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The Beef Between the AICPA and Minnesota Over the 150 Hour Rule Heats Up

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Except in the case of 90s rapper beefs, Tupac and Biggie were equally popular stars whereas in this case the AICPA encompasses the entirety of the profession in the United States versus Minnesota CPAs and the society that serves them. CPAs would need to hold multiple licenses and incur additional expenses.

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Now the Profession Is Losing Experienced Accountants Too

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The job security and the ability to have a comfortable life motivated me at first,” said Khokhar, who served as a senior accountant at two construction firms and senior auditor at an accounting firm. The AICPA often cites that the large pool of retiring Baby Boomers will leave a gaping hole in the supply of experienced CPAs.”

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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The combination of too few professionals and high demand is pushing firm leaders to merge up, outsource tax work and hire non-CPAs, among other strategies. But the rising high school senior from Flossmoor, Illinois, heard about a well-paid summer internship at KPMG, which included a $250 clothing stipend, and got excited.

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Monday Afternoon Accounting News Brief: Stop Calling It an Audit; Deloitters Clean Up Some Trash | 8.21.23

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This week I’ll be covering the Illinois CPA Society SUMMIT23 so if you want to keep up with all that from the comfort of your home or office go on Twitter. I’m not an auditor, either by training or current profession, and I’m not here to write about how audits work. Anyway, the news. I’ll leave this to my audit colleagues.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

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Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. These issues were apparently not glaring enough for the company’s auditor, however.” Tingo paid $1.6 in 2021/22.

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Friday Footnotes: Accountant Shortage Ramps Up Work Pressure; Celebrities’ Trusted CPAs; ERC Reverse Card | 12.8.23

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Pipeline The AICPA and NASBA’s Inadequate Response to Reaching 150 Hours [ CPA Journal ] The 150-hour requirement is a considerable barrier for students wanting to become a CPA or considering accounting as a major, even if it is not the dominant barrier. hours), and quality of work performed as leading barriers.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The EY Executive Who Never Was; Deloitte Doesn’t Get in Trouble | 10.9.23

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Both CPAs, Mike Gibson is a retired audit partner and his wife Kristy worked at EY too, now she runs a recruiting firm. Shareholders needed to be able to trust financial reports that have been signed off by an auditor, the association’s chief executive, Rachel Waterhouse, told the inquiry on Friday. “We

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