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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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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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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

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FT dropped this over the weekend : Candidate numbers for US accountancy exams drop to lowest in 17 years New figures from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants showed the shortage of CPA candidates that has plagued the profession in recent years worsened in 2022, dashing hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Age of the Non-CPA; PwC Explains the Chevron Thing | 7.29.24

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All this time we thought it was going to be robots that take accounting jobs, it was Indians all along. Oh and reminder: the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is working on a plan to consolidate India’s 96,000 little accountancy firms into mega-firms that they think could compete with Big 4 on the global stage.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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(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. in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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AICPA News – July 2024

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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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Friday Footnotes: Look What You Did, PwC; No Lakehouse This Year; India Wants Its Own Big 4 | 5.3.24

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Practice The PCPS CPA Firm Top Issues Survey is open! AICPA via Twitter ] Link to the survey on Qualtrics The past few years have brought unprecedented change to accounting firms. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs are laying down the ground work for this. “We

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Friday Footnotes: New Managers Share Wisdom; KPMG Praised??; PwC Creeps Leave | 7.22.22

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And on Reddit this week: Accounting Profession Has One of the Lowest Turnover Rates in the U.S. [ CPA Practice Advisor ] Accounting had the third-lowest average turnover rate (9.4 The two professions that had less turnover than accounting were operations (8.8 USF sues former accountant who embezzled $12.8