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CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline

CPA Practice

As the accounting profession continues to grapple with a shortage of new CPAs and fewer accounting graduates , an independent national advisory group has published six draft recommendations in a new report on what the profession can do to restock its pipeline with young talent.

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Effective September 1, You Can Sit For the CPA Exam in Texas With 120 Units

Going Concern

Another state has pushed to allow prospective CPAs to sit for the exam with just a bachelor’s degree worth of units and that’s good ol’ Texas. Effective September 1, future CPAs can sit for the exam with 120 units of education. December 15, 2023 – Last day to take a section of the current CPA Exam AUD, BEC, FAR, REG.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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Jackie Cardello During the panel discussion, “Accounting Across Generations: Assessing the Current State of the Industry,” the question, “What do we have to change to rebuild the talent pipeline in the accounting profession?” You don’t have to be a CPA. Firms are looking at non-traditional hires and non-CPAs.

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How to address growing skills gap for sales tax compliance

TaxConnex

University enrollment in accounting courses is also dropping. Even if you don’t need a CPA to handle your sales taxes (in fact, it’s a specialty that many CPAs don’t handle), there’s a good chance you still don’t have the internal expertise to effectively manage it in-house.

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Teaching Two Courses This Semester

Withum

The managerial accounting course is one of the very few college courses that students can immediately put their learning into effect on the first day of their first job. I divided the course into four sections. In the auditing course, more time is devoted to the balance sheet.

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ABC Tournament 2nd Round Voting Ends Soon

CPA Practice

The Accounting Podcast defeated 13. Accounting High Podcast 4. The Accounting Podcast vs. 5. The Abundant Accountant Courses Bracket First-round scores by number of votes 6. Accounting Cornerstone Foundation vs. 5. Dark Horse CPAs, 309-169 7. Unofficial QBOA Podcast, 338-207 Second-round matchups 1.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

CPA Practice

AICPA Shares Plan to Strengthen Accounting Pipeline According to the American Institute of CPAs ‘ 2023 Trends Report, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% Meanwhile, 60% of firms surveyed reported that they expected to have the same or higher number of CPAs on staff in 2023 compared to 2022.

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