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
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
For a brief two-year period, the government reduced the social security tax from 6.2% to 4.2% and called it a Payroll Tax Holiday. Write down one of the two years.
What is 2011 or 2012
Whitinger became a partnership in 1945 when this person joined R.J. Whitinger to handle the auditing for the firm.
John G. Shaver
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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