CPA Practice

AUGUST 19, 2024

In addition to ongoing security and compliance needs, accounting firms face unique challenges when recruiting and retaining employees, offshoring, and increasing operational efficiencies. Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.

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Withum

MARCH 18, 2025

Withum is proud to announce that Anni Chen , Audit Manager and CPA, has been nominated for CalCPAs Experienced Leader Award. The CalCPA Women to Watch Awards celebrates the accomplishments of women CPAs who are making a difference in their industry and communities. I could not think of anyone that deserves this recognition more.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

.” 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. Working on the CPA in public is hell.

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, pass all four sections on their first attempt and have completed testing in 2022.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Joshua Lance, founder and managing director of Chicago-based Lance CPA Group and a six-time “40 Under 40” honoree by CPA Practice Advisor , passed away on Oct 21. In a post on Instagram , Lance CPA Group said its offices will be closed today to “honor our friend.” “We He was 40 years old.

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APRIL 10, 2023

The CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois , the charitable partner of the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), is proud to announce its board of directors for the April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, fiscal year. Fuller, CPA, as ex-officio directors. Fuller, CPA, as ex-officio directors. “I

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Top 60 accounting firm KSM (Katz, Sapper & Miller) said on Tuesday it has acquired ValueKnowledge, a Chicago-area valuation and advisory firm, effective Oct. This transaction follows the announcement that New York City-based accounting firm Shanholt Glassman Klein Kramer & Co.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Top 20 accounting firm EisnerAmper is expanding its presence in the Chicago area by merging in Elgin, IL-based CPA firm Tighe, Kress & Orr. Since receiving private equity backing in 2021, EisnerAmper has completed several M&A deals with smaller firms to expand its footprint throughout the U.S.

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BuildYourFirm

APRIL 28, 2020

Koltin, CPA, CGMA. For twenty consecutive years, Allan has been named by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the accounting profession. For the past six years, Allan has also been named by CPA Practice Advisor as one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders in the profession.

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CPA Practice

JULY 31, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has formed an advisory group representing a broad spectrum of the accounting profession that will help shape a national strategy to address the profession’s talent shortage, including accounting students who go on to obtain a CPA license.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 5, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)—one of the largest state societies serving the certified public accountant (CPA) community—is excited to announce its 2022 Excel Award recipients. So, it’s really our privilege to welcome and recognize Illinois’ new CPAs,” says Geoffrey Brown, CAE, ICPAS president and CEO. “By

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CPA Practice

JUNE 8, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society, one of the largest state associations in the nation serving the certified public accountant community, has announced the recipients of its 2023 Lester H. McKinney , CPA , MSAA, is a senior business process and control analyst in Abbott’s Rapid Diagnostics Division. McKeever Jr.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) is encouraging aspiring certified public accountants (CPAs) to apply for its 12th annual Mary T. The award-winning, three-day program aimed at increasing diversity in the CPA profession is now accepting applications until Nov. 6, 2023, at www.icpas.org/mtww.

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CPA Practice

JULY 8, 2024

AICPA News is a collection of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Shortly before his passing, he became the first African American and youngest chair of the North Carolina Association of CPAs board of directors.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 6, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has announced its third class of Strategy Academy graduates. I look forward to seeing the graduates leverage their new skills and mindsets to help their clients to drive greater profitability and long-term business success.”

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CPA Practice

JULY 16, 2024

This webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 1:00pm ET Sponsor: Canopy Software Duration: 1 Hour Register Now This webinar, featuring Darren Root and John Mitchell, long-time accounting profession leaders, will give easy-to-implement guidance around how to build your accounting firm to support the life you want to live.In

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

John holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oral Roberts University and an Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, and he has been a certified public accountant since 1989. As a CPA, John has considerable experience in public and private accounting for the technology industry.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 1968, PKF Mueller has offices in Elgin, Chicago and Orland Park, Illinois, as well as an office in Sarasota, Florida. The acquisition strengthens Cherry Bekaert’s reach in the Illinois market, supporting the Firm’s strategic growth plans.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Last week we told you about HF 1749 and SF 1660, bills introduced to the Minnesota legislature that would allow for a second pathway to CPA licensure of 120 units and two years of experience. The proposal would make it harder for Minnesota CPAs to practice across state lines, physically and virtually.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As a tax industry veteran, Amanda is a favorite speaker and trainer known for making tax topics accessible and relevant. Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Hundreds of certified public accountants across Illinois participated in the Illinois CPA Society’s 14th annual CPA Day of Service on Sept. The CPA Day of Service’s motto, ‘A good day for doing good,’ rang true once again. 23, 2023, with others still planning activities later this fall.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

And here’s one from the Illinois CPA Society based on what they’ve heard from their members: What we hear among our members: retaining existing staff, lack of support for pursuing the CPA credential, and DEI challenges. We suspect that were accounting firms to raise salaries in a significant way, talent would follow.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CPA candidate numbers have been on the decline for years, even before anyone was talking about critical talent shortages, the 150-hour rule is considered by many to be an unnecessary barrier to entry in which case it is certainly doing its job by keeping out both the riff-raff and the quality talent. . But nixing 150 altogether?

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

The auditor in question was Deloitte, the behemoth Big Four accounting firm with annual revenue of $65 billion through a global network that stretches from Amsterdam to Zhengzhou. Also today, Victor Smith and William Tomasello, both Atlanta-area CPAs, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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CPA Practice

MAY 8, 2023

Shortly after Fortune released its ranking of the 100 best companies to work for in 2023, which included a smattering of public accounting firms , the business magazine came out with its inaugural ranking of the best online master’s degree programs in accounting.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 16, 2023

As Michelle Lubbe works toward the online Master’s of Accounting (iMSA) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she instantly puts what she learns to the test. “On In 2020, the World Economic Forum predicted a decline in accounting jobs by 2025. By Dr. Quentin McAndrew. Yet this year, a higher number of U.S.

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CPA Practice

MAY 23, 2024

Moderated By: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 6, 2025

The transaction, expected to close at the end ofMarch, enhances the private equity-backed top 50 firm's national real estate service offering and expands Cohen's presence in the Chicago market.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 19, 2024

Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The focus groups are part of a “whipping operation” aimed at establishing support for the break-up within the partnership, identifying partners who may vote against the proposals so that they can be persuaded to change their minds, according to one person familiar with the firm’s strategy. Firm Watch. ?FRC stood at 3.18 trillion won.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Yamoah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Isabel Maria Ford, University of Florida Jae Yeon Pyo, Carnegie Mellon University Jeremy Richardson, Texas Tech University Jessica Thornton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jewel O. Herz, CPA, CGMA, FCA, is the recipient of the 2023 AICPA Gold Medal Award of Distinction.

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CPA Practice

MAY 14, 2024

After formally presenting its six recommendations that address the accounting talent shortage at AICPA Council next week, NPAG will issue a final report in July that includes the results of its survey of students, employers, and other stakeholders in the profession. Coffey told CPA Practice Advisor.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 1, 2023

(NABA) National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) National Conference of CPA Practitioners (NCCPAP) National Society of Accountants (NSA) National Society of Black Certified Public Accountants, Inc. Kyle Jakubeck (Missouri), a graduate of The University of Missouri-St.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“The job security and the ability to have a comfortable life motivated me at first,” said Khokhar, who served as a senior accountant at two construction firms and senior auditor at an accounting firm. But once I started, had some work and life experience, I realized there are better options out there.”

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Top 30 accounting firm Cherry Bekaert has acquired PKF Mueller, a full-service CPA firm based in Elgin, IL. Founded in 1968, PKF Mueller has three Illinois offices—in Elgin, Chicago, and Orland Park—as well as an office in Sarasota, FL. million, making it the 127th largest accounting firm in the U.S.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A team of students from the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, claimed victory at the Deloitte FanTAXtic national case study competition by presenting the best analysis on a complex, issues-driven business tax case.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Top 15 accounting firm Marcum has promoted 15 individuals to partner in eight states, effective Sept. These individuals represent Marcum’s dedication to excellence. They bring a wealth of experience, skill, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

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