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Guide to accountant responsibilities

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Jump to: What are the roles and responsibilities for accountants? Accountant vs. CPA vs. tax preparer: What are the differences? GAAP and AICPA What issues should accountants be aware of in the profession? How can accountants be more efficient? So, what are the differences? Enter CAS 2.0.

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Friday Footnotes: Retired EY Partners Hate on the Split; It’s a Raid!; ‘An Alphabet Soup of Technology’ | 11.18.22

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As such, research from the AICPA (“Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits”) suggests that employers have begun to hire from other more technical undergraduate degree fields, such as management information systems (MIS), instead of accounting graduates. Other Stuff.

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Friday Footnotes: Disengaged Team? Do This; Deloitte’s Huge India Expansion; Auditors Yelled At…Again | 3.24.23

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[ Journal of Accountancy ] Pandemic pressures have worn the workforce thin, and the economy is in the thick of rapid, radical change. Many practitioners in public accounting are feeling burned out. He allegedly received a salary and support services from the tax preparation giant while diverting clients to his own business.

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Bookkeeping vs Accounting: What’s the Difference? How Should You Choose?

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At LYFE Accounting, we’ve helped companies with their bookkeeping and accounting processes. We’ve helped companies with preparing their financial statements. And we’ve helped companies save a lot of money with tax preparations. Whereas an accountant can help you out with tasks that include: Tax preparation.

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Friday Footnotes: Why People Leave Public Accounting; Audit Workloads Up; Terrorist Clients (Literally) | 12.2.22

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Why People Leave Public Accounting [ CPA Journal ]. Writes Edward Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, ABV: There are many reasons why CPAs decide to leave public accounting firms. The following is a discussion of what I have found to be the most common reasons why people leave public accounting.