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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

Going Concern

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. ” When I was a junior in high school, I took my first accounting class. I loved the class.

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BDO USA Calls Its New ESOP ‘a Game-Changer’ for the Profession

CPA Practice

the sixth-largest public accounting firm in the U.S., BDO’s ESOP is believed to be the first such employee stock plan offered by a public accounting firm in the U.S. BDO’s ESOP is believed to be the first such employee stock plan offered by a public accounting firm in the U.S. BDO USA P.A.,

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Three Ways Game Developers Can Claim R&D Tax Credits

Shay CPA

Developing a game isn’t cheap. Even if you have a team of 3D modeling pros with lots of programming experience and heaps of creativity, the hours you’ll all dump into building your game are hours people expect to be paid. Ultimately, by the time your new game hits the market, it represents a serious investment.

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Top 7 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Accounting Firms, According to PICPA

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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. Progress is being made, but accounting is a pay-laggard among most financial professions,” PICPA said in the report.

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The Accountant Shortage is a Material Weakness Now

Going Concern

The Wall Street Journal wrote today about recent disclosures made by Advance Auto Parts, Joby Aviation, and Germany’s Evotec that specifically point to a lack of accounting staff as a contributor to or sole factor causing certain material weaknesses. We have engaged a leading public accounting firm to support this work.

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If You’re Quitting Public Accounting Try Not to Burn Bridges on Your Way Out In Case You Need to Come Crawling Back

Going Concern

I’ve peeped your game…constantly trying to throw me under the bus. Related article: The Boomerang: Who Says You Can’t Go Back to Public Accounting? The post If You’re Quitting Public Accounting Try Not to Burn Bridges on Your Way Out In Case You Need to Come Crawling Back appeared first on Going Concern.

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Accounting Top 100 Social Media Leaderboard – Jan. 18, 2023

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We are proud that Avalara’s Accounting Top 100 social media leaderboard is made up of a diverse group of accounting industry professionals. In addition to overseeing the firm’s Managed Accounting arm, Jason refers to himself as an entrepreneur and creator. Some games are finite, with a beginning, an end, & agreed rules.

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