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

Going Concern

ICYMI: These are the most-read articles on Going Concern this week: Tax Preparer Finds Out in the Worst Way Possible That ERC Wasn’t a Free Money Glitch Survey Says: Which Group of Auditors Are Most Satisfied With Their Salaries? While the average mean salary for accountants in the U.S.

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How to avoid burnout during this tax season and beyond

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Being an accountant means that work often comes in ebbs and flows. The tide moves in every quarter, and there is always tax season. It’s stressful; that’s just part of the business, right? Yes, stress is expected, but burnout is entirely different. What is burnout? The fight against burnout starts with managing stress.

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Will accounting be automated? Yes, but it makes the job more interesting.

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How does automation change the way accountants work? While accountants will not be completely replaced by technology, roles and relationships will change—in a good way.? By capitalizing on experience, personality, relationships, and creativity, accountants can carve out careers of the human touch—an increasingly valuable commodity.

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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

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Larger companies tend to use the accrual basis of accounting, meaning that revenues and expenses are recorded at the time of the transaction (when you get a bill or raise an invoice), not at the time when the payments are made. Accounting software can facilitate the process of generating those financial statements.