Membership

Benefits of Membership

ASWA is Education, Inspiration, Networking and Fun!  We are a member-driven organization dedicated to:

• Increasing your technical knowledge, skills and abilities
• Keeping members current in their field of expertise
• Providing career management and transition guidance and assistance

Other Benefits Include:

• Business contacts locally and across the country
• Personal and professional support
• Relocation network
• Scholarships for new and returning students and displaced homemakers
• Job referral network
• Leadership opportunities
• Business management skills development
• National newsletter
• Local chapter newsletter
• Low cost, high quality CPE at local, area and national meetings and conferences
• Corporate discount programs: credit cards

To Become a Member of ASWA PhoenixChapter No.43

To print out a membership application, click here.

For membership inquiries please e-mail ASWA Phoenix Chapter Membership

Processing fee is a one-time charge for new members. Membership dues cover a 12 month period and renewal is due the following year in the month joined.

• Regular

National $108     Chapter $40     Processing Fee $25     Total $173

• Affiliate

National $108     Chapter $40     Processing Fee $25     Total $173

• Student/Associate

National $35      Chapter $15     Processing Fee $25     Total $75

• Retired

National $25      Chapter $15     Processing Fee $0      Total $40

Corporate

• Corporate Member Chapter fee is discounted to $30 per employee enrolled. (Minimum $150).    
• Enrollment of five (5) or more individual employees who hold a CPA certificate or equivalent or two or more year's experience in accounting or Bachelor's degree
• National membership fees vary.  View rates on National's website.

Regular

• Actively engaged in accounting for two or more years, or
• Hold a valid CPA certificate, its equivalent, or other accounting or financial certifications with similar education or experience requirements as determined by the Board of Directors [hereinafter referred to as the “Board”], or
• Hold a bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or its equivalent.
• Shall have full rights of membership.

Associate

• Regularly enrolled students in post-secondary educational institutions, majoring in accounting or a related field, or
• Actively engaged in accounting, or hold a bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or its equivalent with less than two years of experience.
• Limited to two years following attainment of qualifications for regular membership and a maximum of seven years.
• Shall have full rights of membership.

Affiliate

• Not actively engaged in accounting, and
• Have a substantial interest in accounting
• Shall have full rights of membership.

Retired

• Age sixty-five as of June 1 and a regular or associate member for the shorter of five consecutive years or the life of the Chapter.
• Retired from all gainful employment due to disability as of June 1.
• Age fifty-five as of June 1 and retired from all gainful employment and a regular or associate member for the shorter of ten consecutive years or the life of the Chapter.
• Shall retain the rights previously held as regular or associate members.