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Top 5 tips for accounting firms to find qualified workers

Accounting Insight

Trouble finding qualified staff continues to be a top concern for accounting firms of all sizes, according to the AICPA’s 2023 Top Issues Survey. Your firm obviously needs a certain number of licensed CPAs if you provide auditing services. Internships may also be beneficial for your firm.

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Beyond tax season: creating revenue stability year-round

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But for some tax and accounting firms, the high volume of clients from January to April represents the majority of their business for the year. Why revenue stability is important for small and mid-sized tax and accounting firms. Bookkeeping. Business tax preparation. Freelance or contract tax preparation work.

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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Increase Nearly 4% in 2024

CPA Practice

Competition for experienced talent is also an issue, as many public accounting employees leave for corporate jobs with more manageable workloads. Audit and bookkeeping professionals at all levels are also in high demand,” Robert Half said in the salary guide.

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The Philippines is Running Low on Accountants and US Firms Should Be Worried

Going Concern

This is from CNN Philippines in March : The country is facing a shortage of accountants as college enrollment for this field of study dropped while those licensed chose to work abroad, a group of certified public accountants said on Friday. Additionally, US accounting degree completions peaked in 2015-16 and have trended down since.

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Professionals on the Move – Nov. 2023

CPA Practice

Bookkeep Names Accounting Veteran Alison Ball as Vice President of Marketing and Communications Bookkeep, the leading accounting automation platform for ecommerce and retail, today announced the hiring of Alison Ball as Vice President of Marketing and Communications. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Spotlighting Women in Advisory Practice: Answering the call to accounting with Brittany Lanphier, CPA

ThomsonReuters

After being accepted at Texas A&M University Mays Business School — ranked one the most competitive business schools in the region — she progressed through her introductory business classes and then her first accounting class. Something clicked then, Lanphier says, and she found that she liked accounting.

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Professionals on the Move – Jan. 2024

CPA Practice

Jeff’s experience includes close to 43 years as co-founder and shareholder of a local accounting firm west of Boston, where he managed a client base of over 700 individuals, partnerships, fiduciary tax filings, and personal financial planning for his individual clients.