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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

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Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation that would introduce an alternative pathway to CPA licensure and the message to these stewards of the next generation of accountants is clear: no one is trying to eliminate MAcc programs.

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State CPA Society News & Updates – June 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 Massachusetts Society of CPAs ( MassCPAs ) recently launched a scholarship to honor the legacy of current Society President and CEO Amy A.

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The Philippines is Running Low on Accountants and US Firms Should Be Worried

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The group added that the country has produced just around 199,000 CPAs in the past 100 years. “That’s a big problem now of the profession because several of the CPAs here in the Philippines are migrating abroad, or they are working online for foreign companies,” said PICPA national president Erwin Alcala. The salary.

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Illinois Will Soon Let You Sit for the CPA Exam With 120 Units, Should All States?

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.” That’s what a stakeholder told me recently when we spoke about the accountant shortage and the growing gap between students getting accounting degrees and recent graduates sitting for the CPA exam. 150 hours is the rule and accounting is nothing if not a pile of rules.

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EY Promises to Increase Starting Salaries to Make Accounting More Attractive

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They did say the salary bump will put accounting “on par with other business majors” though: EY US will increase early career compensation as part of a total rewards package that recognizes the value of a certified public accountant (CPA) career path.

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The Beef Between the AICPA and Minnesota Over the 150 Hour Rule Heats Up

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That’s sort of what’s happening in the profession right now over proposed legislation in Minnesota that offers an alternative to the traditional 150 units of education required for licensure. The proposal would make it harder for Minnesota CPAs to practice across state lines, physically and virtually.

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This One Chart Shows Just How Boned the Accounting Profession Is

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Perusing The CPA Journal as one does when one is tasked with the onerous burden of reporting on happenings in a profession in which so few things happen, I saw this discussion on CPA Evolution by Nina Terranova Dorata, PhD, CPA and Vincent J. Evaluating the CPA Evolution Initiative [ The CPA Journal ].