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

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next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half. Robert Half’s salary guide for 2024 was released on Monday, featuring starting salary projections for a plethora of roles in accounting and finance.

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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 in 2022, up 1.3%

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Episode 068: A conversation with Allan Koltin

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Koltin was also voted one of the 10 Most Recommended Consultants for the sixteenth straight year in the “Annual Survey of Firms” conducted by INSIDE Public Accounting. In 2016 CPA Practice Advisor inducted Allan into the Accounting Hall of Fame. You can no longer just graduate with an accounting degree.

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

Going Concern

The 2023 AICPA Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits report (short: Trends report) was released last week and spoiler alert, it’s dark. Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% This is all anyone cares about anyway right?

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How Much Should Public Accounting Starting Salaries Be to Make Public Accounting Starting Salaries Less Awful?

Going Concern

Let’s talk about starting salaries in public accounting. Let’s assume a student has an undergraduate accounting degree, a MAcc degree, and has passed all 4 sections of CPA exam. Accounting. — Starting salaries in #accounting have gone from B school leaders to laggards.

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Updated CPA Pipeline Report Show Top Reasons Some Decide Not to Pursue Credential

CPA Practice

Unveiling the findings of its previously announced research into the decreasing supply of new certified public accountants (CPAs), the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)—one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation—is pleased to release its 2024 Insight Special Feature, “Re-Decoding the Decline: An Updated CPA Pipeline Report.”

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Guy Who Works at a Firm Actually Named FML on Why Accounting Is a Great Career

Going Concern

When I talk to students about their biggest concerns in pursuing an accounting degree and a career in public accounting, they typically point to four misconceptions: lack of work-life balance, the difficulty of the CPA exam, lower pay compared to other financial career paths, and lack of excitement in the work.

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