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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

Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation that would introduce an alternative pathway to CPA licensure and the message to these stewards of the next generation of accountants is clear: no one is trying to eliminate MAcc programs. We welcome your feedback and questions.

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Letters to the Editor: CPAs Give Their Perspectives on Why No One Wants to Be an Accountant Anymore

Going Concern

The numbers don’t lie: of 658,267 actively licensed CPAs in 53 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions, less than 1% are Black (2020 data), a number that has remained largely unchanged in 40 years. Starting I couldn’t take the kind of paycut to be a entry level field auditor or tax. Accounting is miserable.

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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. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Prager Metis Just Got Thoroughly Boned By the SEC For Hundreds of Independence Violations

Going Concern

From the SEC : The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against accounting firm Prager Metis CPAs, LLC and its California professional services firm, Prager Metis CPAs LLP, (together, Prager) for violating auditor independence rules and for aiding and abetting their clients’ violations of federal securities laws.

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Are Auditors Becoming as Hard to Find as a PS5?

Going Concern

Ever since early 2020 we have been forced to learn how to go without, not always an easy task in our always-connected, on-demand, two-day-delivery world. Supply shortages include CPAs but the accounting pipeline problem as it’s called didn’t happen because of or due to the pandemic. It’s been happening for years.

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Extending Outsourcing Contracts Can Alleviate Shortage of CPAs

CPA Practice

Projections indicate that demand for accountants and auditors will increase by 13% between 2021 and 2031, with an estimated 136,400 job openings between 2021 and 2023. Despite a 9.10% increase in regional completions from 2010-2021, there was a 12,789 completion decline from 2019-2020 alone.

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Meeting the Staffing Demands: How Automation is Transforming Accounting Firms

CPA Practice

Over the past two years, more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left their positions, marking a 17% decline from the peak of the profession a few years ago. The retirement of CPAs contributes to the shortage of qualified tax practitioners, with nearly 75% of the workforce in 2020 reaching retirement age, according to the AICPA.