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

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But they also overwhelming said it’s boring, it’s stuffy, you do taxes or audit. That’s it, you sit at a desk all day and crunch numbers, and that’s not true either, particularly if you’re in public accounting or doing consulting work for clients. There’s a lot more to it than doing audit and tax.

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AICPA and CIMA Accepting Applications for Accounting Educator Awards

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Winning this award was an honor,” said Holly Hawk, PhD, CPA, CGMA, clinical assistant professor at Clemson University, and winner of the 2023 George Krull/Grant Thornton Edge in Teaching Award for her senior-level internal audit IT tests project. “My

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AICPA Announces the Winner of the George Krull/Grant Thornton EDGE in Teaching Award

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The award recognizes successful leading-edge practices in the teaching of junior- or senior-level accounting courses that continue to enhance accounting majors’ interest in accounting and to encourage pursuing the CPA profession as a career.

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Research: Why Students — Particularly Diverse Ones — Aren’t Pursuing Accounting

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The Center for Audit Quality — the AICPA-affiliated “nonpartisan public policy organization serving as the voice of U.S. Broken out by demographics, even higher rates of Black and Hispanic students say they considered accounting before choosing a different field of study.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Principia College and completed accounting courses at the University of Missouri (St.

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

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The need for formal financial statements is rare because lenders realize the high cost of audited financials is not beneficial to either party, so usually a tax return or basic prepared or compiled financial statement is provided. auditing requirements in its component audits of U.S. June 28, 2022. This is not a bad thing.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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With over 200 firms expressing interest and an initial partnership through Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement, the pilot is open to students who are employed with a participating employer and have completed a bachelor’s degree and core accounting courses.

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