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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, pass all four sections on their first attempt and have completed testing in 2022.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

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FT dropped this over the weekend : Candidate numbers for US accountancy exams drop to lowest in 17 years New figures from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants showed the shortage of CPA candidates that has plagued the profession in recent years worsened in 2022, dashing hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic.

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As CPA Canada’s Collaboration Accord Fails to Collaborate, Who Gets the Profession’s Credibility in the Divorce?

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We should have written about this months ago but didn’t get around to it, there’s some new news so let’s get to the backstory and what’s happening next with the various CPA bodies of Canada. TL;DR: CPA Ontario and CPA Quebec want to break up with CPA Canada. Y’all are familiar with those.

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Layoff Watch ’24: The Canadian Version of the AICPA Cuts One Fifth of Its Workforce

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TLDR: CPA Canada is laying off 20 percent of its workforce because CPA Ontario and CPA Quebec are exiting the organization and taking their many members with them. Last year, CPA Ontario and CPA Quebec decided they were going to split off from the CPA Canada national body. CFE = their CPA exam.

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AICPA Honors 11 Forensic and Valuation Professionals

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2023 Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year – Natalya Abdrasilova, CPA/ABV Natalya has been working in the public accounting arena for twenty years, providing forensic, valuation, litigation, and tax services across various industries and testifying on a variety of valuation and litigation matters. in Westmont, N.J. Nowlin, Jr.,

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Friday Footnotes: Burner Phones For Big 4 Firms; Mandatory Unpaid Leave Rumors; CISOs Hate on CPAs | 12.1.23

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Chartered* accountancy? Chartered Accountancy. As they study for the CPA exam, move to their first apartments, and navigate their early careers, they get to witness how “leading with love” and compassion can bolster their professional journeys. [ Forbes ] This is an ad, right? And where was the fact-checker?

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AICPA Honors 11 Forensic and Valuation Professionals

CPA Practice

2023 Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year – Natalya Abdrasilova, CPA/ABV Natalya has been working in the public accounting arena for twenty years, providing forensic, valuation, litigation, and tax services across various industries and testifying on a variety of valuation and litigation matters. in Westmont, N.J. Nowlin, Jr.,