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The xTREME Games are comprised of two separate challenges:
xACT (short for xTREME Accounting) and
xTAX (short for xTREME Taxation). Each participating school will be designated for either xACT or xTAX.
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Lookout for xTREME Games
Lookout for xTREME Games informational events and materials at your school. Make sure you talk with your local PwC recruiter and learn more about the timing of the competition on your campus and start thinking about your potential teammates. |
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Build your team
Find your five-member team.
- Two must be sophomores—each must be enrolled in the first accounting course or be an accounting major/minor
- One junior—must be an accounting major
- One “other” team member may be at any level: freshman to fifth year student. This team member does not have to be an accounting major, e.g., a general business or business-related major, such as Finance or Information Systems is acceptable.
- One team member can be any level but must either be enrolled in the first accounting course or be an accounting major/minor at the undergraduate or graduate level.
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Attend official mission meeting on campus
In your mission meeting, you and your teammates will meet with PwC representatives to receive your official case packet, with instructions and further information about the xTREME Games. |
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Develop your case
You and your team will have two weeks to develop your case and consult with your faculty and PwC mentors for guidance and encouragement along the way. The average time it takes a team to complete the case assignment is 10-15 hours. |
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Present your case in 12 minutes to PwC professionals
Your team will be charged with clearly communicating your position, presenting in a dynamic way, and backing up your case solution in an interactive question and answer session. Each team member must speak for at least one minute. |
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Celebrate!
All participants will receive an invitation to a PwC celebratory event following the competition where they’ll have an opportunity to network with our professionals. The winning team on each campus will receive $1,000 and consideration for the national finals. |
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Five lucky winners to compete in the national finals
Five teams will be chosen as national finalists and awarded $10,000 per team and a trip either to New York City (xACT) or Washington, D.C. (xTAX). There, each team will get a chance to join with experts from PwC for a fun-filled, exciting two-day final competition. Winners of the xACT competition receive our prestigious Montgomery Award, while winners of the xTAX competition receive our prestigious Hamilton Award. |
The xACT Montgomery Award
Named after Robert Montgomery, founding partner of Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery in 1898, who wrote the first American book on the practice of auditing. He was instrumental in the founding of the AICPA and served as its first president.
The award, a silver bowl, resides at PwC headquarters in New York City.
Names of each member of the winning team are inscribed on its base. Each winning team member and their faculty mentor receive a replica of the award to keep.
The xTAX Hamilton Award
Named after Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the US Treasury, who set the first tax policy and defended it in a decision that was the Supreme Court's first ruling on the constitutionality of a law.
The award, a silver bowl, resides at PwC's Washington National Tax Service office in Washington, DC.
Names of each member of the winning team are inscribed on its base. Each winning team member and their faculty mentor receive a replica of the award to keep.
 
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