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Effective September 1, You Can Sit For the CPA Exam in Texas With 120 Units

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Here’s all that information plus some extra details in graphic form for those who prefer visuals: via this handy Texas State Board of Accountancy PDF that explains everything candidates need to know about this amendment to the Texas Public Accountancy Act And even more info! Angie Button, also a CPA.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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How to fix the crumbing talent pipeline in the accounting profession is a topic on the minds of many people these days. And it popped up at a session during the first day of the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, on Tuesday. You don’t have to be a CPA. It’s not glamorous.

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How to address growing skills gap for sales tax compliance

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According to published reports , fewer than 100,000 people take the certified public accountant exam each year; about half fail. University enrollment in accounting courses is also dropping. Both the number of candidates and the number of those who passed has also fallen in recent years.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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Nationally Ranked Accounting Firm Welcomes New Forensic and Litigation Principal Windham Brannon , an INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm, recently welcomed Kevin Bennett as a Principal for the firm’s Forensic and Litigation Services practice in October 2023. David Winter, Ga. Denise Zaharoff, Ga.

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

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note: the following is penned by Bob Jennings CPA, EA for his Taxspeaker.com newsletter. These businesses have their financial advisory needs served by hundreds of thousands of small firm accountants and CPAs nationwide. According to the SBA , small business generates about 44% of GDP in America and 2/3 of new jobs annually.

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Yale Grad and Grant Thornton Lawyer Argues The Case For an Undergraduate Accounting Program at Yale

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2010) has penned an article for Yale Daily News that argues — quite well — why Yale needs an accounting program. There’s nothing wrong with the trades, in fact if you do the math many plumbers make more per hour than early-career public accountants (ouch again). Accounting is a trade.” That resume tho.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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AICPA Shares Plan to Strengthen Accounting Pipeline According to the American Institute of CPAs ‘ 2023 Trends Report, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% CPA firms of all sizes and practice types could choose to recruit entry-level hires into the program.

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