TSCPA Chairman Jim Smith

2007-08 TSCPA Chairman Jim Smith, CPA

Jim Smith, CPA, serves as Managing Director of Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC, a Dallas based, full service Certified Public Accounting firm. Smith began his career with a major international accounting firm where he served in both the audit and tax divisions.

In his 35 years of professional experience, he has performed audit engagements in real estate development and construction, investment partnerships, manufacturing, utilities, transportation, and health care.

He has worked with companies ranging in size from large, multinational corporations to small, closely held companies. He has also been engaged extensively in tax and financial planning consultations for closely held corporations and their owners.

Smith has appeared as a featured commentator on all four Dallas/Ft. Worth network TV news stations, including three and one-half years as a featured business commentator on KXAS, TV5; on the TSCPA “CPAs on Call” state wide tax television program; and on various radio news programs.

He has conducted seminars on tax and financial planning for the Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA and stock brokerage firms and life insurance companies, and on marketing and practice management for the TSCPA, the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the Arkansas Society of CPAs, the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs.

Smith currently serves as Chairman of the Texas Society of CPAs and as a member of its Executive Board and its Board of Directors. He has served as Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs (TSCPA) for the 2002-2003 year and a member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA.

He has served the TSCPA as Treasurer and Treasurer-Elect, as an elected member on its Executive Board, as Chairman of the External Relations Steering Committee, Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, Chairman of the MAP Future Issues Committee, Sub-Committee Chairman of the Quality Review Committee, and Chairman of the Public Practice Association.

He has also served on the Strategic Planning Committee and as Chairman of the Young CPAs Committee of the Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA. In recognition of his service, he has been named by the TSCPA as Outstanding Steering Committee Chairman for the year 1999-2000, Outstanding Committee Chairman for the year 1995-1996, and Outstanding Committee Member for the Year 1992-1993 and 1995-96. The Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA also named him CPA of the Year for 1999-2000.

Smith is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Accounting and Economics. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the TSCPA and the Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA.