CPA Practice

APRIL 25, 2024

PICPA received survey responses from 323 accounting professionals nationwide who have zero to 15 years of public accounting experience and have left their firm or profession within the past five years. Firms have to pay quality talent what they are worth or expect to lose them. So, why are so many heading for the exits?

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accounting firms Pennsylvania Account accountant 89

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As CEO of a staffing firm that connects companies with professionals in Mexico, every day I speak with accounting firms, CFOs and other executives looking to hire accountants and other financial professionals in the U.S. despite having more than double the population, has just over 665,000 actively licensed CPAs.

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accounting and finance accounting firms Finance Account 103

Going Concern

AUGUST 29, 2023

So a guy named Brian Kelleher who works for the hilariously named FML CPAs has written an opinion piece for the Hartford Courant entitled “Opinion: Accounting is a fantastic career — despite common misconceptions.” I’m involved in recruiting for one of the largest accounting firms in Connecticut.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 20, 2023

note: A reader sent in this thought-provoking essay on their experience as a CPA. In it the author covers their introduction to accounting, the impact the pandemic had on their goals, and the all too familiar feeling of watching your peers make buckets of money in other careers while you grind away in public. Crazy how that works.

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public accounting Account accountant accounted 120

Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.

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auditor audit Virginia Technology 104

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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