AICPA Recognizes RSM’s James W. Sansone with Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award

CHICAGO – (November, 22, 2024) – RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market – is pleased to share that James W. Sansone, a managing director in RSM’s Tax Quality and Risk Management group in its Office of Risk Management, has been recognized by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) with the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award.  

The Arthur J. Dixon Award is the highest award given by the accounting profession in the area of tax. It honors distinguished services in tax and recognizes a career of contributions and volunteerism. It is given to a CPA who demonstrates true professionalism in the spirit of Arthur Dixon. Dixon was a recognized leader in the profession, serving on various state society and AICPA committees, with a long record of service to the Tax Division, culminating in his chairmanship of the Tax Executive Committee from 1977–80. Following his passing in 1981, the Tax Executive Committee established the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award in his honor.

According to the AICPA, Sansone has stood apart from his peers throughout his career and this past year contributed valuable experience to strengthen the accounting profession. As an AICPA member, he has served on 10 different committees and task forces over a 40-year period and is a past chair and current member of the AICPA Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee and past chair of the S Corporation Technical Resource Panel (TRP). He also served on the AICPA’s Tax Executive Committee, and recently chaired the e-signatures task force to encourage the IRS to extend indefinitely allowing e-signatures. He has also authored several Tax Advisor and Journal of Accountancy articles.

“It is my honor and pleasure to present James W. Sansone, CPA, with the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award,” said Blake Vickers, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee and global head of tax at Alamo Group Inc. “Jim’s decades-long involvement with the Tax Division has been and continues to be, a great asset to the AICPA. As a volunteer member of so many committees and TRPs, he has imparted his influence and experience to the issues that are so important to the AICPA and its members. Through this work, he has passed along his strong values to the next generation of CPAs."

“I am humbled to receive this prestigious recognition,” said Sansone. “Stewardship – which we at RSM define as ‘leaving things better than we find them’ – is one of our firm’s core values. Everyone at RSM is responsible for embodying these values and living them every day. I’m honored to be able to demonstrate my commitment to stewardship by working with the AICPA to ensure that our profession remains viable for the next generation of leaders.”

About AICPA & CIMA, together as the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
AICPA & CIMA, together as the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association), advance the global accounting and finance profession through our work on behalf of 597,000 AICPA and CIMA members, candidates and registrants in 188 countries and territories. Together, we are the worldwide leader on public and management accounting issues through advocacy, support for the CPA license, the CGMA designation and specialized credentials, professional education and thought leadership. We build trust by empowering our members, candidates and registrants with the knowledge and opportunities to be leaders in broadening prosperity for a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient future.