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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

Going Concern

I had coached baseball for 3 years at this point, umpired baseball games for 6 years, played basketball my whole life, and coached junior high football for a year. Following graduation, I took the summer off of work and umpired baseball games, golfed 18 holes, and studied for the CPA exams. Crazy how that works. It’s a special place.

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

CPA Practice

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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BDO USA Calls Its New ESOP ‘a Game-Changer’ for the Profession

CPA Practice

the sixth-largest public accounting firm in the U.S., said on Monday that it is establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)—which would allow its more than 10,000 professionals to buy a shared stake in the CPA firm—that is expected to become effective later this month. BDO USA P.A.,

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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.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

Going Concern

Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

Going Concern

At the meeting, the Board will consider issuing for public comment a proposal to amend PCAOB Rule 3502, Responsibility Not to Knowingly or Recklessly Contribute to Violations. A number of accounting firms,1 public companies, professional membership associations and other key stakeholders raised concerns.

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KPMG’s New Metaverse Space is Like the First-Person Shooters You Played in 1999 But Worse

Going Concern

14 or 15 years ago I trolled Bill Sheridan of the Maryland Association of CPAs on Twitter about uncovering a weapons cache they’d stashed on CPA Island, a then-revolutionary virtual space in the game Second Life MACPA had set up for…accounting things. Back in 2008 CPA Island was the first (only?

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