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Does Accounting Education Belong in the University Curriculum? 

Going Concern

By Sharon Lassar, PhD, CPA (Florida) John J. Gilbert Professor and Director of the School of Accountancy, University of Denver As much as I enjoy reading Going Concern, I find the article titled “ Did the Anti-150 Hour Crowd Finally Beat the AICPA Into Submission? Starting salary is the return one earns on an investment in education.

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AICPA News – July 2024

CPA Practice

Sid Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education The Sid Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education was presented to Tony Nitti, CPA, MST, a National Tax Partner at EY. In addition to obtaining his CPA license, he has added the Personal Financial Specialist and Certified Financial Planner credentials.

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

Going Concern

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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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

The board explicitly cited some of the audit firms’ more egregious behaviors to justify the need for additional regulation—cheating on continuing education exams, altering workpapers, widespread independence reporting failures, and offering impermissible non-audit services.

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Would Mobility Go Away Without the 150-Hour Rule?

Going Concern

by Sharon Lassar, PhD, CPA (Florida) John J. Gilbert Professor and Director of the School of Accountancy, University of Denver There has been much discussion about the 150-hour rule recently. The educational requirement under the MRA is a baccalaureate degree and completion of the SAICA post graduate qualification.