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HBK Merges in New York CPA Firm Zapken & Loeb

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Top 50 accounting firm HBK CPAs & Consultants has combined with Zapken & Loeb, a Woodbury, NY-based 70-person CPA firm that provides accounting and business consulting services to business owners, executives, and independent professionals. The merger became official on Nov.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Talent How Can the Accounting Profession Attract a Diverse Generation Z? [ Attracting and retaining these diverse young workers thus represents the next great challenge for firms.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

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So customers have filed more than a half-dozen proposed class actions against the NFL’s Tom Brady, accounting firm Prager Metis and Bankman-Fried as an individual, among others. 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints released [ Journal of Accountancy ]. Challenges And Opportunities For Accounting Departments In 2023 [ Forbes ].

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Dean Dorton and VonLehman to Combine on Jan. 1

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It’s not quite a “ mega merger ,” but a top 100 CPA firm and a top 200 CPA firm will be merging on Jan. Dean Dorton, based in Lexington, KY, and VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm, based in Fort Wright, KY, announced their marriage on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Dean Dorton.)

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Eide Bailly and Apple Growth Partners to Join Forces Next Month

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One hundred and twenty-five staff and 24 partners from top 300 accounting firm Apple Growth Partners will join Fargo, ND-based Eide Bailly on June 24, expanding the top 20 firm’s footprint across the Great Lakes region. We could tell immediately that both firms really meant what we said and would be a great fit.”

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What Private Equity Means for Accounting Firms: Thought Leaders Explore Pros and Cons

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In the past several decades, few topics have driven as much conversation among accounting professionals and firm leaders as has ongoing private equity investment in firms. This phenomenon has caused the profession to rethink the very model of firm ownership, success, partnership and hierarchy.

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The 150-Hour Rule: A Case of Quantity Over Quality

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note: the following was submitted as a letter to the editor by William Hahn, CPA (Florida and Ohio). One CPA candidate is able to meet the 150-hour requirement by using dual enrollment credits earned five years ago while still in high school. One CPA candidate might take this online course while another takes the 15-week course.

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