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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

CPA Practice

The alarm bells in accounting have been ringing for years: fewer people want to join – or stay – in the profession. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) said in its “2023 Trends” report that the percentage of accounting graduates fell 7.8% Accounting roles must evolve to allow for this shift.

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Accounting Groups Call for More Competitive Pay for Government CPAs

CPA Practice

State and local governments are being squeezed by a shortage of accounting professionals, making it difficult at times to find staff CPAs who can prepare critical financial information or outside firms to conduct audits. But accountants who do government work face unique challenges that require more specialized solutions.

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AICPA Names New Fellowship After Barry Melancon

CPA Practice

Melancon Professional Accounting Research Fellowship to support the next generation of accounting and finance professionals with the skills, knowledge and training to advance the accounting and finance profession. Melancon Professional Accounting Research Fellowship will be awarded in 2025. The inaugural Barry C.

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State Societies in Action: Wisconsin Institute of CPAs

CPA Practice

State CPA Societies in Action is a series of articles spotlighting the varied educational, advocacy, networking and professional activities of the state CPA societies across the U.S. She has been with WICPA for more than 30 years, joining the organization as an accounting intern in 1992.

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Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice

Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company

Owners of Public Accounting firms are always telling their clients to work on their business and not in their business, yet many times do not take their own advice. It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! Our CEUs count toward the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) program.

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Sales tax and accounting services

TaxConnex

Tax preparers are generally accredited individuals – certified public accountant (CPA) and enrolled agent (EA) are two common preparer designations – who have completed previous and ongoing education to understand compliance for varied tax purposes. Accounting services are often, but not always, exempt.

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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

Your sales tax obligations depend on knowledge and that knowledge often resides in a professional tax specialist (usually an accountant) who helps your company meet its sales tax obligations. This is a complicated time for sales tax obligations – and a terrible time to try to hire an accountant. There were about 1.65 in 2022, up 1.3%

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