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

Going Concern

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!

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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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The Face of Forensic Accounting

FraudFiles

When you need to find lost or hidden money, forensic accountant Tracy Coenen is the detective you want on your side. Consider her a financial crime fighter: part accountant, part fraud investigator. Tracy utilizes background checks, spreadsheets, and financial paper trails to trace money through a complex web of entities and accounts.

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

CPA Practice

How to fix the crumbing talent pipeline in the accounting profession is a topic on the minds of many people these days. Jackie Cardello During the panel discussion, “Accounting Across Generations: Assessing the Current State of the Industry,” the question, “What do we have to change to rebuild the talent pipeline in the accounting profession?”

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How to address growing skills gap for sales tax compliance

TaxConnex

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. The shortage starts at the highest level of tax compliance and trickles down.

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

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These businesses have their financial advisory needs served by hundreds of thousands of small firm accountants and CPAs nationwide. Small business has unique needs for accounting services: primarily tax and advising, and secondarily day-to-day accounting needs to act as de-facto controllers and decision makers.

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Texas Close to Allowing CPA Candidates to Test with 120 Credits

CPA Practice

There has been much debate in certain corners of the accounting profession lately about whether the 150-hour rule for CPA licensure has contributed to the pipeline of accountants drying up in recent years —that and the subpar starting pay in public accounting and the long hours required to work, especially during busy season.

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