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Stacking CPA and CMA Credentials Is an Investment for a Career-Long Payoff

CPA Practice

If you’re planning a career in the world of accounting or finance, two distinctions have the branding impact and bench strength you need. Invest your time and effort into stacking the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) letters behind your name.

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AICPA Names New Fellowship After Barry Melancon

CPA Practice

The Fellowship aims to initially support doctoral students who are undertaking practical research to advance the science of public or management accounting practice. “I I have been fortunate to spend my career as an advocate for our great profession. The inaugural Barry C.

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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

CPA Practice

The alarm bells in accounting have been ringing for years: fewer people want to join – or stay – in the profession. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) said in its “2023 Trends” report that the percentage of accounting graduates fell 7.8% expect to leave the profession in the next 12 months.

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AICPA & CIMA Launch Global Women to Watch Recognition to Celebrate and Honor Women in the Profession

CPA Practice

The American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants are launching a new initiative, the AICPA & CIMA Global Women to Watch recognition, to honor women who have made significant contributions to the accounting profession and their peers.

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AICPA News – July 2025

CPA Practice

Mary Girsch-Bock AICPA News is a collection of recent news briefs from the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. companies who hold executive and senior management accounting roles. Only 27% now hold a favorable view of the U.S. territory of Guam and is awaiting approval.

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Professionals on the Move – July 2025

CPA Practice

Surett earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Siena College in Loudonville, NY, and an MBA in finance from the State University of New York at Albany. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business.

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Remaking the partnership model for young accountants

Accounting Today

EDT 7 Min Read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email I am optimistic about the "trusted advisor" destination that the accounting profession has marked as its territory, but skeptical of the partnership model as a means of transportation to that promised land. Our generation is the one that will navigate this sea change in public accounting.