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Friday Footnotes: PwC Slashes Partner Class; Accounting Firm Rescues Dog; Do We Still Need CPAs? | 4.19.24

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S.

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Aprio Merges in Texas Accounting Firm Ridout Barrett & Co.

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Top 30 accounting firm Aprio has expanded into Texas after merging with San Antonio-based Ridout Barrett & Co. CPAs & Advisors (RBC). Founded in 1986, RBC has deep experience providing accounting and business consulting services to its clients, especially those in the construction and real estate industries.

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State CPA Societies in Action: The Texas Society of CPAs (TXCPA)

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One of the oldest and largest societies in the United States, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants or TXCPA currently has 28,000 members. Founded in 1915, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA) provides a wide array of professional resources for CPAs.

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Texas Close to Allowing CPA Candidates to Test with 120 Credits

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The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would lower the eligibility requirement for CPA candidates to sit for the CPA exam from 150 semester credit hours to 120. The bill now advances to the Texas House of Representatives for a vote. Thank you to @electcharles , the TX Senate & Lt.

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Two Texas CPA Firms to Join Forces Next Year

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Houston-based accounting and advisory firm abip CPAs & Advisors and San Antonio-based accounting firm Brehm, Havel & Co. A regional firm with a national reach, abip has more than 100 professionals in offices based in Houston, San Antonio, New Braunfels, and the Woodlands. will merge effective Jan.

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CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline

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As the accounting profession continues to grapple with a shortage of new CPAs and fewer accounting graduates , an independent national advisory group has published six draft recommendations in a new report on what the profession can do to restock its pipeline with young talent.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Messing with Texas Costs EY $3 Million; CPA Says Blame Yourself, Not Your CPA | 11.13.23

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In case you missed it and weren’t reading accounting news on the weekend which I sincerely hope you weren’t because that makes me sad for you if you were: FORVIS may be announcing a big merger soon. And EY news from elsewhere: the Texas Board of Accountancy has fined EY $3 million for cheating.

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