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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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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

Going Concern

Talent Accounting Research Seeks to Find Solutions for Talent Shortage [ EIN Presswire ] The Center for Accounting Transformation, in collaboration with CPA Trendlines, is undergoing Staffing Strategies Research to understand how to address the talent shortage and identify workable solutions for firms and organizations of all sizes.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

Smaller firms cannot pay competitive salaries because the graduates must be expensively retrained in small business accounting needs. This circle is caused by the power wielded by the Big 4 firms over educators in the form of accreditation in college accounting programs, administered by the AACSB. September 12, 2021.

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