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Takin' care of business — before Dec. 31!
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October 8, 2024
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Name changes and license renewal
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August 1, 2024
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
A closer look at the BOA’s retired status
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June 4, 2024
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Preparing for CPE compliance
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April 1, 2024
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Minnesota BOA adopts rules package
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December 1, 2023
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Renew and report by Dec. 31
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October 1, 2023
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Corporate CPAs want the deets on active vs inactive
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August 1, 2023
Learn about important news from the Minnesota Board of Accountancy. Monthly topics include rules, CPE requirements, CPA exam information, licensing, and more.
Q&A: MNCPA member McKenna Hoff on Bethel’s MBA program
June 6, 2023
As part of a partnership with Bethel University, we wanted to highlight a member who has taken advantage of the MBA Pathway for Certified Professionals offered by the university.
CPA Evolution explained
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May 30, 2023
By now you’ve heard the CPA Exam will be changing — some may even say evolving. In fact, the change is called CPA Evolution. Let’s examine how the exam is changing and how to plan for the changes.
CPA exam set to change in 2024
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January 31, 2023
Spread the word! For those who have already taken one or multiple parts of the exam, encourage them to complete (and pass) all four sections of the current exam to get ahead of the change.
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.
What’s in a name? Turns out, a lot
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January 31, 2023
The BOA has spelled out rules regarding how a firm can be named in Minnesota Rules 1105.6300 and 6400. We’ll break it down for you right here.
Forgetting firm permit renewal: How bad is it?
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November 29, 2022
Forget the small stuff. Here’s why forgetting to renew your firm permit for 2023 is a very big deal.
What are you waiting for? Renew and report already!
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September 30, 2022
The the BOA encourages CPAs to renew and report as soon as possible. Doing so ensures that mistakes can be caught and fixed ahead of Dec. 31.
2022 legislative session review
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July 28, 2022
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.
Automatic CPA certificate revocation is a thing of the past
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July 28, 2022
Legislation passed in 2022 eliminates the automatic revocations requirement after two years of not renewing and allows the lapsed certificate to show up as expired.
CPA Evolution will impact today’s interns; how can organizations prepare?
June 10, 2022
Leaders may want to engage with human resource teams to consider how CPA Evolution will impact their approach to talent acquisition moving forward.
Carrying credits back? We’ve got your back
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May 25, 2022
While fixing a CPE shortage isn’t the end of the world, it’s still a compliance mishap. Don’t delay; the noncompliance fees add up.
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.
Get to know the mission behind the Minnesota Board of Accountancy
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January 27, 2022
Charles Selcer, MNCPA member and the BOA’s new chair, shares the important work being done by the BOA.
The case of the double Czech
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January 27, 2022
MNCPA member Chuck Selcer shares his knowledge about ethics requirements and laws with unique humorous fictitious stories.
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)...
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...
Update: CPA licensure discussion evolves
October 10, 2024
More than one-third of states are in various stages of drafting legislation to modify education and experience requirements for licensure. California just took a major step forward...
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 ...
Participate in the NPAG talent pipeline survey
March 18, 2024
A national conversation about the accounting pipeline is underway and you have an opportunity to add your insight...
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...
Township association supports proposal to increase number of Minnesota CPAs
March 7, 2024
To be frank: CPA firms are needed to audit many of the townships in Minnesota, and there simply are not enough of them! Something urgent needs to be done...
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...
How the U.S. Department of Education could further shrink the pipeline
February 19, 2024
As chair of the accounting program at Concordia University, Saint Paul, I’ve struggled to maintain my program’s enrollment numbers...
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...
Recent grads dish on 150 hours, CPA licensure
December 13, 2023
Hear from six current and recent students from two Minnesota universities to see how they view the accounting profession, the requirements around accreditation and how these weighed into their professional choices...
We must change the conversation around pathways to CPA licensure
October 5, 2023
It is no secret the field of accounting has both pipeline and diversity problems. There are many actions that should be taken to address these problems, and one of those is to follow Minnesota’s lead...
The CPA pipeline: Students are the future
August 29, 2023
The 2023 MNCPA Annual Meeting this month provided an opportunity to reflect on challenges by discussing areas of the profession that still need addressing, such as the CPA pipeline...
Experiential learning: An evolution in how knowledge is obtained by prospective CPAs
August 15, 2023
As the AICPA and NASBA consider new ways to enhance the attractiveness of the profession to counter a drop in accounting student enrollments and retain them...
Why should a school district care about CPA licensure?
August 4, 2023
Working in public education, I am acutely aware of how difficult it is to hire quality staff, but I never took a step back to think about what this means in other sectors throughout Minnesota...
Broadening the pathways to CPA licensure discussion will continue
May 22, 2023
The MNCPA board-approved bill, with bipartisan support in both the Minnesota House and Senate, did not become law this year, but this is not the end of this bill...
CPA pathways discussion: Addressing the objections
May 8, 2023
The reason driving the change — the declining number of CPAs — is well-documented, so what are the objections to broadening the pathway to CPA licensure? Let’s discuss...
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 ...
CPA credential legislation is start of discussion
March 1, 2023
Declining high school graduation sizes, increasing demand for CPAs, increasing retirements and declining number of candidates sitting for the CPA exam are converging...
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