CPA PIPELINE

Engaging and Advancing the Next Generation of CPAs

The Texas Society of CPAs (TXCPA) has a longstanding history in working to grow the CPA profession and expand the pipeline. TXCPA, our 20 local chapters, and member volunteers have done significant work to provide student outreach and support accounting career education.

Today’s students are introduced to career exploration as early as elementary school and often choose a learning path in high school. Additionally, options for earning college credit while in high school have expanded. As the education landscape has evolved, TXCPA has recognized the need for a more proactive, coordinated, and focused statewide approach with measurable outcomes.

In 2022, a Pipeline Task Force worked with TXCPA staff to identify key stakeholders in the CPA pipeline, gather data, and develop a statewide strategy with a purpose of effecting change and increasing the number of individuals becoming licensed CPAs through expanded outreach. TXCPA’s Pipeline Task Force became a permanent committee following the launch of the strategy.

In 2023, the National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG) was convened in response to an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Council resolution aimed at developing a national strategy to address accounting talent issues. They identified a need for a cohesive, unified, data-driven, and flexible approach to bring more people into accounting, with recommendations based on six major themes. 

In 2024, the TXCPA Pipeline Committee revised the TXCPA CPA Pipeline Strategy to better align its objectives with national efforts and transform the original objectives and tactics outlined by audience to now correspond with NPAG’s six major themes. Find a copy of this updated, comprehensive plan below.

CPA PIPELINE STRATEGY