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William C. Wagner, CPA
Sole Practitioner

Bill Wagner is a sole practitioner from the Pittsburgh, PA area. His practice includes small business, governments and nonprofit clients with services ranging from tax and write-up to consulting. He serves as a consultant to other CPA firms with government and nonprofit clients that have accounting and auditing problems.

He teaches extensively in the areas of Accounting and Auditing for small businesses, Nonprofit Organizations and Governmental Units. The accounting pronouncements include those from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board. The auditing standards include the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board pronouncements, the Government Accountability Office's Government Auditing Standards, and Federal regulations, which includes those prescribed by 2 CFR Chapter I, Chapter II, Part 200, et al. Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit

Requirements for Federal Awards; Final Rule (successor to OMB Circular A-133 "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations").

Mr. Wagner served several years at Main Lafrentz & Co. (pre-merger with Main Hurdman and then with KPMG Peat Marwick) as a manager and has also served as treasurer of Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, and as Vice President of Fiscal Affairs at Salem International University, Salem, WV.

Bill is an active member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He has taught courses nationally since 1989 and has received numerous awards for his speaking engagements.

He graduated in 1968 from Grove City College, Grove City, PA where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with concentrations in accounting and mathematics.

Confirmed Sept. 2017