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A frantic, fulfilling fall
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October 1, 2024
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Tara Torseth
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September 30, 2024
Tara Torseth is the recipient of the Excellence in Professional Development Award. The award recognizes members who develop unique MNCPA educational programming.
2024 legislative session review
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August 1, 2024
Find out about key issues the MNCPA is monitoring at the Capitol. Stay current on legislative news and events with stories, tips and grassroots involvement.
How early is too early?
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August 1, 2024
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Use summer to refresh, reconnect
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June 4, 2024
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
A thoughtful approach to local taxes
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April 1, 2024
Find out about key issues the MNCPA is monitoring at the Capitol. Stay current on legislative news and events with stories, tips and grassroots involvement.
Wanted: Words of encouragement
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April 1, 2024
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Cindy Wrecza, Volunteer Excellence Award
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October 1, 2023
Cindy Wrecza is a recipient of the Volunteer Excellence Award, which recognizes members who have served as a volunteer for at least five years and provided significant contributions to the MNCPA.
Kris Blackburn, Volunteer Excellence Award
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October 1, 2023
Kris Blackburn is a recipient of the Volunteer Excellence Award, which recognizes members who have served as a volunteer for at least five years and provided significant contributions to the MNCPA.
The MNCPA and its members — a symbiotic relationship
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May 30, 2023
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Bob Cedergren: Ready for a 'wild ride'
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March 29, 2023
The MNCPA's new board chair sits down to talk about his career, life and where he sees the accounting profession heading.
Ms. Lindsey goes to St. Paul
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March 29, 2023
Carolee Lindsey, an MNCPA member who's been a longtime advocate at the Capitol, shares her experience of seeing the early federal tax conformity bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz.
Talent pipeline is the issue of our day
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March 29, 2023
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Continue to embrace the light
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January 31, 2023
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
MNCPA sets 2023 legislative agenda
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January 31, 2023
Federal conformity and private letter rulings are once again at the top of the list
MNCPA to explore broadening CPA licensure options
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January 31, 2023
The board approved an initiative to draft legislation to broaden options to CPA licensure requirements in Minnesota while maintaining rigorous testing requirements.
Successful inaugural Accounting Opportunities Week by the numbers
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January 31, 2023
In an ongoing effort to grow the CPA pipeline, the MNCPA joined forces with 35 state CPA societies and the AICPA to raise awareness of the accounting profession within schools nationwide.
MNCPA 2022 Board Ballot
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January 27, 2023
Help shape the future of the MNCPA by electing candidates to the board of directors. This year, five candidates are up for election or reelection.
MNCPA 2023 board ballot
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January 27, 2023
Help shape the future of the MNCPA by electing candidates to the board of directors.
Crack the code: MNCPA Tax Conference
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November 29, 2022
Highlights from the 2022 MNCPA Tax Conference.
Latest peer reviews show continued improvement
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November 29, 2022
The MNCPA Peer Review Committee has compiled the results of engagement reviews and system reviews from the past three years to analyze trends and highlight areas for continued improvement.
Eric Grube, Volunteer Excellence Award
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September 30, 2022
Eric Grube is a recipient of the Volunteer Excellence Award, which recognizes members who have served as a volunteer for at least five years and provided significant contributions to the MNCPA.
Kay Freund, Distinguished Service Award
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September 30, 2022
Kay Freund has earned the MNCPA’s highest honor given to a member, the Distinguished Service Award.
Kirk Kleckner, Volunteer Excellence Award
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September 30, 2022
Kirk Kleckner is a recipient of the Volunteer Excellence Award, which recognizes members who have served as a volunteer for at least five years and provided significant contributions to the MNCPA.
Larry Morgan, Friend of the Profession Award
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September 30, 2022
Larry Morgan is the recipient of the MNCPA Friend of the Profession award, which recognizes non-CPAs who provide exceptional support to the CPA profession and/or MNCPA.
Recognizing contributions to the MNCPA, profession
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September 30, 2022
The MNCPA recognized those who have contributed to the organization and the profession during its annual meeting.
Stephanie Markert, Excellence in Professional Development Award
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September 30, 2022
Stephanie Markert is the recipient of the Excellence in Professional Development Award. The award recognizes members who develop unique MNCPA educational programming.
Steve Warren, Volunteer Excellence Award
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September 30, 2022
Steve Warren is a recipient of the Volunteer Excellence Award, which recognizes members who have served as a volunteer for at least five years and provided significant contributions to the MNCPA.
MNCPA Employee Benefit Plan Task Force findings
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May 25, 2022
Reporting investments and fair value disclosures prove to be an ongoing challenge.
Elevating Minnesota CPAs
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April 1, 2022
After more than 30 years since our last logo redesign, we decided to refresh and strengthen our brand with one that reflects the growing changes of today’s financial landscape.
Keep the CPE flowing ahead of June 30
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March 29, 2022
Stay in the know with this helpful flowchart that outlines CPE requirements and certificate renewal information.
Charles Esler: New board chair ready to drill down into the job
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March 28, 2022
The controller with Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. sat down with us to talk about his career, his life and where he sees the accounting profession heading in the future.
Rise to the challenge of the moment
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January 27, 2022
Get insight and news from MNCPA leadership about the organization and professional issues.
Striving to make accounting cool
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January 27, 2022
MNCPA board member, Boz Bostrom, publishes his first novel, ‘The New Start’.
MNCPA Perspectives blog posts
MNCPA submits comment on licensure framework, UAA proposals
November 26, 2024
The Minnesota Society of CPAs has submitted comments on a proposed CPA competency-based experience pathway framework and new language for the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA)...
Accounting Opportunities Week returns to Minnesota classrooms
November 4, 2024
Nov. 11-15 is Accounting Opportunities Week. Request a CPA to visit a Minnesota classroom and tell students about the accounting profession...
Economic, election updates at new MNCPA Insight Hour
October 16, 2024
MNCPA launches a new program Friday, Oct. 18 — MNCPA Insight Hour — to address the rapid change in the accounting industry. Members receive 1 free CPE credit...
Check out the artificial intelligence Focus Features series
June 24, 2024
As you may have seen shared in the past few weeks in our daily newsletter, This Just In, we are currently rolling out our Focus Features about artificial intelligence...
Update: CPA licensure bills at the Minnesota Legislature
May 16, 2024
I write today with an update about the MNCPA bills at the Minnesota Legislature seeking to broaden the pathways to CPA licensure and tackle the talent pipeline challenge...
CPA licensure and mobility: A deeper, updated look
May 15, 2024
With a growing number of states, including Minnesota, Hawaii, Arkansas, Oregon and California, now discussing or actively pursuing changes to broaden the pathways to CPA licensure ...
A clearer pathway to CPA licensure vital to the financial health of Minnesota nonprofits
March 20, 2024
The current shortage of CPAs has hit the nonprofit sector especially hard because nonprofits cannot easily increase their funding to pay higher rates for the CPAs that are available ...
Member testimony on Senate File 1660
March 14, 2024
The following texts are excerpts from each individual’s prepared remarks...
Pathways CPA licensure bill advances in Senate
March 8, 2024
The MNCPA-backed bill to broaden the pathways to CPA licensure, advanced in the Minnesota Senate today. Watch the hearing now...
Connect with legislators concerning CPA pathways licensure bills
February 27, 2024
Can one voice have an influence? Yes! When you share how an issue affects you, your business or your clients, it elevates an issue for legislators...
Make your voice heard
February 20, 2024
Why attending CPA Day at the Capitol matters
CPAs hold a unique position of being a trusted adviser, expert on financial matters and a pillar of economic stability for individuals, businesses and communities across Minnesota...
CPA licensure bills return to Minnesota Legislature
February 14, 2024
The 2024 Minnesota legislative session convened this week and bills introduced last year automatically rolled over into the second year of the biennium...
Reaching high school students: Ideas from CPAs
February 13, 2024
As part of our annual MNCPA Tax Survey, we recently asked members a score of questions, including their ideas about what they have done or suggest for encouraging more students to get involved in the accounting industry...
Legislator BBQ event a success; what’s next for the YPG?
August 14, 2023
Rep. Matt Norris and Sen. Zack Duckworth joined the Young Professionals Group, sharing their takeaways from the recent legislative session...
NASBA votes to extend CPA Exam window to 30 months — but it’s not that easy
April 25, 2023
The amendment increases the length of conditional credit from 18 months to 30 months. Individual state boards of accountancy still need to vote on the measure ...
CPAs do good deeds — lots of them
April 21, 2023
CPAs are much more than their credential. Check out CPA Stories to see all the good our members put out in the world...
Snow shuts down Capitol; CPA Day rescheduled
February 24, 2023
Sometimes, Mother Nature goes for the knockout blow...
Broadening the path to CPA licensure
January 31, 2023
Last month, MNCPA members received an email that the MNCPA board approved moving forward with drafting legislation to broaden the path to CPA licensure in Minnesota...
With the election over, what’s next?
November 10, 2022
Want to stay informed on legislative happenings? Here's how...
It’s a big week for accounting in Minnesota!
November 7, 2022
In an ongoing effort to grow the CPA pipeline, the MNCPA joined forces with more than 35 state CPA societies and the AICPA in a concentrated effort to raise awareness of the accounting profession within schools nationwide.
Feedback sought for revised Statements on Standards for Tax Services
October 27, 2022
Comments must be submitted by Dec. 31, 2022...
CPA Evolution is coming — are you ready?
September 14, 2022
For those interested in taking the CPA Exam, big changes are coming...
MNCPA Activity Report unveils bridge to the future
September 13, 2022
Take 10 minutes to look over the MNCPA Activity Report to better understand what your fellow members and the MNCPA staff accomplished this past fiscal year ...
Give back by helping students
August 23, 2022
At the MNCPA we’re lucky to have members that are not only knowledgeable and experienced accounting experts, but also philanthropic and generous with their time...
Lean into the Fourth Industrial Revolution
August 8, 2022
We no longer simply live in a world of gadgets and doodads. Welcome to Tomorrowland. Are you prepared?
3 self-leadership tips to navigate uninvited change
April 19, 2022
Take your pick — the pandemic, supply chain issues, staffing shortages, turnover, tax law changes — there have been plenty of uninvited disruptions lately...
Your voice matters — use it
February 24, 2022
Your voice — the CPA voice — is invaluable to Minnesota lawmakers. Be heard today.
MNCPA members share top concerns for upcoming tax season
January 4, 2022
In the recent MNCPA Tax Survey of members, we asked what concerns you most about this tax season...
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