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AICPA and CIMA Accepting Applications for Accounting Educator Awards

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The AICPA & CIMA have opened the application period for the EDGE in Teaching Awards and Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award. As the profession grapples with a talent shortage, the AICPA & CIMA are committed to boosting the pipeline of talented, passionate professionals entering accounting.

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CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline

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After formally presenting its six recommendations that address the accounting talent shortage at AICPA Council next week, NPAG will issue a final report in July that includes the results of its survey of students, employers, and other stakeholders in the profession. Coffey told CPA Practice Advisor.

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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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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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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.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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Meanwhile, 60% of firms surveyed reported that they expected to have the same or higher number of CPAs on staff in 2023 compared to 2022. As firm leaders, community advocates, educators, and mentors, members play a vital role in strengthening the pipeline. The customizable program is not an internship or an apprenticeship.

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