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The 2023 AICPA Trends Report Shows Things Are Looking Up For Accounting Grad Numbers! JK They Suck

Going Concern

Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% from 2021–2022 after steady decline of 1-3% per year since 2015–16. Master’s degree completions also fell in 2021–2022 (-6.4%) but the percentage decline is significantly less than in 2019–20. JK They Suck appeared first on Going Concern.

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

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For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S. There were about 1.65

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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

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Today the EY organization has announced new technology capabilities and a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assurance framework for EY professionals as part of a multi-year, technology driven audit transformation program which is supported by plans to align approximately 9,000 Technology Risk professionals to the Assurance service line.

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Number of Accounting Grads Continues to Shrink

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post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. Master’s degrees earned at private institutions fell 10.9%

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The Accounting Talent Shortage is Not New, You Guys

Going Concern

A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008. By contrast, 43 percent of graduates hired had bachelor’s degrees, down from 56 percent in 2008. This is a decrease of 2.8%

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Let’s Start the Year Off With Some Doomsaying Predictions For the Profession in 2023

Going Concern

Audit failures will become more frequent & high profile ( #FTX now, what next year?). Regulators will increase pressure to improve audit quality, as they should. CPA Evolution will depress the pipeline further. Jack Castonguay, PhD, CPA (@profjackc) January 4, 2023. More pressure = more hours = more turnover = more pressure….

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Professionals on the Move – June 2023

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She brings deep experience in leading finance organizations at high-growth SaaS companies through IPO and beyond and serves on both the board of directors and audit committees for public and private companies. in October of 2021. Medallia was publicly traded (NYSE: MDLA) until its purchase by Thoma Bravo for $6.4B

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