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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. Are they experienced with auditors?

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This One Chart Shows Just How Boned the Accounting Profession Is

Going Concern

The authors compared accounting degrees to computer science degrees completed in the state of New York between 2010 and 2020 which is how we ended up with this chode. The clear conclusion is that there has been a declining trend in the number of accounting degrees awarded in New York over recent years.

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From the auditor’s perspective: What does the future of the audit profession look like?

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What skills will future auditors need to succeed? I have a couple of attorneys on staff and one of my auditors is an attorney. Never had an accounting class in her life. National and regional firms are traveling auditors to death. So within the last six months, I’m seeing a lot of auditors are applying to us again.

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How Much Should Public Accounting Starting Salaries Be to Make Public Accounting Starting Salaries Less Awful?

Going Concern

Let’s assume a student has an undergraduate accounting degree, a MAcc degree, and has passed all 4 sections of CPA exam. Accounting. — Starting salaries in #accounting have gone from B school leaders to laggards. What do we think is a fair starting salary?

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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

Going Concern

When evaluating the decision to pursue legislation, the MNCPA board focused on attracting students to the accounting degree and, ultimately, CPA certification. A meeting with Julie Blaha, the Minnesota state auditor, confirmed this issue in Minnesota.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

Thanks to the widespread distribution efforts, 7,780 accounting students, graduates, and young professionals under the age of 35 who were pursuing or had pursued accounting degrees and careers—including CPAs and non-CPAs—completed the survey, including 3,287 full- or part-time students. Find it, and other ICPAS insights, here.

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Talent-Strapped Down Under Deloitte and EY Are Importing Staff

Going Concern

On the government’s list of nearly 100 in-demand occupations are accountants (specifically general accountants, tax accountants, and management accountants), auditors (internal and external), corporate treasurers, actuaries, economists, and management consultants. In the U.S.,

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