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How CPA Firms Can Compete for Top Talent in the Year Ahead

CPA Practice

CPA firm leaders outlining staffing plans for the coming year can’t help but worry if they will hit their hiring goals. This concern is not misplaced: Research for the 2024 Salary Guide From Robert Half found that organizations in both public and corporate accounting are grappling with an accountant shortage.

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

TaxConnex

More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. Are they experienced with auditors?

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This One Chart Shows Just How Boned the Accounting Profession Is

Going Concern

Perusing The CPA Journal as one does when one is tasked with the onerous burden of reporting on happenings in a profession in which so few things happen, I saw this discussion on CPA Evolution by Nina Terranova Dorata, PhD, CPA and Vincent J. Evaluating the CPA Evolution Initiative [ The CPA Journal ].

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

Going Concern

2024 CPA Exam Blueprints released [ Journal of Accountancy ]. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs. Money Diary: A Senior External Auditor On 54k [ Refinery29 ]. Challenges And Opportunities For Accounting Departments In 2023 [ Forbes ].

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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

Going Concern

Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation that would introduce an alternative pathway to CPA licensure and the message to these stewards of the next generation of accountants is clear: no one is trying to eliminate MAcc programs.

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How Much Should Public Accounting Starting Salaries Be to Make Public Accounting Starting Salaries Less Awful?

Going Concern

Let’s assume a student has an undergraduate accounting degree, a MAcc degree, and has passed all 4 sections of CPA exam. Accounting. — Dr. Josh McGowan, CPA (@Jmcgowan3838) September 19, 2022. Starting salaries in #accounting have gone from B school leaders to laggards. 55K isn’t it.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY’s Paying Big For the Everest Failure; PwC UK Delays Promotions | 2.12.24

Going Concern

Someone you know spoke to NPR’s Marketplace for this story: Some accountants are turning away new customers this tax season Tax filing season is here and if you’ve been putting off finding a CPA, good luck. We get calls all the time saying, ‘Hey, my CPA just retired. Do you have room?’

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