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State CPA Societies in Action: Alabama Society of CPAs

CPA Practice

[ State CPA Societies in Action is a series of articles spotlighting the varied educational, advocacy, networking and professional activities of the state CPA societies across the U.S.] The Alabama Society of CPAs was formed in 1919 and adopted its recent bylaws on June 25, 1975, with the last revision completed on March 1, 2018.

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Jackson Thornton Adds MST CPAs & Advisors

CPA Practice

Top 200 accounting firm Jackson Thornton acquired fellow Montgomery, AL-based firm MST CPAs & Advisors, effective March 1. Michael Shaw, MST provides consulting, tax, and accounting services to small and midsized businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout Central Alabama. Founded in 2014 by Jeremiah Moreland and W.

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The wild classes CPAs take for their 150 hours

Accounting Today

From Alabama dinosaurs to pickleball, accountants have studied some unusual things to fulfill their education requirement.

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New National Research on CPA Pipeline Challenges Underway

CPA Practice

“The profession is aligning on the approaches necessary to help stem the tide and ultimately reverse the negative CPA talent pipeline trend we’re collectively facing,” says Geoffrey Brown, CAE, ICPAS president and CEO.

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BMSS Brings on CPA Firm Haddox Reid Eubank Betts

CPA Practice

Top 200 accounting firm BMSS Advisors & CPAs has combined with Haddox Reid Eubank Betts, a Ridgeland, MS-based CPA and advisory firm. Consolidated under the BMSS name, the combined firm has 32 partners and 125 CPAs for approximately 325 employees in total. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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AICPA Forms Advisory Group to Create Strategy to Address CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has formed an advisory group representing a broad spectrum of the accounting profession that will help shape a national strategy to address the profession’s talent shortage, including accounting students who go on to obtain a CPA license.

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AICPA Requests IRS Broaden Relief and Automatically Provide Postponed Date Lookback Period Allowing Tax Credits or Refunds for All Disasters

CPA Practice

The letter highlights a recent example, noting that the IRS recently extended tax deadlines to October 16 for disaster area taxpayers in California, Alabama, and Georgia. Taxpayers impacted by these and other disasters should also have the benefit of the lookback period being aligned with the postponed return filing due date.

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