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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.

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AICPA and CIMA Accepting Applications for Accounting Educator Awards

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Educators are vital partners in this shared goal of providing the highest quality accounting education and learning opportunities to future accountants. “It My goal has always been to get students excited about accounting, while preparing them to the best of my ability to be the best accountants they can be.

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Research: Why Students — Particularly Diverse Ones — Aren’t Pursuing Accounting

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The Center for Audit Quality — the AICPA-affiliated “nonpartisan public policy organization serving as the voice of U.S. Broken out by demographics, even higher rates of Black and Hispanic students say they considered accounting before choosing a different field of study. the 150 credit hour requirement).

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AICPA Announces the Winner of the George Krull/Grant Thornton EDGE in Teaching Award

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CPA, CGMA, as the recipient of the George Krull/Grant Thornton EDGE in Teaching Award for 2023. The EDGE in Teaching Award, established by the AICPA in partnership with Grant Thornton, celebrates educators who show excellence in accounting education, dynamic teaching, groundbreaking techniques, and engagement in the classroom.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Principia College and completed accounting courses at the University of Missouri (St. In his previous role as a market leader at EY, Nicholas established and built a dedicated business unit for the financial services industry in Nashville.

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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. The need for formal financial statements is rare because lenders realize the high cost of audited financials is not beneficial to either party, so usually a tax return or basic prepared or compiled financial statement is provided. June 28, 2022.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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With over 200 firms expressing interest and an initial partnership through Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement, the pilot is open to students who are employed with a participating employer and have completed a bachelor’s degree and core accounting courses.

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