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Stacking CPA and CMA Credentials Is an Investment for a Career-Long Payoff

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By Monte Swain, PhD, CMA, CPA, CGMA. If you’re planning a career in the world of accounting or finance, two distinctions have the branding impact and bench strength you need. Invest your time and effort into stacking the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) letters behind your name.

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CPA Firms Are No Longer Full of CPAs

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Just weeks after the profession got in a tizzy about private equity-owned firms telling staff to remove CPA from their email signatures and, in some cases, LinkedIn profiles , INSIDE Public Accounting has dropped figures on the average number of staff with CPAs at the hundreds of public accounting firms that report their data to IPA.

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Friday Footnotes: CPAs Disappearing From CPA Firms; Grant Thornton Tries to Win Grant Thornton | 7.11.25

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Public Accounting Trends Data Reveals The CPA License Is Losing Ground [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] The CPA credential remains a cornerstone of the profession, but new data indicate its prominence is steadily declining. Act of 2022 (Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, P.L.

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PCAOB Gives Chinese Audit Firm the Boot Over Rules Violations

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) revoked the registration of a Chinese audit firm on Nov. First, on multiple occasions, the accounting firm failed to timely report the participants in its issuer audits on PCAOB Form AP, in violation of PCAOB Rule 3211, Auditor Reporting of Certain Audit Participants.

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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

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The alarm bells in accounting have been ringing for years: fewer people want to join – or stay – in the profession. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) said in its “2023 Trends” report that the percentage of accounting graduates fell 7.8%

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Ohio to the AICPA: Suck It, Losers

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The Ohio Society of CPAs announced yesterday that their state is leading the way in alternative pathways to CPA licensure, officially. 8, which includes OSCPA-backed legislation that will position Ohio as a national leader in addressing the dire CPA shortage. This is exactly what the AICPA was afraid of.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Scandal Somehow Gets More Scandalous; Deloitte Denied in Court; Withum Embiggens in Florida | 11.8.24

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They don’t even have time to sit for their CPA exam because they’re working so many hours.” Second, the firm failed to timely file its annual reports on PCAOB Form 2 for 2021, 2022, and 2023, in violation of PCAOB Rule 2201, Time for Filing of Annual Report. Lovesac to settle accounting violation suit brought by SEC for $1.5

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