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New National Research on CPA Pipeline Challenges Underway

CPA Practice

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), in partnership with the Center for Accounting Transformation (the Center) and a coalition of other stakeholders, is launching a new, national survey to gain fresh insight into what’s driving the decline in individuals pursuing the certified public accountant (CPA) credential. The survey will close Dec.

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State CPA Society News & Updates

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State CPA Society Ne ws is a round-up of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MASSCPAs) wants members to prioritize their health this tax season. Shapiro’s first budget proposal.

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State CPA Societies in Action: Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA)

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The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) is one of the oldest and largest CPA societies in the U.S. Founded in 1905, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) is the premier association serving CPAs, accountants and financial professionals in the state of Florida.

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Honkamp Merges in St. Louis CPA Firm Schowalter & Jabouri

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Top 200 accounting firm Honkamp recently added one of the 20 largest CPA firms in the St. Honkamp added Nigl Accounting, based in Oshkosh, WI, in December 2021. In November 2022, Honkamp acquired Vaassen, Pluemer CPAs in Platteville, WI, and the Cedar Falls, IA office of Gosling & Co. Louis metro area to its team.

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No One Will Be Surprised to Hear CPA Exam Candidate Numbers Are Down in Every Way the Numbers Can Be

Going Concern

As you may already know the 2023 AICPA Trends report is out , here’s our earlier write-up on how many accounting degrees were completed for the 2021-22 period covered in the new report (saving you a click: it’s 65,035). Today we’re going to look at CPA exam candidate numbers. decrease in unique candidates, and a 3.6%

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The Largest Accounting Firms in Portland, Ranked by Number of CPAs Working There

Going Concern

Sharing this because it includes global CPA numbers and it’s probably good to document that so we can look back twenty years from now and tell our grandchildren stories about the time entities called “accounting firms” employed tens of thousands of people. of Deloitte’s global workforce of 415,000 are CPAs.

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Update on the CPA Profession

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Specifically, there is a real need for more incoming CPA candidates to replace those retiring and to handle increased demand. Let’s look at some statistics: There were 672,587 actively licensed CPAs as of September 1, 2023. 75% of current CPAs will retire in the next 15 years. from the previous year.

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