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A Career in Accounting Means Long Hours and Stress – But Also Purpose, Community and Meaningful Impact

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By Twyla Verhelst, CPA. Preparing and filing your taxes are unavoidable tasks that it’s safe to say most people don’t enjoy. Tax time can be especially daunting for small business owners and the self-employed, who must organize their financial information for the year and ensure they have set aside enough money to cover their tax liabilities.

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A Career in Accounting Means Long Hours and Stress – But Also Purpose, Community and Meaningful Impact

CPA Practice

By Twyla Verhelst, CPA. Preparing and filing your taxes are unavoidable tasks that it’s safe to say most people don’t enjoy. Tax time can be especially daunting for small business owners and the self-employed, who must organize their financial information for the year and ensure they have set aside enough money to cover their tax liabilities.

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3 Tips to Avoid Tax Season Burnout

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Being an accountant means that work often comes in ebbs and flows. Whether you are a remote worker or managing a full accounting firm, stop the burnout before it starts. The tide moves in every quarter, and there is always tax season. It’s stressful; that’s just part of the business, right? From the Thomson Reuters blog.

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Friday Footnotes: Ex-CPA Leaves Clients in the Lurch Before Tax Day; EY Layoffs; More ERC Concerns | 4.12.24

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While the average mean salary for accountants in the U.S. is about $68,000, according to ZipRecruiter data, more experienced accountants stand to earn anywhere from $150,000 to upwards of $200,000 a year. Tesla Korea makes accounting errors [ The Chosun Daily ] Tesla Korea, the South Korean unit of U.S.

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How to grow your CPA firm in the midst of change

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.” Firms that are growing have to continue to add staff, which adds costs to maintain a bigger firm. Accounting firms face an array of challenges, such as new technologies, increased client demands, legislative changes, and staffing constraints.

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CPA Candidates Given 12 Additional Months to Pass Exam, NASBA Says

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That’s because the board of directors of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) approved an amendment to the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA) Model Rules on April 21 that provides CPA exam-takers a rolling 30-month period to finish the other three sections of the exam, up from 18 months.

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How to avoid burnout during this tax season and beyond

ThomsonReuters

Being an accountant means that work often comes in ebbs and flows. Whether you are a remote worker or managing a full accounting firm, stop the burnout before it starts. The tide moves in every quarter, and there is always tax season. It’s stressful; that’s just part of the business, right? What is burnout?

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