CPA political contributions in the 2010 FEC cycle

The CPA × 2010 intersection

CPA in 2010 is $2,197,966 on 3,365 itemized lines from 1,880 people in the unique-donor roll-up. 2010 is a thin slice of CPA occupation dollars: 4.9% ($2,197,966 of $44,519,078). The occupation hub is much larger than this one cycle. FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates, grouped by self-reported occupation and election cycle, are the source.

3,365 contributions from 1,880 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. Unique-donor count collapses multiple gifts by the same person inside this occupation-cycle pair. It does not verify that those 1,880 people still used that title after 2010.

This page is not a restatement of the CPA hub or of the 2010 cycle hub. The occupation hub is every cycle. The cycle hub is every occupation. The tie is the intersection: $2,197,966.

The CPA occupation hub behind $44,519,078

Filers who typed the abbreviation cpa produced the all-cycle occupation total of $44,519,078. CPA is the abbreviation as entered. ACCOUNTANT and the spelled-out certified title, if used, are other keys. The join does not verify active state licenses. Firm PACs are not inside this occupation filter. The occupation is not an AICPA census, a state-board license file, or an accounting PAC.

2010 as the cycle side of the CPA join

The 2010 election cycle hub holds itemized individual receipts for every occupation coded to that even-year window. This tie keeps only CPA. $2,197,966 is therefore not a cycle-wide total. FEC.gov labels this even-year federal window 2010. It is not a 2012 presidential-year filter or a 2014 midterm-year filter.

3,365 contributions from 1,880 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not publish an average gift. $2,197,966, 3,365, and 1,880 are the three cycle-side facts. Unitemized federal gifts never enter $2,197,966. Committee disbursements and independent expenditures are a different FEC schedule and are not a second way to count $2,197,966. Three numbers define the CPA × 2010 cell: dollars $2,197,966, contribution rows 3,365, unique donors 1,880. Share of occupation dollars is 4.9% of $44,519,078.

Caveats on CPA in 2010

Matching CPA with 2010 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 join does not verify active state licenses. Firm PACs are not inside this occupation filter. This join does not publish a party split, a recipient-committee list, or employer text. If a reader only needs the occupation, the CPA donations hub is $44,519,078; the 2010 election cycle hub is the even-year inventory across titles. Do not add those hubs together.

Linked CPA and 2010 pages

CPA donations holds the $44,519,078 occupation total. The 2010 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 $2,197,966 is not added to a different year.

Use the occupation hub for all-cycle CPA dollars ($44,519,078). Use the 2010 cycle hub for the even-year window across titles. Use this tie for the intersection only: $2,197,966, 3,365 contributions, 1,880 donors, 4.9% of occupation dollars. Those four internal links are the only hrefs this copy may use: CPA donations, the 2010 election cycle, all occupations, and all FEC ties. Keep CPA as the occupation key and 2010 as the cycle key when joining files. FEC.gov remains the controlling source if a later extract disagrees with $2,197,966.

How $2,197,966 sits under $44,519,078

Subtract $2,197,966 from $44,519,078 and the residual is other even-year cycles for the same occupation string, not a different title. 4.9% in 2010 leaves the rest of CPA dollars outside this page.

Do not treat the residual as a named year. This packet only publishes 2010 as the cycle dimension. The occupation hub is the place for the full $44,519,078 series.

Questions

How much did CPA donors give in 2010?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation CPA in the 2010 cycle total $2,197,966, from 3,365 contributions and 1,880 donors. Nationwide across cycles, CPA-coded receipts are $44,519,078. 2010 is 4.9% of those occupation dollars. Source: FEC.gov.

Is CPA 2010 money a PAC total?

No. This join is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and election cycle. Committee PACs and independent expenditures are not in $2,197,966 or in the $44,519,078 occupation figure used here. It counts itemized contributors who typed CPA, not a state-board licensee file. The 2010 join is $2,197,966 from 3,365 contributions and 1,880 donors.

Does this count every licensed CPA?

No. It counts itemized contributors who typed CPA, not a state-board licensee file. The 2010 cycle filter on CPA is $2,197,966, 3,365 contributions, and 1,880 donors. The occupation total across cycles is $44,519,078. Labels are filer-entered on FEC.gov itemized receipts.

Why 3,365 CPA contributions and 1,880 donors in 2010?

The 2010 join includes 3,365 itemized contributions from 1,880 donors totaling $2,197,966. 3,365 contributions from 1,880 donors is closer to one-to-two itemized gifts per person inside this cycle filter, still not a headcount of the occupation. The page does not name donors or split rows by committee. Unique-donor count is not a census of the occupation.