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

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For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S. There were about 1.65

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The 2023 AICPA Trends Report Shows Things Are Looking Up For Accounting Grad Numbers! JK They Suck

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Master’s degree completions also fell in 2021–2022 (-6.4%) but the percentage decline is significantly less than in 2019–20. 65,035 total accounting degrees completed for 2021-22. Since accounting graduate numbers peaked in 15-16, here’s the difference by year compared to prior year.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

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million in audit fees in 2022.) How did Deloitte, the auditing heavyweight watching over Tingo’s books, miss a scam that Hindenburg, an outsider, called out as painfully obvious? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Tingo paid $1.6

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

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He also co-founded Acuity Invests, which invests in accounting tech, SaaS, fintech, and crypto companies. Prior to Acuity, Kenji was CFO of an Inc 5000 tech company and worked in the audit practice at Arthur Andersen. He has served as an advisor for accounting tech companies such as Intuit, Xero, Gusto, FreshBooks, and Expensify.

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EY Promises to Increase Starting Salaries to Make Accounting More Attractive

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.” Let’s see what exactly they think that looks like: This investment includes a significant increase in early career compensation, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled audit and tax platforms, an innovative new “360 Careers” experience, outreach and support for college students, and enhanced wellbeing benefits.

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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Increase Nearly 4% in 2024

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in 2024, while audit and assurance services will see starting salaries likely go up an average of 3.8% next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half. Audit and assurance services Senior manager/managing director: 4% Manager: 9.4%

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The Accounting Talent Shortage is Not New, You Guys

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A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008. By contrast, 43 percent of graduates hired had bachelor’s degrees, down from 56 percent in 2008.

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