Accounting and Taxation

Department of Accounting and Taxation
The Department of Accounting and Taxation (Department), a unit of the Tobin College of Business, offers several degree programs. The goal of the Department is to provide excellence in accounting and tax education by offering programs that will enrich the lives of our students and will enhance their professional careers. To this end, the Department offers a choice of educational programs leading to specializations in public accounting, controllership, or taxation.

The public accounting track is suited for the accounting student wishing to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

The controllership track is designed for the accounting student who prefers a career as an upper-level financial management professional within a corporate atmosphere.

The taxation track is designed for the accounting student who prefers a career as a tax professional.  

Department Overview
To develop a sound appreciation and mastery of the principles, customs and conventions necessary for achieving success in public and private accounting practice.

Department Contact
Dr. James Thompson
Accounting Chair
Bent Hall, Room 364
(718) 990-6460
Thompsoj@stjohns.edu

AACSB-International Accreditation
AACSB-International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business separately accredits the Department's programs. AACSB International states in its accreditation standards that: "Accounting accreditation seeks to improve accounting education in order to prepare students to serve the needs of society that are met by the discipline and profession of accounting. The accreditation process intends to promote the development of accounting education programs of high quality and to encourage innovation and continual improvement."  The AACSB-International accredited the Department's accounting and tax programs both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. 

Licensure-Qualifying Programs
Many of the Department's programs are designed to meet, by requisites and prerequisites, the requirements, which took effect on August 15, 2004, for licensure as a certified public accountant (CPA) in the State of New York. The requirements contained in Section 52.13(b) of the regulations of the Department of Education of the State of New York stipulate the total number of credits (150 credits) required, the minimum number of credits in professional accountancy (33 credits), general business (36 credits), and liberal arts and sciences (60 credits), and the maximum number of credits in professional accountancy and general business combined (90 credits).