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Effective September 1, You Can Sit For the CPA Exam in Texas With 120 Units

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Effective September 1, future CPAs can sit for the exam with 120 units of education. The Public Accountancy Act (effective September 1, 2023) and Board Rules require that you meet the new education requirements to take the CPA Exam. Charles Perry, a practicing CPA from Lubbock, and Rep.

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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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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. Smaller firms cannot pay competitive salaries because the graduates must be expensively retrained in small business accounting needs. According to the SBA , small business generates about 44% of GDP in America and 2/3 of new jobs annually.

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Yale Grad and Grant Thornton Lawyer Argues The Case For an Undergraduate Accounting Program at Yale

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There’s nothing wrong with the trades, in fact if you do the math many plumbers make more per hour than early-career public accountants (ouch again). When I told Dr. Anderson, first he said, “There’s no better training for a lawyer than accounting. A CPA-attorney will never have trouble finding work.”

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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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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. Gov Patrick for passing one of TXCPAs priority legislation items of this session, which will help fuel the CPA pipeline. On to the House!!

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