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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

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As accountants and CPAs, dealing with payroll taxes is essential to managing finances for your business clients. As an accountant or CPA, you play a vital role in: Calculating and withholding taxes correctly. Your client will be assigned an employer tax account number for the state. By Nellie Akalp.

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

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The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, pass all four sections on their first attempt and have completed testing in 2022.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Every Day Is Fools’ Day For Some Accounting Employers; McKinsey Now Paying People to Leave | 4.1.24

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Business Insider wrote about the accountant shortage, specifically Tupperware griping in regulatory filings that it can’t find enough people (again): The accountant shortage is so bad that companies are delaying filing key mandatory reports. A lot of this work that we’re doing is, I’d call it forensic accounting,” Cipriano said.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. The coalition includes the following organizations: AICPA Latino Tax Pros National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50

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Nonprofit Group Morally Opposed to Diversity Accuses PwC of Being Unlawfully Woke

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.” First, the press release : Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality sent a cease and desist letter to the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) demanding they stop using racial preferences in hiring and internship programs. The accounting profession has long been accused of being too white.

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