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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

Going Concern

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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Friday Footnotes: New Managers Share Wisdom; KPMG Praised??; PwC Creeps Leave | 7.22.22

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Global Rulemakers Say It’s Time to Fix Goodwill Accounting [ Bloomberg Tax ] The International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday that it would decide whether to change the rules covering acquisition accounting at its next meeting. Happy Friday to you too, Tax Twitter. Happy Friday.

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Guidelines For Deducting Conference and Training Expenses

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Eg, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants would have to hold the qualifying event somewhere in Canada otherwise the deduction might be denied. For example an accountant who takes courses on a specific area in tax or a programmer who decides to learn a complementary programming language.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

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Hot (pun intended) on Reddit today: NASBA, AICPA, Prometric Expand International CPA Examination Testing Locations [ NASBA ] NASBA, AICPA, and Prometric announce qualified Uniform CPA Examination candidates applying to participating jurisdictions will have the option of testing at any international location where the CPA Exam is currently offered.

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Friday Footnotes: Look What You Did, PwC; No Lakehouse This Year; India Wants Its Own Big 4 | 5.3.24

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That PwC Thing Senate caravan not moving on from PwC [ The Mandarin ] Accounting firm PwC Australia has still a lot of work to do before it can move on from the tax leaks scandal, according to two members of a Senate committee looking into government procurement. Practice The PCPS CPA Firm Top Issues Survey is open!

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AICPA News – June 2023

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The coalition includes the following organizations: AICPA Latino Tax Pros National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. NSBCPA) National Society of Tax Professionals (NSTP) Padgett Business Services The Diverse Organization of Firms (DOF) H&R Block Prosperity Now. in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.