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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

They have learned nothing about the needs of small business with minimal (if any) coverage of financial statement preparation without an audit, working for clients without an internal accounting department, or the realities of being a small business advisor. September 12, 2021. By the way, I read about this at www.goingconcern.com.

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Texas Close to Allowing CPA Candidates to Test with 120 Credits

CPA Practice

But in an article for Accounting Today that was published earlier this month, Blake Oliver, a CPA who specializes in accounting technology and is the founder of Earmark CPE, estimated that the cost of the 150-hour rule is more than $2 billion. The bill, introduced by Republican Sen. But how much money do all students spend each year?

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