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The Best Tech for Accounting Firms: CPAs Voted for Readers Choice Tech Awards

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The technologies used in professional accounting firms continue to evolve and shape how practices function, from client service, to staffing issues, and overall management and growth. WINNER: TheTaxBook – Tax Materials Inc. has become a massive challenge for most small and mid-sized businesses.

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Top 7 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Accounting Firms, According to PICPA

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PICPA received survey responses from 323 accounting professionals nationwide who have zero to 15 years of public accounting experience and have left their firm or profession within the past five years. So, why are so many heading for the exits? This group of professionals was called “current talent.”

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Friday Footnotes: Accountant Shortage Ramps Up Work Pressure; Celebrities’ Trusted CPAs; ERC Reverse Card | 12.8.23

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The CAQ surveyed 748 audit partners at eight of the largest accounting firms about conditions for their clients. News KPMG plans merging UK and Swiss businesses [ Reuters ] KPMG, one of the world’s Big Four accounting firms, said on Thursday that it is exploring a merger of its UK and Swiss businesses in a bid to boost profit.

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Episode 067: Craft Beer and Local Food with Corey Lord

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Join host Hugh Duffy as he talks with Corey Lord, Lord CPAs. Join host Hugh Duffy as he talks with Corey Lord, Lord CPAs. Guest Bio: Corey Lord, Lord CPAs CEO. Corey is the CEO and a Client Ally at Lord CPAs. Corey took over Lord CPAs from his father in. He is a licensed CPA in Michigan.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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The Conflict Surrounding Work-Life Balance in Public Accounting Firms [ CPA Journal ] For years, the public accounting sector has been characterized by high employee turnover. In the past few decades, public accounting firms have implemented work-life balance practices as part of their attempts to curb excessive turnover.

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Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Profession

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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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Episode 068: A conversation with Allan Koltin

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Previously he was recognized by the Illinois CPA Society with the Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service and commitment to the profession. Koltin is the author-editor of three books for professional services firms: CPA Firm Merger Strategies That Work, CPAs That Sell and the AICPA’s Marketing a Consulting Niche.

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