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Average Bookkeeper Salary in the United States

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Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), bookkeepers and accounting clerks will experience almost a 4% employment decline in the decade 2018-2028, compared to a projected 6,4% increase in accountants and auditors during the same period, which is shown in the table 1. Accounting solutions.

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

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Professional association leaders warn that accounting staff shortages are popping up nationwide, impairing financial reporting at the same time that Congress has been pushing for more transparency in financial data , which will require even more staff work. CPA-credentialed city and county controllers and CFOs can and should do the same.

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Guy Proposes Not Terrible Ideas to Get People Into Government Accounting

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CPA-credentialed city and county controllers and CFOs can and should do the same. Girard here also suggests a “municipal equivalent of the GI Bill” that would offer college debt relief for certain government accountants who come on board and stay there. It’s payback time and a legacy opportunity, unique in most lifetimes.

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What to Look for in an Accountant

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You can likely combine these two tasks into an accounting clerk position. Hiring a Firm or an Employee You’ll want to determine whether you want an in-house accountant or a firm to manage your business’s accounting workload. Use the local society of CPAs directory.

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What to Look for in an Accountant

MazumaBusinessAccounting

You can likely combine these two tasks into an accounting clerk position. Hiring a Firm or an Employee You’ll want to determine whether you want an in-house accountant or a firm to manage your business’s accounting workload. Use the local society of CPAs directory.

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This Accounting Job Will Become Scarcer in the Next Five Years, WEF Predicts

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By Michael Grothaus, Fast Company (TNS) The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its annual Future of Jobs Report for 2023 and it makes for some interesting reading, not only for employers but for younger people who have yet to decide upon a career path.