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New AuditClub Passes Help CPA Firms and Companies Find Talent

CPA Practice

In addition to its existing AuditClub Chiefs passes, the company now offers its AuditClub Crew passes for CPA firms and companies to access virtual crew members with up to six years of experience who perform and review audit procedures based on a member’s solutions requests.

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3 reasons for the accountant shortage (and how CPA firms can attract candidates in 2023)

Accounting Insight

Several factors contribute to the shortage, like mid-career CPAs changing professions, or early retirements spurred by the pandemic. But why has the accounting profession become so unattractive? We’ve gathered three reasons for the shortage of accountants, as well as solutions for CPA firms to consider.

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Ashley V. Johnson, CPA, EA – 2023 “40 Under 40” Honoree

CPA Practice

Johnson, CPA, EA – 2023 “40 Under 40” Honoree Founding Partner J&F Advisors, PLLC www.jandfadvisors.com Career Highlights Ashley Johnson, a Founding Partner and strategic leader at J&F Advisors, PLLC, is committed to advancing the firm’s mission and elevating it among the top CPA firms in Detroit.

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

CPA Practice

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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In 2019, Academic Researchers Tried to Answer the Question ‘Is Accounting a Miserable Job?’

Going Concern

A branch of accounting literature argues that such stereotypes are costly to the profession because they reduce the number, quality, and diversity of people selecting into accounting careers (Baldvinsdottir et al. 4) and CPA firms have exceptionally high employee turnover (CPA Journal 2018).

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Spotlighting Women in Advisory Practice: “Building an advisory firm around flexibility is key,” says Sandy Heit of ModernCPAs

ThomsonReuters

Creating a CPA firm around flexibility Heit describes how a former group of colleagues had started an accounting firm around the same time she began her photography business. After some time, Heit left HCVT to become a full-time photographer, allowing her the flexibility to have the work-life balance she desired.

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

Going Concern

Founded in 2006, Cordia Partners provides outsourced accounting, business advisory consulting and digital transformation services to small and mid-sized businesses. BDO first entered the Pittsburgh market about 10 years ago when the Chicago-based CPA firm merged with Pittsburgh regional Alpern Rosenthal.

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