Follow the Clues. Discover Your AND.
Fall Fest brings together South Carolina CPAs and accounting professionals for two days of meaningful connections, fresh perspectives, and practical insights. As the clues come together, you’ll discover new ways to grow your career, strengthen your network, and navigate the challenges shaping the profession.
November 19–20, 2026 | Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
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The Clues Led to a Full House!
The reserved hotel room blocks for Fall Fest: The Great CPA Mystery are now full at both hotels. We’re excited to see so many investigators joining us for Fall Fest and look forward to seeing you there!
Uncover Connections That Move Your Career Forward
Some of the best opportunities begin with a conversation.
Fall Fest connects you with CPAs from across South Carolina who share your challenges, goals, and commitment to the profession. You’ll exchange ideas, gain perspective from peers, and build relationships that continue long after the event ends.
Whether you’re expanding your professional network or reconnecting with familiar faces, every interaction offers a new clue to what’s possible.
Examine the Evidence. Strengthen Your Expertise.
The profession continues to evolve, and staying ahead requires the right insights.
Choose from learning tracks tailored to your role and interests, including tax, audit, government, and corporate accounting. Each session delivers practical strategies, valuable perspective, and actionable takeaways you can apply immediately.
You’ll gain up to 16 education credits and have the opportunity to satisfy your 2-credit ethics requirement while exploring solutions to today’s most important professional challenges
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Open the Case File Session Previews
Open the Case File: Nonprofit Risk Assessments for Audit Engagements
Explore practical lessons from implementing SAS 145 in nonprofit audits, including risk assessment, documentation, IT considerations and risk responses.
Read ArticleCase File: CPA Oath Ceremony
Join us for the CPA Oath Ceremony as SC.CPA and the South Carolina Board of Accountancy recognize those who’ve officially earned their CPA license. It’s a meaningful moment to honor the dedication and hard work of these rising professionals as they step into the future of the profession. Be there to welcome your newest peers and witness the next generation level up.
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The Next Clue: Scholarship Recognition Luncheon
The Scholarship Recognition Luncheon honors this year’s SC.CPA Educational Fund recipients and recognizes the students preparing to lead the profession forward. You’ll have the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments, support emerging talent, and see firsthand how the next generation is building the future of accounting.
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SC.CPA Partners
Premium Partners
PAYCHEX
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RiseImpact Capital
RiseImpact Capital is a full-service tax advantaged real estate development and tax credit syndication firm. We specialize in partnering with local developers and stakeholders to build high impact development projects. For our tax credit investors, we offer a diversified portfolio of state and federal tax credits to help manage their tax liability.
Learn MoreSugar Creek Capital
Sugar Creek Capital partners with CPAs to deliver state affordable housing and historic tax credit investments. Ideal for clients that prefer to pay their state tax at a discount, these tools offer year-to-year flexibility. With a simple structure and strong presence in South Carolina, Sugar Creek Capital helps reduce state tax liabilities while supporting community development.
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Cabretta Capital
Cabretta Capital is a leading specialty finance firm with extensive experience in structured tax credit equity funds and tax-advantaged investment strategies. We specialize in Low Income Housing (LIHTC), Historical (HTC), Abandoned Building, Textile Mill, Renewable Energy and Film/Entertainment Tax Credits.
Let’s discuss how Cabretta can assist you and your clients in navigating the state tax credit programs.
Learn MorePoe Group Advisors
Poe Group Advisors specializes in helping CPAs navigate practice succession planning, whether you’re buying, building, or selling an accounting practice. With deep expertise in the unique challenges facing CPA firm owners, they provide strategic guidance through every stage of practice transitions, from initial valuation and deal structuring to post-acquisition integration and growth planning. Their team understands that succession planning isn’t just about numbers, it’s about protecting the legacy you’ve built while ensuring your clients and team are set up for long-term success. Poe Group Advisors combines comprehensive buyer due diligence with real market insights to help CPAs make informed decisions that minimize risk and maximize value as they plan their next chapter.
Learn MoreSpartanTec
SpartanTec is best known for our IT Support. We leverage technology to increase your company’s productivity, operations and your profits. Since inception in 2002, SpartanTec, Inc. has taken Security approach to network management.
Learn MoreStasmayer, Incorporated
Stasmayer provides IT support, IT strategy and IT security to small businesses throughout South Carolina. Our goal is to be the trusted partner that builds your business of tomorrow, today. Reach out to us to find out why We’ve Got IT Going On!
Learn MoreUnison Globus
At Unison Globus, our values are rooted in nurturing our team, recognizing that their well-being directly translates into exceptional service for our clients and meaningful contributions to our community. We bring this commitment to life by infusing every interaction with our core values, mission, and vision. This isn’t just a strategy; it’s our pledge to create a cycle of success and care that benefits everyone involved.
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Capstan
Capstan is a leading specialty tax incentive firm helping CPAs provide value-added services. Our services — including Cost Segregation, Energy Studies, and R&D Tax Credits — are delivered through an engineering-driven methodology grounded in real tax law expertise. We’ll reinforce your role as trusted advisor – and we’ll make it easy.
Learn MoreEmpower Solutions
Empower Solutions offers innovative solutions for a variety of clients, including commercial businesses, tax professionals, and retailers in the U.S., as well as international companies looking to establish a presence in the U.S. The firm specializes in securing economic development incentives for expansion, reducing tax liabilities through accelerated property deductions, and improving profitability by reducing energy costs.
Learn MoreEverPine Holdings
EverPine Holdings is a South Carolina-based investment firm focused on acquiring and growing established, privately held businesses across the Southeast. We partner with business owners navigating succession and ownership transitions, offering a long-term approach that preserves their legacy, employees, and local roots.
Learn MoreMonarch Private Capital
Monarch Private Capital provides investment opportunities in renewable energy, affordable housing, and historic rehabilitation funds. The firm is known for developing customized structuring solutions that enable fund investors to participate in defining investment parameters to meet their unique financial, tax, and treasury objectives. Monarch focuses on delivering innovative capital solutions to its core sectors: renewable energy, low-income housing, historic rehabilitation, and the entertainment industry.
Learn MoreSchooley Mitchell
Schooley Mitchell is the largest independent cost reduction consulting firm in North America. Through its completely risk-free analysis process, the firm helps businesses achieve one of two possible outcomes. Either Schooley Mitchell identifies areas where savings can be found, or the firm confirms that your current services are completely optimized and you’re not overspending.
Learn MoreSouth Carolina Research Authority
The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) fuels the state’s innovation economy by accelerating technology-enabled growth across academia, entrepreneurship, and industry.
SCRA’s Industry Partnership Fund (IPF) is funded through dollar-for-dollar state tax credits. The IPF supports mentoring, grants, and investments for tech startups and academic research. SC tech entrepreneurs gain critical capital and resources to speed commercialization, job creation, and economic growth. No other state in the South has such a program for innovation.
Learn MoreSpecialty Tax Group
Specialty Tax Group focuses on Cost Segregation Studies, Energy Efficiency Incentives, Comprehensive Fixed Asset Reviews, Research & Development Tax Credits, Like Kind Exchanges and Accounting Methods. With the knowledge of engineers, CPAs, HERS raters and LEED Professionals, STG has the ability to deliver tax strategies that are tailored for each client.
Learn MoreTax Credit Marketplace
Tax Credit Marketplace provides a comprehensive marketplace that connects investors with opportunities to invest in tax credits within various sectors, including historic preservation, renewable energy, and economic development. We offer a streamlined process for investors to research, evaluate, and invest in tax credits that align with their investment goals and objectives.
Learn MoreThe Jennings Denovich Group
The Jennings Denovich Group is a specialty tax firm focusing on cost segregation, 179D, and R&D studies. All of its partners have over 15 years of industry experience, delivering fully engineered studies with a focus on precision, attention to detail, and exceptional customer service since 2012. Your trusted partner for tax optimization.
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