Article: Most influential split on global business credential initiative.(American Institute of CPAs' XYZ global business services credential)

The American Institute of CPAs' proposed XYZ global business services credential -- the center of a firestorm of controversy among the accounting industry at-large -- has failed to win a consensus among the industry's most influential people.

The number of Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People who believe the credential will have a positive effect outnumber those predicting a negative effect by almost a two-to-one margin. However, a sizeable portion either believe the credential's effect will essentially be neutral, or they declined to render their opinion on the topic.

Some 82 people named to this year's Top 100 responded to a series of ...

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