CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The demand for skilled tax practitioners in the accounting profession has never been more critical. This surge in demand for CPA services comes at a time when experienced public accountants are exploring alternative career options, and fewer graduates are entering the profession. By Richard Lavina and Ralph Carnicer.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last month we took a look at the 2024 Robert Half Salary Guide to get an idea what public accounting salaries should be in the range of next year, today it’s a similar report from Addison Group and their 2024 Workforce Planning Guide. The guide covers several industries, we are of course only here for accounting.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The 2023 AICPA Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits report (short: Trends report) was released last week and spoiler alert, it’s dark. Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% 65,035 total accounting degrees completed for 2021-22.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

JULY 29, 2019

Accounting Jokes, Videos, Puns and Humor. If you are going to be an accountant then you have to be able to laugh at yourself. I put together this post to bring together any funny and entertaining accounting and tax videos, puns, jokes, pictures, etc. Accounting and CPA Puns. Short Accounting and CPA Jokes.

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KROST

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Pasadena, CA – INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) named KROST CPAs & Consultants Top 100 Firm, Top 100 Fastest-Growing Organic Growth Firm, Top 100 Fastest-Growing All Growth, and best of the best in 2021. The firm placed 81 st on the prestigious top 100 list, a substantial leap from 116th in 2020.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 4, 2024

While it’s unclear what exactly led to the mistakes in each of these cases, one major risk factor has reached crisis levels: a shortage of certified public accountants. The lack of help means current accountants’ hours and workloads can be grueling, upping the odds of mistakes and burnout. “If

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s been a while since we’ve done an Accountants Behaving Badly megapost ( 381 days ago , actually), here’s some bad behavior you may have missed. Twice-Convicted Accountant Is Charged With Embezzling More Than $1.1 Palos Hills Accountant Indicted In $7.8M This stock photo is incredible.

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Snyder

AUGUST 12, 2022

What does an accountant do? Sometimes grasping the difference between bookkeeping and accounting can be tricky. Both bookkeepers and accountants work with your finances, both help make your tax reporting a smooth experience. Do I only need an accountant if I own a mid or large-sized business? What are bookkeeper duties?

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Going Concern

MAY 28, 2024

The local news in Cincinnati covered this strategic move : One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest accounting firms is being acquired by an Indianapolis company. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has published a report called Evolution of Mid-Tier Accountancy Firms. Let’s find out.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In it, questions are tossed out about how accounting education will change along with the ambitious CPA exam overhaul, with concerns raised about the graduates who will apply their pre-Evolution education to a post-Evolution exam. Between 2015 and 2020, the number of NYS licenses issued declined by approximately 20%.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Although the accounting talent shortage seems like something that just popped out of nowhere and couldn’t possibly have been predicted, oh, a decade ago, I feel compelled to remind everyone that we here at Going Concern saw this coming. From Is There Really a Shortage of Entry Level Accountants? OK ready for the prophetic bit?

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Going Concern

MARCH 4, 2024

BDO, the UK’s fifth largest accountancy firm, said graduates and school leavers were “strictly prohibited” from using AI-driven platforms such as ChatGPT under recently updated application guidelines. for “serious failings” after it didn’t spot an accounting scandal at ad agency M&C Saatchi. billion euro ($2.71

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 8, 2022

2010) has penned an article for Yale Daily News that argues — quite well — why Yale needs an accounting program. There’s nothing wrong with the trades, in fact if you do the math many plumbers make more per hour than early-career public accountants (ouch again). Accounting is a trade.” That resume tho.

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

r/accounting reacts to KPMG’s summer internship for high schoolers: Staffing shortages at KPMG? The PCAOB’s new rules would widen auditors’ responsibility to scrutinise whether a company is complying with laws and regulations, and to communicate more of their concerns to a company’s board of directors. Such suggestions are false.

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CPA Practice

JULY 25, 2023

This webinar will look at common and not so common lies accountants tell themselves. Field of Study: Business Management and Organization Register Today Presented by Ryan Lazanis , CPA founded Xen Accounting, a 100% cloud-based accounting firm, in 2013. Already registered for this webinar? Click here to log in.

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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll be doing an article shortly, in the meantime here are some quotes from INSIDE Public Accounting : Bob Cedergren, MNCPA board chair added, “I can tell you from my own experience, through conversations with colleagues throughout the country and the members of the MNCPA, that we have a significant shortage of CPAs.

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KROST

APRIL 9, 2021

. – KROST CPAs and Consultants, Los Angeles-based firm, receives two new accolades from Accounting Today , Top 100 Firms, and Fastest-Growing Firms in the U.S. which is new to the regional list this year.” – Accounting Today. “It It means a great deal to us to receive these two awards from Accounting Today. KROST ranked No.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 11, 2023

Accounting firms turn to a three-tiered approach to uncover opportunities Accounting firms are severely impacted by the dynamic post-pandemic economy. While the fundamentals of accounting remain the same, the processes and skill sets required to execute them are changing. According to Revelio Labs Inc.,

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Going Concern

JUNE 15, 2023

Prior to 2007 I had little idea the accounting profession existed. This cross-disciplinary knowledge covers accountancy, business law, corporate finance, human resources, information technology, marketing/sales, and operations. The article is “The Crisis in Accounting Education” by Alexander L.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 27, 2023

Under German law, Apas can only probe and sanction potential misconduct by active accountants who are enrolled in the country’s register of public accountants. 9 focusing on its financial and cost accounting controls, it said Thursday in its 10-K. seeking information about the company’s calculation of pension expenses.

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Going Concern

APRIL 16, 2024

See: Trump Media’s accounting firm has a 100% deficiency rate from U.S. Longtime Trump Organization accountants Mazars broke up with the former president’s company just days before Valentine’s Day 2022 and said in their breakup letter “the Statements of Financial Condition for Donald J. Because LOL.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Last week, we published a letter written to Fortune by a former CPA who pivoted to driving 18-wheelers and found far more career happiness than he ever would have in accounting (good for him). Accounting and being a CPA have been the worst personal decision and professional organization I’ve been a part since passing.

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Financial Advisor says many accounting firms want to get on the wealth management bandwagon “to serve clients better” but of course really “ wealth management practices can be quite profitable when done well. Los Angeles Business Journal profiled some homegrown artisan accountants. accounting grads continues to drop?

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Going Concern

AUGUST 28, 2023

Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Bored of writing and talking about the dire accountant shortage and the consequences it could have on the entire financial system as we know it, the other day I tweeted a question to find out what else folks think is plaguing accounting. We suspect that were accounting firms to raise salaries in a significant way, talent would follow.

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Going Concern

APRIL 20, 2022

As I snarkily mentioned last week , the AICPA has finally released its much-anticipated 2021 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits (or Trends , for short) report [PDF here ], a behemoth data dump of accounting industry stats first released in 1971 and released every two years since 2009.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Meet a 29-year-old accountant whose ‘resentment’ only climbed after her firm raised her salary from $60k to $90k as she made millions for them. Heredia, 29, started an accountant job at a small Tampa, Florida firm, with the promise that her $60,000 base salary would rise to $100,000 after one year. He passed over to his wife a £1.78 million

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Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Accounting and advisory firm Grant Thornton trimmed about 3% of its ranks in June. What drew you to the field of accounting?

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KROST

APRIL 7, 2022

Pasadena, CA – KROST was recognized as one of Los Angeles Business Journals’ Top 100 Accounting Firms in Los Angeles County, with 78% growth in revenue between 2020 and 2019, the firm is ranked 22 nd on the list. KROST is a full-service Certified Public Accounting and Consulting firm headquartered in Pasadena, California.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), in partnership with the Center for Accounting Transformation (the Center) and a coalition of other stakeholders, is launching a new, national survey to gain fresh insight into what’s driving the decline in individuals pursuing the certified public accountant (CPA) credential.

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 5, 2022

Over three decades since then, the phrase appears to be a very apt way to describe the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) and the subsequent responses by the SEC and PCAOB. PCAOB Reports—“Unable to Inspect or Investigate Completely” Registered Public Accounting Firms in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2022

If there’s anything we love here at Going Concern it is an accounting firm dick-measuring contest. INSIDE Public Accounting has blessed us with a fresh Top 500 Firms list which means lots and lots of measuring. We’ve included 2021 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 400 rankings in parenthesis for comparison: Deloitte (1).

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A key focus of this survey is to understand why a growing number of accounting students and young professionals in accounting and finance careers don’t finish the CPA exam or elect to never take it at all. Who says accounting doesn’t pay??

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. public accounting firms, however, turnover has continued to increase.

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Going Concern

APRIL 3, 2023

.” This is per the Canadian Public Accountability Board’s 2022 Annual Report [ PDF ]. The Globe and Mail reports : Problematic audits are on the rise at Canada’s accounting firms, according to the industry’s national regulator, which found issues in a third of the audits it examined last year, up from 28 per cent in 2021.

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Anders CPA

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jeanne Dee, CPA/CGMA, audit and assurance partner at Anders CPAs + Advisors (Anders), has been appointed to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC) effective January 1, 2024. in Accounting from the University of Missouri – St. I’m excited to get started! She holds a B.S.

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