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Attention, Soon-to-be-Accountants: Governments Need You

CPA Practice

Federal single-audit requirements are not a topic that can be mastered in a one-day in-house training seminar, and the ever-increasing number and nuances of governmental accounting standards now require a higher level of staff specialization than prevailed decades ago. So there is a skills shortage as well as an economic disincentive.

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Guy Proposes Not Terrible Ideas to Get People Into Government Accounting

Going Concern

So what can we do about it beyond complaining, holding conferences and meetings to discuss it, and rehashing the same AICPA data points that are repeated in every article ever written about the accountant shortage? He also speaks about a potential untapped resource for talent at the workforce level: account clerks.