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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

Going Concern

In it the author covers their introduction to accounting, the impact the pandemic had on their goals, and the all too familiar feeling of watching your peers make buckets of money in other careers while you grind away in public. ” When I was a junior in high school, I took my first accounting class. I loved the class.

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State CPA Society News & Updates – September 2023

CPA Practice

The Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants or WICPA has announced a series of upcoming conferences including the following: Business & Industry Fall Conference – September 18, 2023 at the Brookfield Conference Center in Brookfield, Wisconsin, which will be livestreamed for those not able to attend the conference in person.

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New National Research on CPA Pipeline Challenges Underway

CPA Practice

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), in partnership with the Center for Accounting Transformation (the Center) and a coalition of other stakeholders, is launching a new, national survey to gain fresh insight into what’s driving the decline in individuals pursuing the certified public accountant (CPA) credential.

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AICPA Announces 2023 Leadership Academy Graduates

CPA Practice

The Leadership Academy features career-development workshops and sessions with some of the accounting profession’s most prominent leaders, which this year included AICPA Chair Okorie Ramsey, CPA, CGMA, PMP, NACD.DC; and AICPA President and CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA. This year’s class included representatives from 25 states.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Jeri Beckham, Texas Joan Bengford, Iowa Velma Bjorgum, N.D. Jody Ehlers, Iowa Erick Enriquez, N.J. James Gobeli, Iowa Melissa Gourgues, La. Bennett brings more than 25 years of experience working with companies and their counsel to conduct corporate investigations involving fraud and forensic accounting. Wanda Delong, Va.

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AICPA News – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

The Registered Apprenticeship for Finance Business is the nation’s first-of-its-type program for accounting and finance that is dedicated to establishing a pipeline of highly engaged candidates that allows employers to monitor and develop more skilled, diverse, and long-term employees.

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AICPA News – Jan. 2024

CPA Practice

The Registered Apprenticeship for Finance Business is the nation’s first-of-its-type program for accounting and finance that is dedicated to establishing a pipeline of highly engaged candidates that allows employers to monitor and develop more skilled, diverse, and long-term employees.

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