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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

Your sales tax obligations depend on knowledge and that knowledge often resides in a professional tax specialist (usually an accountant) who helps your company meet its sales tax obligations. This is a complicated time for sales tax obligations – and a terrible time to try to hire an accountant.

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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. Workers who may lack an accounting degree but have a business background, or bookkeeping and tax experience, may be a good fit for client accounting services and certain tax engagements.

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Beyond tax season: creating revenue stability year-round

ThomsonReuters

Tax season is a critically busy time of the year for accountants, and we all know the stress that can come with such a high demand for services during that part of the year. 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.

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Number of Accounting Grads Continues to Shrink

CPA Practice

post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. Master’s degrees earned at private institutions fell 10.9%

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

CPA Practice

Starting salaries for roles in tax services are projected to increase an average of 3.6% next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half. Firms that are upfront about a role’s salary range can improve their hiring prospects.

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The Accounting Talent Shortage is Not New, You Guys

Going Concern

A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008. By contrast, 43 percent of graduates hired had bachelor’s degrees, down from 56 percent in 2008.

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

ThomsonReuters

Something clicked then, Lanphier says, and she found that she liked accounting. Lanphier says she also knew an accounting degree would provide many job options. Upon completion of the joint-degree BBA and MS program, Lanphier was recruited by Deloitte to work in their international tax group.

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