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4 Hollowcrest Corners

Tunkhannock, PA 18657

(570)836-3868

P.O. Box 327 Main St., Nicholson, PA  18446

(570)942-4578

Please call for appointment Monday through Friday 9am-5pm

Press Release

Lochen & Chase, P.C. Announces new Certified Public Accountant

Tunkhannock, PA -- August 28, 2009 -- Lochen & Chase, P.C., a public accounting firm with offices located in Tunkhannock and Nicholson, announced today that staff accountant, Melinda Shannon, has successfully passed all parts of the Certified Public Accountant exam and will be licensed in the state of Pennsylvania as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  Mrs. Shannon graduated in 2006 from Keystone College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and in 2009 from Marywood University with a Masters in Business Administration.  She has over 5 years of accounting experience as a staff accountant at Lochen & Chase in the Tunkhannock office. 

Melinda’s areas of expertise specifically include taxes and audits of construction and manufacturing organizations on both an individual company and consolidated basis, elder law issues, working with Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service to find and obtain tax credits such as the Educational Improvement Tax Credit and audits of local governments.

Certified Public Accountants represent a high level of expertise and respectability in the field of accounting.  CPAs must meet specific course study and work experience requirements to take the exam.  The exam itself consists of four areas of competence: Auditing & attestation, Business concepts, Regulation, and Financial Accounting & Reporting.  In addition, CPAs must continue to meet additional ongoing education requirements to maintain licensure.

“We’re excited that Melinda’s hard work and training has paid off and that we can expand on the services we will now be able to offer our clients with this certification,” said Gordon Chase, CPA and owner.

Mrs. Shannon currently resides with her husband, Bruce and two sons, Daniel and Christopher, in Tunkhannock Township.