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What Accountants Had to Say About the CPA Firm Business Model—and Why it Needs to Evolve

CPA Practice

After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.

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Why small CPA firms should care about fraud

ThomsonReuters

With the recent rash of public company fraud issues that were missed both internally and by external auditors, there has been a lot of negative news coverage for the accounting industry. But what does this mean for small CPA firms who don’t perform audits? In this episode of Pulse of Practice “Should a Small Firm Care?”,

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Letters to the Editor: CPAs Give Their Perspectives on Why No One Wants to Be an Accountant Anymore

Going Concern

The numbers don’t lie: of 658,267 actively licensed CPAs in 53 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions, less than 1% are Black (2020 data), a number that has remained largely unchanged in 40 years. It wasn’t until 2015 that a woman became CEO of a Big 4 accounting firm for the first time. CPA firms are white.

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Accounting Firms Have Begun to See Mexico As a Goldmine for Accounting and Finance Talent, Says Guy

Going Concern

As CEO of a staffing firm that connects companies with professionals in Mexico, every day I speak with accounting firms, CFOs and other executives looking to hire accountants and other financial professionals in the U.S. despite having more than double the population, has just over 665,000 actively licensed CPAs.

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Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Profession

CPA Practice

By Blake Oliver, CPA, and Chris Vanover, CPA. CPAs have always been passionate about numbers, using various metrics such as revenue, profit, headcount and realization to measure success. However, this focus on numerical indicators is contributing to the decline of the CPA profession itself.

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Friday Footnotes: RTO Isn’t Going So Great; KPMG Wins Something; What Auditors? | 5.19.23

Going Concern

Special Report: KPMG Canada beats Big Four accounting rivals in net new client gains [ Canadian Accountant ] For the second year in a row, KPMG Canada has surpassed its Big Four rivals in net new audit client gains, helping to offset the loss of a controversial company as an audit client. Chinese companies switch auditors to avoid U.S.

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Accounting Firm Names: 1000+ Ideas for Modern Firms

Ryan Lazanis

In this article, you’re going to get a ton of inspiration plus a whole bunch of tips for picking amazing accounting firm names. Table of Contents How to Choose a CPA Firm Name? Choosing an accounting firm name is all about branding and how you want the outside world to perceive you.