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Does the 150 Hour Rule Provide Value to the Profession or to Students as Future CPAs? No, Says Professor

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Big 4 alum and professor of accounting and finance at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota Boz Bostrom has penned a piece for the MNCPA blog on why, in his opinion and supported by research, the 150 hour rule must change. This has been my challenge with Minnesota.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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With the backing of several partners, the savvy accounting professional established skills training firm Hustle Singapore in 2022, and ran it so successfully, the team expanded to 20-strong in a year. Many in finance are looking to take on senior roles in MNCs and eventually become CFO,” she says. “My My path is different.

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150 Hour Rule: Let’s Keep Arguing About What Color the Drapes Should Be While the House is Burning Down

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Let’s note here quickly that many of the “anti-150” folks aren’t lobbying to abolish it completely but to offer alternative pathways such as Minnesota’s proposal to create a second pathway to licensure that would require 120 units of education and two years of experience. We needed to take some action.”

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CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline

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The students are working through the universities and accounting firms to be able to get structured experience, so to speak, that fulfills the criteria with the right oversight and allows the credits to be on a transcript for the college,” Kessler told CPA Practice Advisor in an interview. The three concepts NPAG recommends are: 1. “The

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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In 2020, he left the high-flying world of finance behind to become a high school math teacher, taking a considerable pay cut in the process. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls), to provide an alternative pathway to obtaining certified public accountant licensure.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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AICPA & CIMA Now Offers New Learning Tools for Accounting Professionals The AICPA & CIMA recently announced the offering of anew online learning platform to help accounting and finance professionals improve and update their skills to take advantage of a digital accelerating business environment.

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AICPA News – Dec. 2023

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AICPA & CIMA Registers First 100 Apprentices and Signs 17 Employers to Apprenticeship Program in Inaugural Year The AICPA & CIMA recently announced that it has registered over 100 apprentices in its Registered Apprenticeship for Finance Business Partners program within the inaugural year of the program.

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