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Bold Move Listing ‘Lucrative Compensation’ As One of Five Reasons to Pursue Accounting, Montclair State

Going Concern

As businesses expand their operations internationally, the demand for accountants with a global mindset and cross-cultural competence continues to rise. The biggest global opportunity afforded to accountants in 2024 is interacting with the ever-growing offshore team. Alright, we’ll give them this one.

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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Increase Nearly 4% in 2024

CPA Practice

Starting salaries for roles in tax services are projected to increase an average of 3.6% in 2024, while audit and assurance services will see starting salaries likely go up an average of 3.8% next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half.

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Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections

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As you’re about to see from the salary reports we’ve shared with you over the past few months those rumors are in fact true. Let’s start with the salary guide to beat all salary guides: the 2022 Accounting & Finance Salary Guide from Robert Half.

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These 10 LCOL Cities Are Expected to Have Higher-Than-Average Public Accounting Starting Salaries in 2023

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Over the last week we ’ve taken a look at projected public accounting starting salaries in 2023 for eight cities with a high cost of living and 12 cities with a medium cost of living , and how those salaries compare to the national averages contained in the 2023 Robert Half Accounting & Finance Salary Guide.

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Our Profession Really Has Abused Those at the Entry Level, Says Managing Partner to the Local News

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“It’s not uncommon for an accounting firm to require their lower-level staff, up to four or five years and even after that, to work 80 or 90-hour weeks.” We know of at least one mid-tier firm headquartered in the Midwest that had this very problem, there are no doubt many more we haven’t gotten the scoop on.

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Friday Footnotes: The IRS Has Another ERC Warning; Non-Big 4 Firms Get Dissed; Is AI Excitement Warranted? | 7.26.24

Going Concern

ICYMI These are the top stories on Going Concern this week You Can Sit for the CPA Exam in the Philippines Now Golf Fans Everywhere Now Think BDO Sells Dildos and Lube Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years? The multinational accounting firm promoted Carr to partner in 1999.

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A Word on Salary Transparency From THE Transparency Guy: Stop Going in Blind on Compensation

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Look, we all know that public accounting salaries always have been and probably always will be a major point of contention. Now this leads to the next question: why does salary transparency matter? Above all else, accounting firms are in the business of making money.