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Understanding the Root Causes of the US Accounting Resource Shortage

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The issue goes two steps deep—CPA exam participation also dropped by 7%, the lowest level since 2006. Understanding the root cause is key for any business or CPA firm to protect itself from the consequences. If you are a CPA firm or a business in the U.S.

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BONUS | Dennis Whitney - CMA Exam and Certification

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And the first question that probably comes to people's mind is what's the difference between a CMA and a CPA? And both the CMA and the CPA of course are great certifications and they have a very specific purpose. In my mind, the CPA is geared towards orders and tax specialists. That's a great question and I get it all the time.

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3 Ways to Fast Forward Your Finance Career

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So should you if you want to rise in the corporate finance profession. To move up in this field, you’ll need to pass the rigorous certified public accountant (CPA) exam. To become a controller, you’ll need to learn more about corporate accounting as well as the impact of taxes, regulations and audits on corporate finances.

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BONUS | Ep. 2: Dr. Sean Stein Smith - Accountant's Role with Technologies

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You can be a CPA, CMA, any, any of of the alphabet soup, right? Whether it's a CPA audience, CMA audience, corporate finance audience, probably the, the top issue or concern I that I hear quite a bit is, is all, all of these automation tools going to make me get out of a job, right?

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Ep. 50: Blake Oliver - So what's the big deal about the Cloud?

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I mean, can you imagine if you're an accounting firm or if you're a corporate finance department not having access to your Sage files or your Intuit, here are your QuickBooks files for a week. I think the summit folks, some of them we're down all last week. Yeah, we're recording this toward the end of January. So that is a big concern.

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Ep. 208: Simone Cimiluca-Radzins – Adventures in Cannabis Country

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We discuss our unique journey from a big four CPA to bringing accounting and finance order to attain businesses in cannabis country. So I approached a CPA firm that was very cannabis, like, it was very clear they were working in the cannabis industry, which is not, you know, was not at that time something that you would promote.

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Ep. 178: Will Peng - Achieve Greater Financial Stability

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And even if I did have one, how do you have this CFP and the CPA communicate so that they're they have a context from what I'm working on with them. And also what you're doing here is making some of these resources essentially more inclusive and equitable, right? And maybe I have a question about my employee health plans.

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