Y’all need to calm down, I’m running out of “angry person” stock photos.
With the accountant shortage in full swing and the profession’s talking heads, peanut galleries, unwashed masses, and unelected old white guys in charge discussing ways to ease it, it’s inevitable that we’ll start throwing out some WILD ideas. Like this one:
Want more CPAs?
Make the exam easier… that test is hard
120 vs 150-hour rule doesn’t make a difference because you still have to conquer the beast
There are many with 150 hours that never become CPAs because they give up on trying to pass
Expanding the pass credit window… https://t.co/L57RWaVqav
— Tax TeleGraf (@LoganGrafTax) March 10, 2023
Logan meant to open the floor on a discussion about this crazy idea, a noble intention that was immediately met with rage. The kind of rage that only Twitter can stir up.
I’m trying to redirect attention away from the 120 vs 150-hour rule debate
You can make it easier to sit for the test, but that doesn’t mean more people will become CPAs
Lowering hour requirements will increase the pool of who is eligible
But as I said, the difficulty of the test will weed out a lot of candidates
Observations about the reactions towards this tweet…
🚩Seeing a trend with anon accounts being very against increasing the ability to become a CPA
🚩People are so passionate about this topic at a level that doesn’t make sense
— Tax TeleGraf (@LoganGrafTax) March 10, 2023
In fairness to Twitter, some folks understood the assignment. Like David here:
How many of those CPAs saying “You can’t make the exam easier, it’ll diminish the profession” could score higher than a 40 on AUD or FAR today? It’s 2023, we don’t need to memorize every arcane rule anymore. Ease the exam up before there are only like 12 CPAs left.
— David Troyer (@DavidTroyer4) March 10, 2023
There’s some more reasoned discussion to be had here should you be interested.
SO. Let’s place a moratorium on discussing this particular item, perhaps permanently. What else we got? Have we considered giving CPA exam candidates free toasters upon passing all four parts?
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