Wisconsin Accounting Students Win Second Place In National Tax Case Competition
A team of Wisconsin School of Business accounting students took second place in this year’s Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition. Wisconsin was one of 12 teams to compete in the national competition held in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 21-23.
Luke Farrell, Jesse Graewin, Jenna Lenz and Tina Wang won second place in the undergraduate division of the competition, earning each a $1,000 prize and earning $5,000 for the school’s Department of Accounting and Information Systems.
The Wisconsin students were among more than 230 students from 44 colleges and universities who began the competition by gathering at regional sites across the country in October to tackle real-world tax issues. The prestigious national collegiate competition involves analyzing a hypothetical case study and applying their knowledge, skills and teamwork in a race against the clock and each other to solve complex tax scenarios. The competition is sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation, the non-profit services arm of Deloitte LLP.
The four Wisconsin students are seniors in the Integrated Master of Accountancy (IMAcc) program at the Wisconsin School of Business. Senior Lecturer Lynette Stolarzyk was the team’s coach and Professor Jon Davis was its assistant coach. In the finals, the Wisconsin team competed against teams from Brigham Young University, College of William and Mary, Georgia State University, University of Iowa and University of Northern Colorado.
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