CPA Practice

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A new study from the University of Florida revealed how financial fraud can play a surprising role in the struggling accounting labor force. Insights from these studies imply that fraud would create a negative stigma around the labor market for all business fields, and accounting in particular, but we find the opposite.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 4, 2024

While it’s unclear what exactly led to the mistakes in each of these cases, one major risk factor has reached crisis levels: a shortage of certified public accountants. The lack of help means current accountants’ hours and workloads can be grueling, upping the odds of mistakes and burnout. “If

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last month we took a look at the 2024 Robert Half Salary Guide to get an idea what public accounting salaries should be in the range of next year, today it’s a similar report from Addison Group and their 2024 Workforce Planning Guide. The guide covers several industries, we are of course only here for accounting.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For a good decade we’ve heard about the robots that are going to render accountants obsolete, now we finally get a peek at the glorious technology that will transform the industry as we know it. Yay job security! Steve is asked what he hopes to get out of this jr accountant job and answers like any new hire should.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 18, 2024

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? Accountant responsibilities extend far beyond number crunching.

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Accounting Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you’ve followed financial news over the past several months, chances are you’ve seen at least one headline about the ongoing accountant shortage. But why has the accounting profession become so unattractive? We’ve gathered three reasons for the shortage of accountants, as well as solutions for CPA firms to consider.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

AICPA CEO of Public Accounting and Going Concern favorite Sue Coffey swung by the Accounting Today podcast recently to talk about what else, the pipeline problem. Those two issues are affecting all college-educated professions, not just accounting. No, they’ve got to figure out why accounting.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Since I do not plan to sell this book through a publishing company, I need another way to market the book to the public. Now I understand the first reaction of many accountants to the concept of selling anything.

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Although New York, Texas, and California dominated the number of jobs being offered for the roles analyzed, Florida was the only state to appear in the top five in each of the four positions reviewed. Accounting department has record year at annual Meet the Firms event [ St. Who says interest in accounting is down these days!

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Going Concern

APRIL 25, 2022

Saw this on r/big4 over the weekend and while it’s obviously completely made up (despite being posted on the internet where absolutely nothing is fake ever), much like an account man getting his foot run over by a riding lawnmower by a secretary at an advertising firm , surely this has happened somewhere at a Big 4 firm.

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Going Concern

JULY 29, 2024

India Today explains why US firms love hiring accountants in India : Consequently, American firms are increasingly turning to other countries to fill the gap, particularly eyeing India for its highly skilled accounting professionals. … In essence, the US accounting crisis presents a unique opportunity for Indian accountants.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 21, 2022

KPMG flunks US overseas audit inspections twice as often as rivals [ Financial Times ] US regulators were twice as likely to find flaws in audits conducted by the overseas affiliates of KPMG than those of any other Big Four accounting firm, an analysis of inspection data shows. Accounting Firm Mergers. Practice Management.

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Going Concern

MARCH 1, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. This is an accounting trick.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 20, 2023

Practice Management How firms use stay interviews to boost retention [ Journal of Accountancy ] Job interviews have long been an essential part of the hiring process. But now, some public accounting firms are turning the lens on themselves.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Meet a 29-year-old accountant whose ‘resentment’ only climbed after her firm raised her salary from $60k to $90k as she made millions for them. Heredia, 29, started an accountant job at a small Tampa, Florida firm, with the promise that her $60,000 base salary would rise to $100,000 after one year. I was a security guard.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. On Thursday, an anonymous Texas accounting firm filed a petition [ PDF ] at the 5th U.S.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Financial advisory company AlixPartners was chosen for the task and is led by former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief accountant Matt Jacques, according to a Dec. BDO Ireland creates 100 jobs as it moves to new office in Dublin [ RTÉ ]. Check out these remote accounting jobs at Accountingfly.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

JULY 29, 2019

Accounting Jokes, Videos, Puns and Humor. If you are going to be an accountant then you have to be able to laugh at yourself. I put together this post to bring together any funny and entertaining accounting and tax videos, puns, jokes, pictures, etc. Accounting and CPA Puns. Short Accounting and CPA Jokes.

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