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The Parallel Problems of Public Accounting & Major League Baseball

CPA Practice

The season and games are longer today, but beyond that, not much else has changed in more than 120 years of professional baseball. After reading former MLB manager Joe Maddon’s recent book, The Book of Joe – cowritten with Tom Verducci –it struck me: The plight of the public accounting industry is not unlike that of Major League Baseball.

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Stacking CPA and CMA Credentials Is an Investment for a Career-Long Payoff

CPA Practice

If you’re planning a career in the world of accounting or finance, two distinctions have the branding impact and bench strength you need. Invest your time and effort into stacking the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) letters behind your name.

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Nominations Open for 2024 “40 Under 40” and “20 Under 40” Awards

CPA Practice

Candidates should demonstrate superior, game-changing work performance by utilizing, embracing, and perhaps introducing new processes, technologies, solutions to existing procedures. Multiple nominations do not enhance a candidate’s chances. There are no costs associated with these awards or the nomination process.

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BDO USA Calls Its New ESOP ‘a Game-Changer’ for the Profession

CPA Practice

the sixth-largest public accounting firm in the U.S., BDO’s ESOP is believed to be the first such employee stock plan offered by a public accounting firm in the U.S. BDO’s ESOP is believed to be the first such employee stock plan offered by a public accounting firm in the U.S. BDO USA P.A.,

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State CPA Society News & Updates

CPA Practice

Nevada: The Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants (NVCPA) announced several upcoming events including the 2023 Annual Gaming Conference , which is scheduled to take place May 16 and 17, 2023. Texas: The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA) has stated its legislative priorities for the 2023 session.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Completes Its Punishment; Hybrid Work Should Stay in 2025; Deloitte Clutters Up the Dark Web | 1.3.25

Going Concern

The series is called Journeys of Accountancy and features accountants who, for example, work for a CPA firm specializing in the legalized cannabis industry in California, an accounting software company that serves the funeral industry, and a company that provides compliance services to the gaming industry.

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KPMG’s New Metaverse Space is Like the First-Person Shooters You Played in 1999 But Worse

Going Concern

14 or 15 years ago I trolled Bill Sheridan of the Maryland Association of CPAs on Twitter about uncovering a weapons cache they’d stashed on CPA Island, a then-revolutionary virtual space in the game Second Life MACPA had set up for…accounting things. Back in 2008 CPA Island was the first (only?

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