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State CPA Society News & Updates – Dec. 2023

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State CPA Society News & Updates is a round-up of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. The webinar is free for West Virginia Society of CPAs members, who can register here. The webinar, which will take place over Zoom, on January 24, 2024.

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ATA CPAs + Advisors Merges in Memphis Firm Whitehorn Tankersley & Davis

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Top 200 accounting firm ATA CPAs + Advisors has expanded its presence in western Tennessee after combining with Memphis-based Whitehorn Tankersley & Davis PLLC on Jan. With this merger, ATA now has 240 employees and 16 locations across four states—Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

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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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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

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Two Mississippi State University grads were recognized for getting the highest CPA exam scores in their state : Karis Pannel, of Tupleo’s Byrne Zizzi CPAs, received the MSCPA’s Fred T. We are very proud of Karis and Gelsey and their performance on the CPA exam,” said MSU College of Business Dean Scott Grawe. Dead silence.

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Friday Footnotes: A CPA Grindset We Can Get Behind; The Klynveld Krypto Team; Firms Still Desperate (For People) | 6.24.22

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Over on Reddit, u/Ostinato6 is cranking out a CPA Grindset series: And then there’s this. ” ‘My heritage has deeply influenced my career’ [ CPA Canada ] Three Indigenous CPAs share their career insights, the fulfillment they experience working within their communities and the impact of the designation. .

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

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Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. The report says CPAs are generally paid more than non-CPAs, but the pay gap between the two shrinks when moving from entry-level to the manager level.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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Jackson’s Internal Audit Division disbanded [ WLBT ] A city the size of Jackson, Mississippi no longer has an Internal Audit Division, which operated under the mayor’s administration. Nelson & Nelson CPAs is the oldest existing accounting firm established in South Dakota. noted in a 2017 CPA Journal article.

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