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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

For some time now municipalities have felt the crunch from the accountant shortage and unlike public accounting firms feeling the same, these entities don’t have the luxury of turning down work to ease it nor can they overwork their people with no overtime. Glad you didn’t ask! Again, not a terrible idea.