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Another New Jersey University Debuts Another Work-For-150 Program

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About a year and a half after Saint Peter’s University and PwC announced a fresh new partnership to allow accounting grads to get their 150 units for CPA licensure through work experience, Rider University in Lawrence Township, New Jersey has announced their own twist on work-for-credit.

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New Jersey Society of CPAs Announces CPA Exam Lottery Winners

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The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants has awarded 10 of its members $750 each towards their CPA Exam fee costs. Phan Avrohom Sokol, Fairleigh Dickinson University “It’s a rewarding experience to be able to give back to the next generation of accountants and assist them in their journey to become a CPA.

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Integrating Experience and Education is One Way to Ease the Accountant Shortage at Least a Little

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There’s a contentious battle raging over the 150 unit requirement for CPA licensure as we speak and in the meantime we have to figure something out to ease the accountant shortage that has a bit more immediate impact (and doesn’t involve paying people more because clearly the firms are not down with that idea).

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Withum Turns 50

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The New Jersey accounting firm formerly known as WithumSmith+Brown got a nice little write-up in ROI-NJ for turning 50 on March 21, go read it if you want to find out what year Withum reached $100 million in revenue (2014). We hear 50 is the new 40. Happy birthday to them!

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State CPA Society News & Updates – June 2023

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At Mazars, she specializes in accounting and auditing for transportation and logistics. Their energy and drive for the accounting profession is something we support and want to highlight at the NJCPA,” said Aiysha (AJ) Johnson, MA, IOM, CEO and executive director at the NJCPA. We could not be prouder of these two emerging leaders.

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Rumor Mill: Two Top 35 Accounting Firms (One In the Top 15) Are In Merger Talks (UPDATE: Friedman and Marcum Merger Official)

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[UPDATE on May 3] The news we broke last week (scroll down) came to fruition today, as the merger between Friedman and Marcum is now official. 15 by Accounting Today) and Friedman (ranked No. We’ll continue to update this article if we get any new information. The merger of Marcum (ranked No. I don’t know anything else.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Deloitte Goes Big in Boston; Advisory Readies For Pain | 7.10.23

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New to Crain’s top 25 is New York-based KPMG. The audit, tax and advisory services firm reported a 6.4% Other leading accounting firms such as New York-based Deloitte and Ernst & Young also reported upticks in their Chicago headcounts. increase in its Chicago workforce, with 2,863 local employees.

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