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Accounting Groups Call for More Competitive Pay for Government CPAs

CPA Practice

State and local governments are being squeezed by a shortage of accounting professionals, making it difficult at times to find staff CPAs who can prepare critical financial information or outside firms to conduct audits. Evaluation of external auditors should consider CPA firm qualifications, not just proposed fees.

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Why small CPA firms should care about fraud

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With the recent rash of public company fraud issues that were missed both internally and by external auditors, there has been a lot of negative news coverage for the accounting industry. But what does this mean for small CPA firms who don’t perform audits? In this episode of Pulse of Practice “Should a Small Firm Care?”,

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Earn $20 per Book Promoting My Tax Preparer Book from Home in Your Spare Time

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Issue 3: I am an accounting major, auditor, or I don’t have enough experience in tax to promote the book. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, talking directly to CPAs, accounting majors, accounting teachers, etc.). Latest posts by Bill Meador, CPA, JD ( see all ). Learn How CPA Firms View a Gap in Your Resume - October 31, 2014.

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What Accountants Had to Say About the CPA Firm Business Model—and Why it Needs to Evolve

CPA Practice

The current state of the accounting firm partnership business model—and why it needs to evolve—was one of the subjects discussed during the 75-minute session that featured panelists Moore, Dark Horse CPAs CEO and co-founder Chase Birky, and GRF CPAs & Advisors President and Managing Partner Jackie Cardello. by revenue.

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Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Profession

CPA Practice

By Blake Oliver, CPA, and Chris Vanover, CPA. CPAs have always been passionate about numbers, using various metrics such as revenue, profit, headcount and realization to measure success. However, this focus on numerical indicators is contributing to the decline of the CPA profession itself.

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Letters to the Editor: CPAs Give Their Perspectives on Why No One Wants to Be an Accountant Anymore

Going Concern

The numbers don’t lie: of 658,267 actively licensed CPAs in 53 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions, less than 1% are Black (2020 data), a number that has remained largely unchanged in 40 years. It wasn’t until 2015 that a woman became CEO of a Big 4 accounting firm for the first time. CPA firms are white.

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Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23

Going Concern

Big Four Auditors and Consultants Need Liability—And a Divorce [ Bloomberg Tax ] Part of the problem is the revolving door of personnel between the major accounting firms and the banks they purport to audit. and overseas” seeking further explanation about the auditor’s opinion. appeared first on Going Concern.

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