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

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INSIDE Public Accounting Releases Its Annual Rankings and Analysis of the Nation’s Largest, Fast-Growing Public Accounting Firms [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] “The labor shortage is a major driver behind the behavior of the IPA 100 firms,” says Charles Hylan, managing director at The Growth Partnership, IPA’s parent company.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA®) recently announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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This is according to the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), which surveyed 449 employers and 433 accounting and finance employees last summer and released its results last month. Vacancies fell across all accounting firms in the UK in 2023, but the decrease was less dramatic, at 23%. Year-on-year growth of 16.4%, including 13.3%

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Says Stop ERC Fearmongering; Deloitte Cussed Out For ‘Grueling Culture’; Worst Books Ever | 2.23.24

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An EY audit shows that KPMG investigated the wrong Paladin entity,” O’Neill told officials from Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, an oversight body. Illinois, where four of the last ten governors have gone to prison. That is in the 19-story KPMG Plaza.

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Friday Footnotes: Looking Elsewhere For Talent; MPs Talk Private Equity Concerns; The Burnout Queen | 8.25.23

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Firm Watch Baker Tilly Names Adam Grinde Illinois Managing Partner [ Business Wire ] Grinde succeeds Thomas Walker who transitioned to a regional leadership role as managing partner – Central U.S. ” Grinde will provide leadership, management and strategic direction to grow the firm’s Illinois market. effective June 1.

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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

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CPA Tom Janney Announces Retirement [ WJLE ] Local stories like these are so cute. Longtime local CPA Tom Janney has announced his retirement from the tax and accounting side of Janney & Associates, CPAs, PC, a business he started in 1992 but sold to another firm fourteen months ago. Happy trails, Tom!