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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

CPA Practice

The alarm bells in accounting have been ringing for years: fewer people want to join – or stay – in the profession. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) said in its “2023 Trends” report that the percentage of accounting graduates fell 7.8% Accounting roles must evolve to allow for this shift.

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Pay transparency leads to more engaged employees

Accounting Today

The taboo around discussing and comparing accounting salaries is slowly fading.

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

Going Concern

In a post published on October 7th by Montclair State University titled “ Top 5 Reasons to Transition to an Accounting Career ” that can be best described as a thinly veiled advertisement for their Master’s program, the university explains “why making the leap into accounting might be the best move you ever make.”

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An Accountant’s Weekend Reading | 12.27.24

Going Concern

Instead of a wrap up of the week’s accounting news (there is none), here are a few items for your consideration. Comments are open if you’d like to share your opinion on anything here, or any other relevant happenings in and around the accounting profession. Bookkeeping, accounting, and tax should be a relationship service.

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Here Are Even More 2024 Accounting Salary Projections

Going Concern

Last month we took a look at the 2024 Robert Half Salary Guide to get an idea what public accounting salaries should be in the range of next year, today it’s a similar report from Addison Group and their 2024 Workforce Planning Guide. The guide covers several industries, we are of course only here for accounting.

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Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years?

Going Concern

INSIDE Public Accounting is due to release their Top 500 list soon and in the meantime, they’ve asked a very important question: Will 2024 show another big boost in compensation? The post Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years? Since 2020, staff pay has increased by 15.7

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Here Is a Massive List of Accounting Salaries Broken Down By City

Going Concern

Came across this list from Smartest Dollar of “the best-paying American cities for accountants in 2022” on the Googs and thought it worth sharing because getting paid is the only reason many of you do this job. In the event of a tie, the location with the greater actual median annual wage for accountants was ranked higher.