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Accounting is One of the ‘Most Common’ Occupations: KPMG Research

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With all the talk about the accountant shortage, you wouldn’t expect accountants and bookkeepers to be in the Most Common Occupations column yet here they are. The KPMG analysis looked at numbers of workers from 2014 to 2024 to calculate dying, growing, and stable occupations. Retail Other 355,800 431,500 75,700 21.3%

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Friday Footnotes: Stop Saying There’s a Shortage and Just Admit You’re Cheap, Firms; DOGE Hits the IRS; AICPA Caves on 150 | 2.14.25

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Accounting Firms Hire Growth Leaders as Dealmaking Shakes Up Industry [ Wall Street Journal ] Forty-nine of the 100 largest U.S. accounting firms employed at least one growth executive at the end of 2024, roughly double that of 2019, according to employment-data provider Live Data Technologies. counterparts.

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Friday Footnotes: For the Last Time, Salaries Are Too Low; NOCLAR Is Back; Big 4 Beat Up Again | 3.1.24

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pic.twitter.com/FQcm4AXSdg — Barbara Pocock (@BarbaraPocock) February 27, 2024 Chartered Accountants mistakenly let ex-PwC partner avoid investigation [ Financial Review ] Speaking of Peter Collins, AFR is still on the beat like a tick on a dog’s ass.

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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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The resulting 2024 Insight Special Feature, “Re-Decoding the Decline: An Updated CPA Pipeline Report,” reveals respondents’ perceptions of CPAs and the CPA credential, along with the top challenges and deterrents driving their decisions to pursue the CPA credential or not. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Says Stop ERC Fearmongering; Deloitte Cussed Out For ‘Grueling Culture’; Worst Books Ever | 2.23.24

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Sadly, I had to argue with them over their own language in black and white on how… — Eric Pierre, CPA (@yourfavecpa) February 22, 2024 Deloitte’s Adam Powick wrestles with the complaints of former staff and directors about the pressure to perform in a gruelling corporate culture. in last 12 months.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Artificial Intelligence: The long-awaited saving grace of the accounting profession [ The Arkansas Traveler ] According to research by Chartered Accountants Worldwide, accountants are consistently rated among the most trusted professionals alongside doctors and nurses, with around 80% of people trusting them to navigate the business world.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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Bill would let private CPAs, not state auditor’s office, audit state agencies [ Radio Iowa ] Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, IA seems to think letting CPA firms audit government books instead of the state auditor will fix the accountant shortage somehow?