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

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More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. There were about 1.65

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CPE Webcast Dec. 12 – Transforming Sales Tax Compliance to Fuel Business Growth

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He has served as an advisor for accounting tech companies such as Intuit, Xero, Gusto, FreshBooks, and Expensify. He holds an accounting degree from Wake Forest University. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

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Smaller firms cannot pay competitive salaries because the graduates must be expensively retrained in small business accounting needs. This “Circle of Death” has led to a rapid demise of the very firms advising small business, the most critical part of the American business growth cycle. September 12, 2021. June 17, 2019.

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Number of Accounting Grads Continues to Shrink

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post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. Master’s degrees earned at private institutions fell 10.9%

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Let’s Critique This Guy’s Five Steps For Business Leaders to Address the Accountant Shortage

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According to Glassdoor , StoneTurn is a global professional services firm that works with law firms, corporations, and government agencies in solving the most complex and consequential business issues. Brad is coming into this from the business leader side, not the accounting firm side. Pay for advanced degrees, too.

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Top 5 tips for accounting firms to find qualified workers

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Trouble finding qualified staff continues to be a top concern for accounting firms of all sizes, according to the AICPA’s 2023 Top Issues Survey. Your firm obviously needs a certain number of licensed CPAs if you provide auditing services. Internships may also be beneficial for your firm.

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Illinois Will Soon Let You Sit for the CPA Exam With 120 Units, Should All States?

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.” That’s what a stakeholder told me recently when we spoke about the accountant shortage and the growing gap between students getting accounting degrees and recent graduates sitting for the CPA exam. 150 hours is the rule and accounting is nothing if not a pile of rules.