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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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Talent Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing [ Wall Street Journal ] For Connor Verrett, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor at Washington & Lee University who expects to graduate this month, that roadblock was among the factors he considered in eschewing an accounting career. “It

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Friday Footnotes: ‘You Can’t Be Seen As the First Person to Leave’; How Firms of All Sizes Are Using AI | 10.6.23

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At one point, Trump attorney Clifford Robert asked Bender to speak into the microphone and the accountant replied: “I am as close as I can be without kissing it.” At the same time, the median, inflation-adjusted pay for young accountants has stagnated, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of salary data compiled by the Census Bureau.