News and Events

A group of MSA women virtually attended the Women’s Leadership Conference last week sponsored by The Chamber of Catawba County. Keynote presenter topics included: It Starts With You!, Rising to the Top: Creating a Life and a Business on Your Own Terms, Pity or Power and Breaking Barriers: Gender Stereotypes in the Workplace.   The […]

After helping us during the tax season in the spring, Dave Watson joined our team as a full-time Staff Accountant. He recently retired from the telecommunications industry and has worked the past twelve tax seasons in the Hickory and Charleston, SC areas.  Dave holds both a Master of Business Administration and Certificate of Proficiency in Accounting […]

MSA was just named as a 2021 Best Accounting Firms for Women placing in the top 10 nationally! We are delighted to receive this prestigious honor and our ranking at #7 as we went up against firms of all sizes throughout the United States.

We are very excited to share that we have once again been named the #1 Best Employers in North Carolina for 2021 among medium-sized companies in this statewide survey and awards program. Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A. (MSA) was chosen based on workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, and demographics and selected by  Best Companies Group. A […]

A few MSA employees enjoyed a little time away from the office for a friendly game of golf at The Chamber of Catawba County’s 32nd Annual Golf Classic. It was a perfect day to hit the ball around at Lake Hickory Country Club at Catawba Springs where MSA was a Premier Sponsor. One of the […]

Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A. (MSA) recently received the honor of being named as one of the 2021 Best Accounting Firms to Work For, ranking #2 among mid-sized firms across the nation employing between 50 and 249 employees. Accounting Today has partnered with Best Companies Group to identify companies that have excelled in creating […]

The long-awaited report from the feds detailing the 2022 Social Security projected taxable wage base has been released. Data from the 2021 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance reflects that we will be expected to withhold more Social Security tax in 2022. Please […]

What is Nexus? Nexus is a type of connection with a state or a type of factor presence within a state. This physical, economic or factor presence, or registration, allows someone to do business within a state. Nexus is required for a state to enforce an income, franchise, or gross receipts tax on a taxpayer […]