ADVOCACY in focus
Profession recognizes changing demands and OSCPA scores wins on BID, SALT bills By Jessica Salerno-Shumaker, OSCPA senior content manager
Professional licensing and the CPA Evolution are pushing the profession forward while ensuring CPAs continue to be excellent strategic advisors to businesses and the public.
“I think that there's a very real recognition by an overwhelming number of people that professional licensing, especially as it relates to CPAs, provides a protection of public interest,” said Brendan Fitzgerald, Vice Chair at the Accountancy Board of Ohio and a former chair of the Ohio Society of CPAs Board of Directors. Fitzgerald said the recent OSCPA-supported change in Ohio to allow students to sit for the CPA exam at 120 hours gives future CPAs the opportunity to begin their career journey sooner, as opposed to waiting to begin until they have 150 hours.
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