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Why Fraud—Yes, Fraud—Could Boost the Accounting Talent Pipeline

CPA Practice

In a supplemental analysis of educational and labor market data of more than half a million accounting graduates in the U.S.,

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AICPA Says it Has a Plan to Fix the CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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It’s Official, All the Complaining Is Directly Contributing to the Pipeline Problem

Going Concern

AICPA CEO of Public Accounting and Going Concern favorite Sue Coffey swung by the Accounting Today podcast recently to talk about what else, the pipeline problem. Those two issues are affecting all college-educated professions, not just accounting. No, they’ve got to figure out why accounting.

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Guide to accountant responsibilities

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Additionally, depending on the type of firm, accountants may be involved in more advisory-centric responsibilities, such as analyzing financial data and providing clients with strategic guidance and recommendations on how to reduce costs and boost profitability. Enter CAS 2.0. Most recently, CPA.com launched the  CAS 2.0

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Age of the Non-CPA; PwC Explains the Chevron Thing | 7.29.24

Going Concern

All this time we thought it was going to be robots that take accounting jobs, it was Indians all along. Oh and reminder: the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is working on a plan to consolidate India’s 96,000 little accountancy firms into mega-firms that they think could compete with Big 4 on the global stage.

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Friday Footnotes: Someone Hates the Quality Control Standard; EY Associate Doesn’t Care; Deloitte Doesn’t Build Ships | 9.13.24

Going Concern

Pipeline Accounting pipeline crisis presents opportunity [ Spokane Journal of Business ] Elvis Presley is credited for once stating “I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.” Continuing education also is required to maintain CPA licenses.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Is Turning Work Down?; TIL the President of Nigeria Worked at Deloitte | 9.11.23

Going Concern

Meet a 29-year-old accountant whose ‘resentment’ only climbed after her firm raised her salary from $60k to $90k as she made millions for them. Heredia, 29, started an accountant job at a small Tampa, Florida firm, with the promise that her $60,000 base salary would rise to $100,000 after one year. I was a security guard.

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