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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

CPA Practice

“The one who did choose accounting, obviously we didn’t ask this question, but to the others we asked: Why didn’t you choose accounting? Pretty much overwhelmingly they said it was because you have to have an accounting degree and a CPA, which isn’t true. Firms are looking at non-traditional hires and non-CPAs.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

The AACSB only accredits those schools providing the Big 4 demanded curricula, eliminating from accreditation any school offering alternative small-business accounting education tracks to the exclusion of nearly ½ of American businesses. Before I address this problem, here are a few headlines about the people that make the rules.

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