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Friday Footnotes: For the Last Time, Salaries Are Too Low; NOCLAR Is Back; Big 4 Beat Up Again | 3.1.24

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But these issues are matched, and possibly exasperated, by a litany of broader industry challenges: a still-decreasing pipeline of future accountants, potential shakeups to the partnership model, artificial intelligence, and defending the relevance of the auditing industry. The need for business model transformation in accounting firms.

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I enjoyed it more than chasing cows.” Heath attended a private college and took the requisite courses to become a certified public accountant, finishing a five-year degree in four years, then eventually getting married and moving back home. “It was love at first sight,” she recalls. “I

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Slashes Partner Class; Accounting Firm Rescues Dog; Do We Still Need CPAs? | 4.19.24

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The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants. GAO Seeks New Members for Tribal and Indigenous Advisory Council [ US Government Accountability Office ] The U.S. In Footnotes?

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