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

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But modest starting salaries , horrible work/life balance (especially in public accounting), and time-consuming and strict requirements to obtain CPA licensure have resulted in declining student interest in accounting careers—thus creating a talent shortage in the profession.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Gets a New Tax Leader; Bad News For MBAs; Deloitte Cheating | 10.16.23

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The issue is one of the industry’s main concerns, along with macroeconomic volatility and cyber threats. The AICPA’s Sue Coffey wrote an opinion piece for Accounting Today. Our talent challenges are real, but perspective about the opportunities and appeal of an accounting career has been lacking. Who is it??

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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Audit Comments Raise Concerns About PCAOB’s Proposal To Expand the Scope of Audits and the Role of Auditors [ JD Supra ] In June 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping amendments to its auditing standards. Following is a summary of the key areas of comment.

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We Asked Twitter What’s the Second Most Important Issue in the Accounting Profession Right Now, Here’s What They Said

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We suspect that were accounting firms to raise salaries in a significant way, talent would follow. Because salaries did not budge much over the past 15 years and because workloads became heavier and heavier as the years wore on, the perceived value of an accounting career eroded more and more with each passing year.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Vet Quits on Christmas; PwC Resigns; ‘A Veil of Legitimacy’ | 1.16.23

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The main objective is to check whether there are any overtime hours for which employees have not been paid or received subsequent time off,” the ministry said, noting it was concerned about compliance with both labour and social security law.

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Who’s Smarter, Big 4 Accountants or Industry Accountants? A Debate

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There will always be problems with the concept of an independent audit when the auditors are being paid by the auditee. But I assert that there’s nowhere better to start an accounting career than at a Big 4 firm. Stay = Best at memorizing audit standards. Unless the people do something stupid , then yeah, sure.

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