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BENEFITS     The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain IICPA is not an Old Boys' Club governed by people in position and of the past. IICPA started to appoint ICPA® and ICPA PROFESSIONAL® designates in 2016 only over a year ago. IICPA does not serve governmental interests and agencies, but the future of international professionalism in accountancy and finance. IICPA Incorporated in Delaware is promoting forward-looking core principles that break with those of the failed past. IICPA's thrust is in the education of the young, of college and university accounting/finance/economics Bachelors as ICPAs, or ACPAs for Associates, to "hit the ground running."     Benefits conferred on you by an ICPA® and ICPA PROFESSIONAL® designations of the International Institute of Certified Professional Accountants®: You earn privilege and global status subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct, unburdened by other conditions; earned by education and examination, or by recognition of professional status and membership in another accomplished professional organization. Your designation and image are clear and visible as a unified global ICPA® and ICPA PROFESSIONAL® designation instead of fragmented CA, CFA, CPA, CMA, CMG, WP, StB, etc. You are internationally employable and transferable, conversant in the global language of commerce which is English. You remit a one-time fee for a life-time. You are not subject to annual renewals and dues. You are not burdened by annual CPE reporting in the way of redundant course work, a "hot topic" in the profession, as research has shown that CPE is not increasing competency. Your appointment is for life, just like an academic degree BA, MBA or PhD, which are also awarded for life without periodic recertification. You are connected to designation holders, potentially in 160+ countries. There are 2.5 million professional accountants in the world, the majority being unaligned, except perhaps through IFAC, which is not a designation/degree-granting professional body. Your hourly charge-out rate by yourself or your employer will be that for a professional — namely, higher — also reflected in your income. You have tax-deductible one-time dues and general meeting expenses, normally paid by your employer, and... A standing invitation to enthusiastic and highly visible participation in a new professional accounting institute, established 2003, by submitting inspiring, even provocative, "food-for-thought" articles for publication by the IICPA.