Going Concern

AUGUST 29, 2023

I’m involved in recruiting for one of the largest accounting firms in Connecticut. Yes, accountants have incredible lifetime earning potential. Yes, CPAs do even better over a lifetime. Way to minimize the reality for countless public accountants. The CPA exam is hard. Also, the CPA exam is hard.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

The auditor in question was Deloitte, the behemoth Big Four accounting firm with annual revenue of $65 billion through a global network that stretches from Amsterdam to Zhengzhou. According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the accountancy regulator has fined auditors £33.2m in 2021/22. in 2022/23, slightly up from £32.8m

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audit auditor Illinois CPA 109

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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Account accountant accounted CPA 52

Going Concern

OCTOBER 11, 2022

note: the following is penned by Bob Jennings CPA, EA for his Taxspeaker.com newsletter. The AACSB only accredits those schools providing the Big 4 demanded curricula, eliminating from accreditation any school offering alternative small-business accounting education tracks to the exclusion of nearly ½ of American businesses.

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Education Account accountant accounted 101

ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 28, 2022

But for some tax and accounting firms, the high volume of clients from January to April represents the majority of their business for the year. Why revenue stability is important for small and mid-sized tax and accounting firms. Offer your services to large tax accounting firms as a freelance or contract worker.

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Tax tax preparation bookkeeping bookkeeping services 102

Going Concern

JUNE 15, 2023

That was the year I started working in CPA review, Going Concern was founded two years later. Note that ‘XYZ’ was a placeholder, they were apparently in such a rush to create this CPA-killing credential they couldn’t come up with a name. The article is “The Crisis in Accounting Education” by Alexander L.

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Account accountant accounted Education 59

Going Concern

JULY 14, 2022

There’s been a “Great Resignation” in public accounting for as far back as any CPA alive today can remember, that’s just what people do. New accounting graduate numbers continue to trend down which is of greater concern than early-career accountants jumping ship from Big 4 firms at the two year mark.

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public accounting CPA accounting degree cpas 59

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Someone you know spoke to NPR’s Marketplace for this story: Some accountants are turning away new customers this tax season Tax filing season is here and if you’ve been putting off finding a CPA, good luck. We get calls all the time saying, ‘Hey, my CPA just retired. Do you have room?’ Some are finding solutions overseas.

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auditor Account accountant accounted 72

Going Concern

MARCH 25, 2022

I’m just going to leave this here: Finding ‘untapped’ talent pools of CPAs [ Journal of Accountancy ] Gee I have no idea why it’s getting so hard to find CPAs hmmm…OH maybe because this is the kind of advice being handed out: “Put aside preconceived notions about what experienced CPA job seekers are looking for in their jobs.

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