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  • Inside the Push to Rethink CPA Pathways

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    May 1, 2025
    The accounting profession is undergoing a quiet restructuring. With talent shortages growing and interest in traditional CPA pathways declining, organizations are rethinking how people enter the field—and how it’s being explained to them. 

  • Survey: Long Hours Are Not Exactly Why Professionals Are Leaving Accounting

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Apr 25, 2025
    Accountants continue to exit the profession, but it's not for reasons that are commonly believed, according to data from Tri-Merit Specialty Tax Professionals. The new data indicates that the reasons why many accountants are leaving their jobs and the profession are not really because of the long hours, endless deadline pressure, substandard pay or the belief that accounting is a "boring profession." 

  • Gen Zers Find New Inspiration to Become Accountants

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Apr 21, 2025
    Although accounting has been seen "as one of America's most boring jobs Gen Z is realizing the perks of becoming an accountant, namely: the six-figure salary and the professional experience and the personal satisfaction gained from helping underserved individuals file their taxes for free.

  • Accounting as a STEM Legislation Reintroduced in U.S. Congress

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Apr 18, 2025
    This week U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-40) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) reintroduced a bill that will allow accounting to be recognized as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field. 

  • Why DEI Is Shifting Into a More Cautious Mode

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 16, 2025
    Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs may be disappearing from headlines, but that doesn’t mean the work is disappearing from accounting firms.

  • Ohio Expands CPA Mobility and Welcomes Out-of-State Professionals

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 15, 2025

    Ohio’s newly enacted CPA licensure law is now in effect, offering both an alternative path to becoming a CPA and enhanced practice mobility for out-of-state CPAs. 

  • Credit Card Debt Is Stalling Americans’ Financial Progress

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 11, 2025

    A growing number of Americans are feeling the weight credit card debt—and it’s not just hitting their wallets, it’s shaping their decisions. According to a new Bankrate survey, 64% of U.S. adults carrying credit card debt say it’s caused them to delay or avoid important financial choices. 

  • HR Leaders Are Enforcing Return-to-Office—Even If They Don’t Believe in It

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 10, 2025
    Despite mounting evidence that remote work doesn’t hinder productivity, many HR leaders are stuck enforcing return-to-office mandates they don’t personally support.

  • The One Sentence Every Cover Letter Needs

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 9, 2025
    In a sea of job applications, a tailored cover letter can still make a powerful difference—especially when it includes one sentence: “I will add immediate value to this role in the following ways.” 

  • Georgia Passes Bill to Expand CPA Licensure Pathways

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Apr 8, 2025
    Georgia has taken a major step to modernize its CPA licensure system. House Bill 148, unanimously passed by the state legislature and awaiting Governor Brian Kemp’s signature, will establish two new routes to becoming a licensed CPA starting Jan. 1, 2026. 
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