R.J. Whitinger/Whitinger & Company History
The official company name changed from R.J. Whitinger & Company to Whitinger & Company LLC in this year.
What is 1995
A taxpayer may gift up to this amount without filing a gift tax return.
What is $19,000
This state in the Southern region has a specific sales tax for belt buckles.
What is Texas
While this person is not an accountant, they played as Christian Wolff in the famous movies The Accountant and The Accountant 2.
Who is Ben Affleck
Each Pixar film includes an easter egg to the specific classroom used by character animation students at the California Institute of the Arts. The classroom number is ___.
What is A113
Whitinger became a partnership in 1945 when this person joined R.J. Whitinger to handle the auditing for the firm.
John G. Shaver
The standard deduction for a married couple filing joint under the age of 65 is ___.
What is $31,500
This Western region state offers a $3,000 tax exemption for owning an “exceptional tree”.
What is Hawaii
This author famously known for legal thriller novels graduate from Mississippi State University with a degree in Accounting.
Who is John Grisham
This sea creature was recorded to create the sound of velociraptors in Jurassic Park.
What is Lobsters
R.J. Whitinger at one point in time served on the College-Community Campaign, which raised funds to open this Ball State building in 1963.
What is Emens Auditorium
Cattle specifically kept as livestock for dairy purposes have a useful life of this many years.
What is 5 years
It’s best not to buy Starbuck’s in this Western state due to their extra 2.9% tax on coffee cup lids and straws.
What is Colorado
Phil Knight, founder of this athletic company, earned an accounting degree from the University of Oregon.
What is Nike
This state that starts with the letter “M” has a duck on their individual tax return.
What is Minnesota
As we all are aware, Whitinger & Company was founded in 1930. However, it is hard to understand just how different things were at that point in time. To illustrate this, the FDIC insurance limit in 1930 was ___.
What is $0 (FDIC insurance was not created until 1933)
The 2025 Tax Act increased the SALT deduction to $40,000, and will increase by this percentage every year until 2029.
What is 1%
This Northeastern state imposed a “temporary” 18% tax on alcohol in 1936 to help combat floods, but still has this tax in place to this day.
What is Pennsylvania
This rock legend studied accounting at the London School of Economics and had his degree in case his music career failed.
Who is Mick Jagger
(DAILY DOUBLE) The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar war which began in 1896, which lasted in totality ___. (relatively close answers will be accepted)
What is 38 minutes
While we are used to how websites look today, many forget just how much they have changed over time. In honor of this, Whitinger’s website last looked like this in the year ___.
What is 2003
When selling a personal residence at a capital gain above the capital gain exclusion amount, HOA dues paid by the seller in advance are treated as such on Schedule D.
What is a non-deductible expense
This Southern state applies a 6% tax on any and all tattoos and piercings.
What is Arkansas
This famous UFC fighter and champion graduated with their bachelor's in accounting from California Polytechnic State University.
Who is Chuck Lidell
While the moon is currently able to block the entire sun 2 days a year, known as total solar eclipses, this will not always be the case due to the moon’s orbit slowly drifting away from Earth. This absence of total solar eclipses will take place in ___ years. (relatively close answers will be accepted)
What is 600 million years