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Are accounting firms keeping remote work positions?

ThomsonReuters

Many of today’s accounting professionals have a new perspective on when and how they want to work. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced countless businesses, including accounting firms, to go remote essentially overnight due to mandated shutdowns and stay-at-home orders. Are there still remote accounting jobs?

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There Are 340,000 Fewer Accountants—and Companies Are Paying the Price

CPA Practice

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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Friday Footnotes: No Foolin’ Here; 18,000 New Accounting Jobs; Skills Auditors Need NOW to Be Future-Ready | 4.1.22

Going Concern

431K jobs added in March, with 18.2K in accounting [ Accounting Today ] Some of the main job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, and professional and business services, along with retail trade and manufacturing. Overall employment in professional and business services was 723,000 higher than in February 2020.

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Here Are Even More 2024 Accounting Salary Projections

Going Concern

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. Say what now?

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Wall Street Journal Addresses the Accountant Shortage, Suggests a Recession Could Fix It

Going Concern

I made my entrée into accounting way back in 2007, at the time my job involved a three-hour roundtrip journey across four Bay Area counties and back and I was looking for something a bit closer to home. They say accounting is recession-proof, I had an inside view during the worst recession of our lifetime and must agree.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC CEO Resigns Over Tax Scandal; RTO Propaganda; Unproductive Productivity | 5.8.23

Going Concern

Tom Seymour, chief executive of PwC Australia since March 2020, has stood down with immediate effect following a discussion with the board of partners on Monday. This ESPN article about tonight’s draft mentions only “accounting firm.” First Republic’s accounts point out that KPMG was auditor since 2010.

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Best Accounting Practices for General Contractors

Pooley Accounting Services

A 2020 survey found that construction businesses blame delays on:: Change orders (62%), Weather (60%), Poor project coordination (54%), Delayed payments (12%). By following these four best accounting practices, contractors can achieve more than a 28% success rate. For example, a series of small jobs occur in the fourth quarter.

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