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Here Are the 40 Elijah Watt Sells Award Winners for 2023

CPA Practice

They deserve the heartiest of congratulations for their achievement, and we at the AICPA look forward to supporting these accountants as they continue on to a bright future in the profession.” Ryan Durbin , Texas, KPMG in Dallas. Yesenia Garcia , Texas, Calvetti Ferguson in San Antonio. Chris Hudson , Texas, KPMG in Houston.

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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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Victoria Saravia Bazoberry (New York), a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accountancy, is employed with KPMG LLP in New York, NY. Sells, one of the first CPAs in the U.S., was active in the establishment of the AICPA and played a key role in advancing education within the profession.

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Accounting Professors Receive Honors from Illinois CPA Society

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The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has presented its Outstanding Educator Award to two Illinois accounting faculty as part of its 2023 awards program. Accounting educators are instrumental in stewarding the next generation of leaders into the profession,” says Geoffrey Brown, CAE, president and CEO. Madeline K. Trimble, Ph.D.,

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FASB Names Three New Members to Its Small Business Advisory Committee

CPA Practice

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ) has added three new members to its Small Business Advisory Committee ( SBAC ), effective immediately.

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Grant Thornton Appoints New Leaders to Audit Quality & Risk Leadership Team

CPA Practice

In this role, Decker will be responsible for leading the firm’s various professional practices, including Accounting Principles, Independence, SEC Regulatory Matters and the Professional Practice Director group. Having joined Grant Thornton in 1997, Decker has more than 25 years of financial reporting, accounting and auditing experience.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Capping Busy Season Hours FTW; Open the Books on Audit Firms? | 4.15.24

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In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. But what about the books of the auditor?

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Changes in 2024 CPA Exam Put Technology Front and Center

CPA Practice

The Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination (CPA Exam) is regularly updated to reflect enhancements to accounting and auditing standards as well as tax laws and regulations — and to improve the efficiency of the exam. What do the 2024 CPA Exam changes mean for accounting practices? You have to sell them.”