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Interesting Niches under a COVID Cloud

BuildYourFirm

Accounting for Public Relations and Online Marketing Agencies. Accounting for Film Production. Accounting for Hedge Funds. Accounting for Cannabis (as more states change legislation). Accounting for Defense Contracting (federal spending on defense filtering down to smaller contractors).

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Attention, Soon-to-be-Accountants: Governments Need You

CPA Practice

Historically, graduates with an accounting degree or a CPA certificate could always count on getting a job in the public sector as a secure, albeit unglamorous, career path. Meanwhile, accounting firms were always happy to fill their off-season job calendars with state and local government audits.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What Do Big 4 Firms Pay These Days?; EY Gets Sued | 4.8.24

Going Concern

Business Insider analyzed the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s 2023 disclosure data for permanent and temporary foreign workers to find out what Big 4 firms pay. Our study is based on the latest data on US financial accounts collected by the Federal Reserve System. Are they really tho?

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