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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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AICPA News – Nov. 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The program allows UMCS students to kickstart their careers by developing their accounting, finance, and business skills and earning prestigious professional qualifications alongside their university studies.

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

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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) considers these to be equivalent college credit hours. While CPA firms continue to have difficulty finding and retaining qualified accountants, the NASBA continues to defend the 150-hour rule. Clearly, they are not. This Act sets forth three pillars of equivalency.

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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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150 Hour Rule: Let’s Keep Arguing About What Color the Drapes Should Be While the House is Burning Down

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Amanda Iacone at Bloomberg Tax has written the accounting niche’s 1,735th article about the accountant shortage and this time, as is often the case, the focus is 150 hours. Rather, how dueling factions within the profession are fighting for and against keeping it as the only option to CPA licensure.

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AICPA News – Dec. 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. The program is built on the globally rigorous CGMA Finance Leadership Program leading to the award of the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. companies who hold executive and senior management accounting roles.

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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

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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. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Indeed, trust is not built on mitigating risks alone. million from the federal government.

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