CPA occupation money in the 2008 FEC cycle

The CPA × 2008 intersection

Two keys define this page. One is the occupation string CPA. The other is the 2008 federal election cycle. The match is $3,398,011, built from 4,318 contributions and 2,271 unique donors. Drop either key and the number changes. 2008 is a presidential-year FEC window. 4,318 contributions from 2,271 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter.

The join is a filter pair, not a causal story. CPA is the abbreviation as entered. ACCOUNTANT and the spelled-out certified title, if used, are other keys. The 2008 join does not verify active state licenses. Firm PACs are not inside this occupation filter. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and committee-to-committee transfers are outside $3,398,011. FEC individual receipts are not USAspending.gov awards; this page does not treat campaign gifts as federal spending.

The CPA occupation hub behind $44,519,078

CPA donations is the occupation hub: $44,519,078 ($44.5 million) across cycles from filers who typed the abbreviation CPA. Sibling strings (ACCOUNTANT, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, and CONTROLLER) are not merged here. The occupation total is not an AICPA census, a state-board license file, or an accounting PAC.

2008’s $3,398,011 sits inside $44,519,078. Because 7.6% is the cycle’s share of occupation dollars, the leftover outside 2008 is $41,121,067 (92.4%). Open the occupation hub for the all-cycle table. This tie keeps 2008 as the second dimension.

2008 as the cycle side of the CPA join

The 2008 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only CPA. $3,398,011 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2008. It is not a 2010 midterm filter and not a later presidential cycle.

4,318 contributions from 2,271 donors is moderate repeat itemization inside the cycle filter. About 1.9 itemized rows per donor is a filing ratio. Mean per receipt about $787; mean per donor about $1,496. Those means are arithmetic on the 2008 cell only. The packet has no median, no party split, and no employer table. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $3,398,011. Three numbers define the CPA × 2008 cell: dollars $3,398,011, contribution rows 4,318, unique donors 2,271. Share of occupation dollars is 7.6% of $44,519,078.

Caveats on CPA in 2008

Matching CPA with 2008 does not measure influence, does not assign party, and does not say CPA donors caused an electoral result. Correlation between an occupation string and a cycle is not causation. The table is also not an AICPA census, a state-board license file, or an accounting PAC.

Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov only. Independent expenditures, unitemized gifts, and state-office campaigns are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered. CPA is the abbreviation as entered. ACCOUNTANT and the spelled-out certified title, if used, are other keys. The 2008 join does not verify active state licenses. Firm PACs are not inside this occupation filter. Campaign gifts and federal awards remain separate public records. This page does not claim that $3,398,011 funded USAspending obligations.

Linked CPA and 2008 tables

CPA donations holds the $44,519,078 occupation total. The 2008 election cycle page holds every occupation in that window, not only CPA. All occupations places CPA beside other titles without merging sibling strings (ACCOUNTANT, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, and CONTROLLER). All FEC ties lists other occupation-cycle pairs so $3,398,011 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle CPA dollars ($44,519,078). Use the 2008 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $3,398,011, 4,318 contributions, 2,271 donors, 7.6% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use.

How $3,398,011 sits under $44,519,078

Subtract $3,398,011 from $44,519,078 and the residual is $41,121,067 in other even-year cycles for the same occupation string, not a different title. 7.6% in 2008 leaves 92.4% of CPA dollars outside this page.

Do not treat the residual as a named year. This packet only publishes 2008 as the cycle dimension. The occupation hub is the place for the full $44,519,078 series.

Questions

How much did CPA-labeled donors give in 2008?

The CPA grouping’s 2008 cell is $3,398,011 in itemized individual contributions, from 4,318 contributions and 2,271 donors, per FEC.gov aggregates. That is the occupation-cycle join, not a PAC total and not the $44,519,078 all-cycle occupation total.

Does this count every licensed CPA?

No. It counts itemized contributors who typed CPA, not a state-board licensee file. The 2008 cycle filter on CPA is $3,398,011, 4,318 contributions, and 2,271 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $44,519,078. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

What share of CPA FEC money fell in 2008?

About 7.6%. $3,398,011 divided by $44,519,078 is the 2008 cell’s share of the lifetime occupation bucket. Other cycles hold about 92.4% ($41,121,067) on the occupation hub. See the CPA occupation hub for other cycles and the 2008 cycle hub for other strings.

Does CPA 2008 money fund federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal awards are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. $3,398,011 is itemized receipts tagged CPA in 2008, not an obligation total. Occupation labels are filer-entered.