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Arthur J. Dixon Memorial and Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service awards

Arthur Auerbach, CPA, CGMA
Arthur Auerbach, CPA, CGMA, recipient of the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award.

Arthur Auerbach, CPA, CGMA, received the 2025 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest honor given by the accounting profession for contributions to the field of taxation. The award by the AICPA’s Tax Division was presented Nov. 18, 2025, at the AICPA Fall Tax Division Meeting in Washington, D.C.

At the same meeting, Cory Perry, CPA, received the 2025 Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award.

Auerbach’s 23 years of volunteer service to the AICPA includes participation in a number of Tax Division committees and task forces. Currently, he chairs the Tax Practice & Procedures Committee and is a member of the State and Local Tax Deduction Pass–Through Entity Tax Task Force. He has worked 40 years as a tax practitioner and taught accounting at Pace University in New York City. He also has lectured and written articles on an array of tax topics, including in the Journal of Accountancy and The Tax Adviser, the latter of which he serves as editor of the Tax Practice & Procedures quarterly column.

“Art’s volunteer experience with the AICPA touches many different areas of the Tax Division,” said Cheri Hutchinson Freeh, CPA, CGMA, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee (TEC). “His involvement has served as a true asset to the AICPA and the accounting profession.”

The award was established in 1982 in memory of Arthur J. Dixon, who chaired the TEC from 1977 to 1980. It is given for distinguished service in the area of taxation in the spirit of Dixon’s professionalism.

Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award

Cory Perry, CPA, and Cheri Hutchinson Freeh, CPA, CGMA
Cory Perry, CPA, left, receives the Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award from Cheri Hutchinson Freeh, CPA, CGMA, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee.

Perry, the recipient of the Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award, has provided input to eight AICPA comment letters and six international tax resources. He chairs the AICPA International Tax Technical Resource Panel and has served as chair of the AICPA’s Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development (OECD) Task Force. Perry has lectured on a variety of tax topics and written articles in a number of publications, including The Tax Adviser. He is a partner in Grant Thornton’s National Tax Office, focusing on international tax and consulting.

The Jonathan Horn Distinguished Service Award is given for outstanding contributions to the Tax Division in the past year. It posthumously commemorates Jonathan Horn, CPA, CGMA, who was a longtime Tax Division volunteer, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, and subsequently an AICPA staff member.