About VSTAP

Accountants Society of Virginia [ASV], Inc (doing business as the VA Society of Tax & Accounting Professionals) is a state-wide organization of tax practitioners, accountants and other finance professionals serving Virginia and the neighboring states.

Established in 1948, the Society works to do the following:

• Satisfy the educational and professional needs of its members
• Elevate and maintain a high standard of proficiency and integrity among its members
• Promote and protect the interests of accountants in Virginia
• Cultivate a spirit of professional cooperation among its members
• Establish goodwill and understanding between the general public and members of VSTAP

Throughout the course of a year, the VA Society of Tax & Accounting Professionals offers many continuing professional education seminars, including seminars in taxation, accounting, estate planning, practice management and others. All VSTAP seminars are approved for CPE by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Virginia Board of Accountancy, and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. 

In its 77 years of existence, the Society has grown steadily. Today its members represent a broad cross section of leading accountants throughout the Commonwealth.

VSTAP has assisted the accounting professional by providing the necessary tools to meet the increasing needs of the small business community and the general public. In 1973, then ASV pushed to successfully win a suit at the Virginia Supreme Court that allows all accounting professionals to be known as "public accountants".  Read more about this landmark case for our field, Burton v. Accountants Society of Virginia.  

Members have enjoyed the prestige of membership in this professional society, while simultaneously accepting the responsibility of membership, including its Code of Ethics and continuing professional education requirements (see our Event Policies here).

Our bylaws are regularly revised to ensure our organization stays up-to-date.  Review our most recent bylaws here; these were revised in June 2025.