{"id":17554,"date":"2012-08-03T19:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T19:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=17554"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:42:43","slug":"accounting-students-take-on-the-deloitte-fantaxtic-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2012\/08\/accounting-students-take-on-the-deloitte-fantaxtic-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting students take on the Deloitte FanTAXtic competition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, for the first time, Deloitte invited FIU accounting students to participate in its FanTAXtic competition.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event gives students from some of the nation\u2019s top accounting and tax programs the opportunity to gain real-world experience through participation in a unique interscholastic case study competition.<\/p>\n<p>A team of one graduate and four undergraduate students traveled to Tampa to compete with students from other universities in Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17560\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17560 size-full\" title=\"Accounting students take on the Deloitte FanTAXtic competition.\" src=\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"Accounting students take on the Deloitte FanTAXtic competition.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Accounting students take on the Deloitte FanTAXtic competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the challenge, the students received information on a hypothetical high-growth company, then were asked to make recommendations on the best ways to expand from a funding and tax perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group presented via web conference to a panel of judges in Dallas, Texas,\u201d said Tessie L. Brunken (MST \u201986, BBA \u201981), the school\u2019s administrative director and the team\u2019s faculty advisor. \u201cThey received very positive feedback for giving a very \u2018polished\u2019 presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yailin Au (EMST \u201912, BBA \u201910, BACC \u201910) describes the FanTAXtic competition as a \u201cgreat learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned how to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were given only two weeks to solve a very lengthy case. In the end, it all came together. It was a great experience to work in teams and learn from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brunken offers additional kudos to Au who, as the only graduate student on the FIU team, willingly mentored team members Marc Diaz, Frank Ginebra-Groero, Kevin Gonzalez and Kevin Zamora.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Deloitte has already invited an FIU team to participate in next year\u2019s FanTAXtic competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would definitely recommend this as a great hands-on learning experience,\u201d Au said. \u201cIn school you learn a lot of conceptual topics, but this competition gives you the kind of complex, real-life client scenario that accounting students usually don\u2019t see until they begin working in public accounting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, for the first time, Deloitte invited FIU accounting students to participate in its FanTAXtic competition. 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