Talk:American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

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what's a CPE?
It has the TLA near the end of the article, "CPE", is this a typo, or an actual acronym/abbrev.?

CPE stands for Continuing Professional Education.

Beginnings?
Does the AICPA have a specific beginning, and when and how?

The AICPA came from the merger of two competing organizations, circa 1920. Although the AICPA still controls the CPA exam, there are other CPA organizations.


 * Other than state CPA societies, what "other CPA organizations" are there? Psnae 03:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Committed to member service and the public interest, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its predecessors have been serving the accounting profession since 1887. Find out more about the AICPA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.154.62.10 (talk) 18:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

External Roles Section
This section needs additional expansion or else the section should be deleted entirely. The bulk of the section simply focuses on the legal status of CPAs--not the AICPA or members of the AICPA--with respect to representation of clients with the IRS. (Aside: What about tax court?) Since it does not deal with the AICPA--there is no requirement that CPAs belong to the AICPA, and hundreds of thousands of CPAs do not--only the remaining sentence--"The AICPA is a leading member of the International Federation of Accountants and the Global Accounting Alliance"--addresses an external role of the AICPA, and the mention is merely cursory. Other external roles should be identified, and all--including the only one noted to date--should be described in more detail. Failing these changes, the section should be deleted. Drbb01 (talk) 03:06, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Typo in first sentence?
Should the opening line refer to Certified Public Accountants rather than Certified Professional Accountants?
 * ✅. Bahooka (talk) 18:06, 17 March 2017 (UTC)