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CPA vanity license plates that will make you smile

Accountants show their creative side.

By Cheryl Meyer
January 29, 2018

Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2018. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function.

CPAs are often an ingenious bunch. Case in point: We tapped accountants in a dozen states to find out why they chose vanity license plates for their vehicles, which clever words or numbers (or both) they chose, and what kind of responses they’ve received from colleagues and others. Here are their replies:


Cheryl Meyer is a California-based freelance writer. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact
Chris Baysden, senior manager of newsletters at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

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