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AICPA Says it Has a Plan to Fix the CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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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

Going Concern

But these issues are matched, and possibly exasperated, by a litany of broader industry challenges: a still-decreasing pipeline of future accountants, potential shakeups to the partnership model, artificial intelligence, and defending the relevance of the auditing industry. Are federal IT systems supporting the targeted service outcomes?

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Downsizes (Office Space); CPA CPA CPA; Some Good News on Diversity | 8.26.22

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.” ‘Address visa issues’: KPMG wants more migrants, now [ Australian Financial Review ] Professional services firm KPMG will call on the federal government to lift the immigration cap to alleviate widespread worker shortages at next week’s Jobs and Skills Summit. Looking for a remote accounting job?

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Is Twice as Bad as Other Firms; Upskill or Die; Hella M&A | 10.21.22

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Herbein + Company Acquires Organizational Psychology Firm. UHY Acquires Michigan Firm. And one more to add to the bunch from CPA Practice Advisor: CLA to Combine with Top 200 CPA Firm Concannon Miller. 7 tips for communicating with staff during M&As [ Journal of Accountancy ].

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