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More Email Blunders That Cost Accountants Time and Money

Lockstep

In Part I Email Blunders That Cost Accountants Time and Money of this series, we took a look at some of the most common email blunders that can cost accountants time and money. In Part II, we’ll take a look at some more email blunders that can trip up even the most experienced accounting teams. All of them.

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KPMG Was Too Cheap to Pay Foreign Graduates More So They Yanked All Their Job Offers

Going Concern

After net migration to the UK hit a record 745,000 in 2022, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his displeasure and a desire to get those numbers down. Here’s a good read from a UK immigration lawyer on all the specifics.

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What Would You Like to See Tested on the CPA Exam?

Going Concern

Jack Castonguay, PhD, CPA (@profjackc) August 4, 2022. IMA representatives are welcome to argue the case for extensive cost accounting testing if they are so inclined. I would make audit/REG specialty sections where a student only needs to take 1. CPAs don’t need both. It’s 1 or the other.

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CPA Exam Tip: Don’t Choose TCP Just Because It Has an Insanely High Pass Rate Right Now

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Pay special attention to the red line representing BEC (RIP): Did BEC suddenly get hard in 2023 when it went from a 60% pass rate in 2022 to about 47%? And contains cost accounting which so many people struggle with. To demonstrate this, I lifted this graphic of CPA exam section pass rates from Gleim that covers 2010-2023.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Tax Fees Up, Coolness Still Down; | ‘Lavish’ ERC Mill Hit With a Lawsuit | 1.8.24

Going Concern

Here’s some news from the AICPA via CPA Journal : Firms had a strong fiscal 2022, but number of accounting majors drops sharply. Accounting firms had a good fiscal 2022 with median growth rate of 9.1% Journal of Accountancy wrote up Jason Staats’ talk at Digital CPA. Be selective. CPA and advisory firm.

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Industry Accounting Salary Outlook for 2023 is Not Horrible

Going Concern

Of the 27 industry jobs we analyzed, 23 have pay that, on average, will likely be higher next year than what LHH predicted for 2022. Of the 27 industry jobs we analyzed, 23 have pay that, on average, will likely be higher next year than what LHH predicted for 2022. Cost accountant. Senior cost accountant.

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Average Bookkeeper Salary in the United States

Snyder

Table 2 depicts the difference in the median annual wage (as of 2018), entry-level education, work experience and on-job training for accountants and auditors in comparison to bookkeepers and clerks. It reflects the problem of an aging workforce in accounting. and $40.337 respectively (updated in August 2022). .