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2009 Watt Sells Award Winners Announced
The AICPA recently announced the 2009 Watt Sells Award winners. The award, named after CPA pioneer Elijah Watt Sells, are presented to the ten CPA candidates who passed each of the four sections of the CPA Exam on the first attempt and who achieved the highest cumulative scores for all four sections of the exam within a calendar year. This year the number of award winners was unique because multiple candidates received identical cumulative scores, resulting in a tie, and therefore increasing the total number of winners to 15.
This year 14 of the 15 winners prepared with Becker's CPA Exam Review. Learn more
The 2010 Big Four Firms Performance Analysis
Big4.com, a global social network for Big Four alumni and professionals, recently released The 2010 Big Four Firms Performance Analysis which provides a detailed financial and operating analysis of the Big 4 firms.
Interesting observations include:
- Deloitte with its 1.8% growth in 2010 took over the number one spot to become the largest accounting firm in the world.
- In general, the Big 4 saw modest growth in 2010, at an average of 1.4%
- The outlook for 2011 is optimistic with revenue growth for the Big 4 firms projected at 4-7%.
Download the full report.
The CPA Exam is Going International in 2011
The CPA Exam, which is jointly administered by the AICPA, NASBA and Prometric, will be available in five international locations starting in the second half of 2011, including Japan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. It will be the same exam offered in the U.S., and it will be given in English only, regardless of location.
Becker Professional Education is well-positioned to help all non-U.S. CPA exam candidates take advantage of this change. For more than 15 years, Becker and its partners have provided CPA exam candidates in these locations and surrounding countries with industry-leading exam preparation programs.
Read more from the AICPA about the exam going international.
Accountants Anticipate More Business Hiring
According to a recent study conducted by financial analysis technology developer Sageworks, approximately 89% of public accountants believe that businesses will either hire more in 2011 than they did in 2010, or they'll at least maintain employee count into 2011.
Sageworks found that 23 percent of the accountants polled expect businesses to increase their employee headcount in 2011, while 66.4 percent expect businesses to maintain their number of employees in 2011.
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Strategies for your Candidates on Sitting for the 2011 CPA Exam
As you know, the 2011 CPA Exam has been transformed including major changes to both the content and structure of the exam. At Becker, we are frequently asked "which part should I sit for first?" While that decision is up to each individual candidate, we do provide guidance on things to consider with each section of the exam. This is helpful information you can pass along to your exam candidates.
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How Becker "Nailed" the 2011 Exam
When the AICPA announced that the 2011 CPA Exam would incorporate the most significant updates since the introduction of on-demand, computer-based testing (CBT) in 2004, Becker Professional Education's experts immediately began a major overhaul of nearly every element of our industry-leading CPA Exam Review that resulted a total investment of over 100,000 hours to prepare candidates for success on the 2011 CPA Exam.
Read how we transformed our 2011 CPA Exam Review.