Chapter News

AGA Hawaii Chapter is participating once again in our third annual virtual food drive for Hawaii Foodbank! To donate, simply click on the following link and find our page: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/VFD/AGAHawaiiChapter1. Every little bit counts and is very much appreciated. Help us to reach our goal of $1,500!

AGA Hawaii Chapter had its third successful Government Professional Accounting Webinar in 2022. Thank you to everyone who joined us online and those who helped to make it a success and most definitely to all our wonderful guest speakers! Check out our October 2022 Kukala for more details.

Mahalo to everyone for participating in Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Hawaii's 2022 Virtual Red Shoes 5K event! AGA Hawaii managed to reach our goal of $500!

AGA Hawaii has gifted a $25,000 endowment to the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu accounting program! For more info, check out their news article at: https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/kaloinews/?p=16378

AGA Hawaii Chapter is participating in our second annual virtual food drive for Hawaii Foodbank! To donate, simply click on the following link and find our page: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/VFD/AGAHawaiiChapter. Every little bit counts and is very much appreciated. Help us to reach our goal of $1,500!

John Herko, spoke at the October 20, 2021 webinar on the topic of “Don't Worry.  Be Happy.  Part 1. The discussion of America's deficits and debt (all levels of government); appropriations, the debt ceiling and quantitative easing in the federal government; and, Special Drawing Rights allocated by the International Monetary Fund.” Check out our December 2021 newsletter for more information.

AGA Hawaii Chapter had its second successful Government Professional Accounting Webinar in 2021. Thank you to everyone who joined us online and those who helped to make it a success and most definitely to all our wonderful guest speakers! Check out our December 2021 Kukala for more details.

Mahalo to everyone for participating in our virtual food drive for Hawaii Foodbank! Hawaii Foodbank has reached out and thanked us for helping to raise over $1,200, which is enough to provide food for 3,000 meals! 

Stan Lum, CPA, spoke at the January 27, 2021 webinar on the topic of “2021 Tax Updates (Secure Act, Updated Cares Act).” Stan covered changes to unemployment assistance under the Cares Act. He also went over the special rules for use of retirement funds. Lastly, he discussed the Biden Tax Plan.  See our newsletter for more information.

Dr. Eugene Tian, the Chief State Economist at the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), addressed the Hawaii Chapter on COVID-19’s Effect on Hawaii’s Economic Conditions at a virtual lunch time meeting on November 23, 2020. For more information on the event, check out our Kukala Newsletter.