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AICPA News – June 2025

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AICPA Announces Retirement of Carl Peterson, Longtime Advocate for Small CPA Firms The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) recently announced that Carl Peterson, vice president of small firm interests, will retire June 30. Some 297 business schools worldwide provided responses representing 1,090 programs.

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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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Rather, how dueling factions within the profession are fighting for and against keeping it as the only option to CPA licensure. Companies, not just CPA firms, are struggling to fill senior accountant roles and jobs for accountants with three to five years of experience. This has been my challenge with Minnesota.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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Day will join the FASB from Ernst & Young LLP (EY), the global accounting and professional services firm, where he is a partner working in Professional Practice. Mr. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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This was the brave part of the statement PwC boss Kevin Burrowes made on Wednesday as he announced another 366 partners and employees would be cut at the embattled firm to right-size the shrinking business. a company obtains milk from a dairy farm processor; the auditors audit the processor but not the dairy that supplies the milk).

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Friday Footnotes: Private Equity DGAF; Controllers Reflect on Their Future Skill Set; PCAOB Does Something | 9.27.24

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | September 26, 2024 Audit PCAOB Sanctions Five Audit Firms for Violations Related to Audit Committee Communications or Reporting Requirements [ PCAOB ] The PCAOB imposes censures, $165,000 in total fines, and remedial undertakings that include training and improvement of policies and procedures.

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

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The strategic acquisition also encompasses Mueller dotKonnect, a business process outsourcing firm specializing in finance, accounting, tax and payroll functions. Brentwood-based LBMC, a business consulting and financial services firm, will welcome Louisville-based accounting firm Strothman & Co under its family of companies.

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Wealth Management Firm Buys BerganKDV in ‘First of Its Kind’ Deal

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A wealth management firm, which had more than $210 billion in combined assets under management and advisement as of Dec. 31, 2022, went shopping recently and bought itself one of the 100 largest accounting firms in the U.S. 3 on Barron’s Top 100 Registered Investment Advisor Firms for 2022 , acquired St.