s largest CPA-owned mutual insurance company and the second largest provider of the CPA professional liability insurance nationally. Additionally, the company provides comprehensive risk and claims management services designed to help CPA firms improve practices and minimize losses on a proactive basis. CAMICO can help you with all sorts of questions relating to the daily running of your practice, such as how to deal with slow or non-paying clients. In addition, they counsel on non-routine matters, including how to respond to the legal process when in receipt of a subpoena, summons or notice to appear. CAMICO’s practice and risk management services could become one of your most valuable resources. To find out more about the program, call Jim Hall toll free at 1.800.247.3694, ext 4223 or Melanie Tullos (Ext. 4222). You may also visit http://www.pgsmart.com/kycpa for more information.

Affinity Programs

• Bank of America – You don’t need another credit card... you need a better one. The Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants Platinum Plus® credit card with WorldPoints® rewards is one of the best rewards cards available today. Take advantage of unlimited cash rewards, airline travel with no blackout dates, brand name merchandise, car rentals, hotel stays, and much more. You’ll receive the most precious gift of all – real peace of mind. Because you’ll want to use your WorldPoints card for everything –shopping, recurring bills, dining out, gas, and emergencies – you’ll get secure online access and zero liability for fraudulent charges. Learn more about exclusive WorldPoints Platinum Plus benefits and services from Bank of America. - - To apply, simply click here. For information about rates, fees, other costs, and benefits associated with the use of this credit card click here and refer to the disclosures that accompany the online credit card application. This credit card program is issued and administered by FIA Card Services, N.A.
• Office Depot – Let the buying power of KyCPA help you save on your office supplies through Office Depot. Your membership entitles you to 40-60% off the list price of over 90 selected core products and 5% off the already discounted price on over 11,000 catalog items.
• Secure Confirmation Services – Members are entitled to use the Capital Confirmation service, Confirm™, which is an online service that increases staff realization rates and increases the detection of fraud within an audit. The service ensures that the auditor is in control of the confirmation process, and is used by both external and internal auditors to improve and streamline the confirmation process. Where audit clients historically provided the invalidated contact information on confirmations to auditors, Capital Confirmation offers independent third-party-validated responses – within 24 hours. Visit Capital Confirmation today at www.capitalconfirmation.com, email clark@cashconfirm.com or call toll free at 888.716.3577.
• UPS – The UPS Association program allows members to enjoy savings on many UPS delivery services, including $1.50 off Next Day Air Letters, 10% off Next Day Air Packages, and 20% off Worldwide Express Letters and Packages.