TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 29, 2024

Today’s accounting firm leaders are constantly grappling with two pivotal challenges: attracting top-tier talent and holding on to the people they have. The challenge for CPA firms is to create an environment and a career path that talented young people find appealing.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Andrew Argue, CPA. College graduates with accounting degrees , CPA exam takers , new entrants to the accounting workforce —all these metrics and our experience make us feel there’s a lack of interest in our industry. You can sense the collective anxiety brewing: Is our industry running low on accounting talent?

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you spend a lot of time hiring temporary employees just to help with tax season, you could be missing out on a lot of potential talent—those employees who are looking for long-term positions. Tax accountants who only need office space for a few months out of the year must spend a lot of time before tax season looking for good options.

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CPA Practice

MAY 30, 2023

The number of CPA candidates who took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2022 was about 7% lower than the previous year, the Financial Times reported on May 28. FT reported that was the lowest amount of CPA exam takers in at least 17 years. The number of CPA exam modules being sat by U.S.

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