Background

Hicks & Associates, Certified Public Accountants

Some information about the firm

Our clients have include Non-Profit organizations, C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Professional Corporations, Sole Proprietors and individual tax returns. These clients are located in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, and Indiana. We also have now or in the past clients in Brazil, Africa, and parts of Europe. We have passed peer review by the Texas Society of CPAs and Quality review by the Department of Education and are qualified to perform audits on both commercial businesses and Department of Education audits.. In addition we do compilations and reviewed accounting work. We also do businesses and personal tax returns. Approximately 40% of our business comes from consulting services.

Background, Joe Hicks CPA

Married to Joyce for 47 years, four grown children, five grandchildren.
Certified Public Accountant, passed peer review by the Texas Society of CPAs and Quality review by the Department of Education. Qualified in the areas of accounting, tax, audit, financial planning, consulting, and the internet.
Worked for a fortune 500 company for 16 years as an assistant to the President of the Holding company with management and supervisory responsibilities in the area of finance, credit and purchasing. Also served as president of the credit union which was a multimillion dollar credit union and as a member of the personnel policy committee of the company which had the responsibility to set salaries ranges and job descriptions for over 5,000 employees and on occasion was called to testify as a witness for the company on union matters.
Over the last twenty years handled many IRS audits and other cases. In two different cases getting reductions of tax assessments of over $100,000.
Worked for three years as a management consultant to an insurance company during a period of consolidation of operations in Texas.
Served as co-chairman of the Dallas Chapter of CPAs"Helping Schools Committee" reviewing hundreds of children's essays, art works and coordinated the recognition program for teachers, administrators and school volunteers.
Served as a volunteer grant application reviewer for the Texas Education Agency for the goals 2000 program. This program's goal was to bring all students up to grade level reading by the time they reach the third grade by the year 2000.
Served on the Dallas Chapter of CPAs accumulation committee. A program that gives high school juniors a weeks orientation on campus about the accounting profession between their junior and senior year and awards five to six scholarships yearly.
Served on the Dallas Chapter of CPAs Banking Relations committee.
Served on the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce "Taste & Trade Committee" An annual event that brings together restaurants, business and the people of Mesquite for a great time. Also serve on numerous other Chamber committees.
Served on the Mesquite City Council for two years from 1987 through 1989.
Twice served as President of the Mesquite Republican Club. .
Served as a Republican Prescient Chairman and election judge from many years in Dallas county.
Served in the Texas Air National Guard for 20 years and then the the Texas State Guard for over 14 years. Joe is a Lt. Colonel and the Assistant Inspector General for the State Guard in Texas working out of Camp Mabry in Austin. Joe's main responsibility has to do with oversight and investigations of unit special fund problems..
Joe has received many awards and decorations for his volunteer work. Some of his awards were: being recognized as Mesquite Chamber of Commerce member of the month, receiving the Exceptional Educator Award from the Board of Christian Education of the North Central Texas Presbytery, and being elected a commissioner to the 154th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Joe's military decorations included two Adjutant Generals Individual awards, two Presidential Unit Citations and two Air Force outstanding unit awards, the Travis award for outstanding service to the State Guard, the Achievement award from the State Defense Forces of the U.S. and many other service ribbons.
Joe graduated from the University of Arlington with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. In additional Joe completed 30 hours of advanced graduate work at SMU. Joe was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity Theological Seminar.
Joe is now or has been a member of the Friends of The Mesquite Library, Historic Mesquite Inc., The Mesquite Chamber of Commerce, The National Museum of Funeral Service. AMVETS, and is a life member of : The National Guard Association of Texas (2nd Miler), The Texas State Guard Association, The State defense Forces of the United States and The Texas Military Forces Museum.