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Alaska Becomes the Latest State to Offer an Alternate CPA Pathway, With No Help From the Governor

Going Concern

Good news for all you 150 haters out there: Aspiring CPAs in the great state of Alaska now have the option to go for 120 units of education and two years of experience for licensure. Alaska joins handfuls of other states already with this law in place or on their way to making it official. You can do the math from there.

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What’s new in sales tax?

TaxConnex

The five-letter acronym stands for the states without a statewide sales tax – New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware – and two of those states might be leaving the group sooner than later. The company ultimately paid $2 million in unpaid tax liabilities under various disclosures to 39 states, reports say.

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Special Report: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

CPA Practice

From tax prep to asset management, invoicing and portals, and auditing to remote CFO functions, the services the accounting and tax pros provide are dependent on the technologies they use. The awards highlight the most useful technology for firms and clients.

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Tech news: Taxfyle rolls out AI tool for small tax pros

Accounting Today

Taxfyle rolls out TXF Intelligence for smaller practitioners Tax solutions provider Taxfyle announced the release of its new TXF Intelligence product, a generative AI tool built to automate and streamline tax return preparation for small tax and accounting firms in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Former IRS Chief Goes to Work For Company Raided By the IRS; India Still Hoping to Be Big 5 | 6.9.25

Going Concern

First, a Reuters story : Crete Professionals Alliance, an accounting platform backed by Thrive Capital, plans to invest over $500 million to acquire U.S.-based based accounting firms in the next two years, and equip them with OpenAI-powered artificial intelligence technology to boost efficiency, company executives told Reuters.

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Senate Reconciliation of Beautiful Bill: Key Changes in Latest Draft

Insightful Accountant

While the bill is shorter overall, it now contains more sections due to new community development provisions, particularly targeting Alaska-specific tax issues. A residential construction accounting exception was also added to the community development section.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Consulting Firm Going All In on AI; KPMG Finds Out Which Country Is Most AI Illiterate | 6.23.25

Going Concern

Said Journal of Accountancy on Friday : The Senate parliamentarian’s office ruled that a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to defund the PCAOB and transfer its activities to the SEC isn’t permissible. As you may have heard, the PCAOB’s nervous sweating dried up a bit last week. trillion under the old method.