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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

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” California Program Offers Black Students Path to Accounting [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Black students in California can prepare for and take the certified public accountant or certified management accountant exam for free under a pilot program that aims to help diversify the accounting profession.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal.

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Growing From $225K to $100M By Focusing on Execution | FREE BOOK OFFER

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Gary Shamis, Principal at Winding River Consulting, has had an accomplished career in accounting, developing his dad’s bookkeeping firm from $225,000 to roughly $100 million. He built the 37th biggest CPA firm in the country before merging SS&G, Inc. Master of Accountancy, The Ohio State University B.S.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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Denise Buettner, Ohio Frank Calise, Ariz. Shane Kamban, Ohio Joanne Kopanski, N.C. Calvetti Ferguson introduces new partner Calvetti Ferguson, a nationally recognized middle-market CPA firm, has proudly introduced Nicholas McClay as their newest partner in Nashville. Daniel Blamer, Mich. Edward Bonaccorsi II, Mass.

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Professionals on the Move – May 2024

CPA Practice

Ecroyd has split her career between in-house roles and public accounting at local and international firms. Bar, and Ohio Bar, and is authorized to present in front of the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Tax Court. He received his L.L.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and J.D.

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Friday Footnotes: Working 100 Hours a Week (For Real); 99% of Firms Short on Staff; The EY Power Struggle | 8.4.23

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Less than 1% of firms can find enough staff [ Accounting Today ] Relatively few CPA firms are able to find enough employees to fill their ranks and are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven’t graduated college, according to a new survey.

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Professionals on the Move: Sept 2023

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LLP (Los Angeles, CA, USA – TIAG); Ray Polantz; Cohen & Company (Ohio, USA – TIAG) Felipe Pestana of Grupo Planus (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – TIAG); and Paul Tauber of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP (San Francisco, CA, USA – TAGLaw). Uhl joined BNN in 2022, after spending several years at a Massachusetts- based CPA firm.