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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CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. Has the CPA license entered a death spiral?

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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

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

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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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

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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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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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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Going Concern

MARCH 30, 2022

The latest audit inspection results for Crowe show the 11th-ranked public accounting firm by revenue bombed 27% of the audits reviewed in the most recent PCAOB inspection cycle, but the firm was less bad in its 2020 report card than it was in 2019’s. Let’s take a look: Crowe. Moss Adams.

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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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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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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

FT ‘s Stephen Foley has written an opinion piece for, you guessed it, FT on the profession’s deadest of horses: the accountant shortage. ” Actually they use the words “came together” on the website but I refuse to use that phrase as I’m perpetually 15 years old.

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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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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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Anders CPA

AUGUST 2, 2022

After joining INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA)’s list of Top 100 firms at #100 in 2021, Anders jumped 11 spots in 2022 to #89. based accounting firms based on net revenues. This is IPA’s 32nd annual ranking of the largest accounting firms in the nation. The IPA Top 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 recognize the top U.S.-based

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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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CPA Practice

APRIL 30, 2024

By Paul Walsh, Star Tribune (TNS) An Edina, MN-based certified public accountant tapped into her clients’ bank accounts and stole more than $340,000, according to federal charges. Jeana Ann Lautigar, 57, was charged Monday in U.S. Lautigar was charged by summons.

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Going Concern

APRIL 23, 2024

The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants. The total global take for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 was $34 billion with advisory accounting for 29 percent of it ($10 billion, they said).

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Since I do not plan to sell this book through a publishing company, I need another way to market the book to the public. Now I understand the first reaction of many accountants to the concept of selling anything.

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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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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

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

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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LyfeAccounting

OCTOBER 12, 2020

?. There is one thing in business that is constant and remains the same: The need for proper bookkeeping and accounting. A CPA, which is a Certified Public Accountant, is an accounting professional that has satisfied rigorous education and experience requirements. Accounts Payable & Receivables. What is a CPA?

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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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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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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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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

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Shall we speculate wildly which Big 4 firm is not meeting the Canadian Public Accountability Board’s generous standards? This 28 per cent finding rate compares to 29 per cent across 119 files in 2020. Two of the four largest firms met the target of no more than 10 per cent of files inspected with significant findings.

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Anders CPA

AUGUST 8, 2023

Anders has jumped 12 spots from #89 to #77 on INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA)’s list of Top 100 Firms in the country for 2023. based accounting firms based on net revenues. This is IPA’s 33 rd annual ranking of the largest accounting firms in the nation. The IPA Top 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 recognize the top U.S.-based

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 17, 2023

Tennessee: The Tennessee Society of CPAs (TSCPA) recently released its Updated Fiscal Year 2021 Tennessee Tax Credit Report which provides a detailed list of all credits claimed for tax periods July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The annual report is typically released by January 1 for the previous fiscal year.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The program allows UMCS students to kickstart their careers by developing their accounting, finance, and business skills and earning prestigious professional qualifications alongside their university studies.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has not been in a jovial mood lately. Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug.

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