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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. There were about 1.65

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

Going Concern

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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CPE Webcast Dec. 12 – Transforming Sales Tax Compliance to Fuel Business Growth

CPA Practice

He has served as an advisor for accounting tech companies such as Intuit, Xero, Gusto, FreshBooks, and Expensify. He holds an accounting degree from Wake Forest University. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

Smaller firms cannot pay competitive salaries because the graduates must be expensively retrained in small business accounting needs. This circle is caused by the power wielded by the Big 4 firms over educators in the form of accreditation in college accounting programs, administered by the AACSB. September 12, 2021.

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Karol Y Haugan Named Woman to Watch Nominee, Emerging Leader Category

Withum

She is also an active, dependable coach and mentor, with a particular eye for career development and continued education. Outside of her activities with the Firm, Karol has been promoting the accounting profession and supporting Hispanic students’ education in Central Florida and in her home country.

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This One Chart Shows Just How Boned the Accounting Profession Is

Going Concern

In it, questions are tossed out about how accounting education will change along with the ambitious CPA exam overhaul, with concerns raised about the graduates who will apply their pre-Evolution education to a post-Evolution exam. Master’s degree in computer science master’s programs increased 76% during the same period.

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

Going Concern

.” 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.