CPA Practice

JANUARY 24, 2024

If employee retention isn’t already a priority focus for your CPA firm, you may want to make it one — and soon. The latest Salary Guide From Robert Half reports that the CPA is a credential in high demand. So, there’s no time to waste in stepping up your retention efforts to hold on to valued staff at your CPA firm.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 9, 2024

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates employment of accountants and auditors to grow by about 4% each year through 2032, with an annual number of job openings expected to be about 126,500. The results are profound: more than 99% of the top CPA firm leaders in the US said they can’t adequately fill their staffing needs domestically.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s some news from the labor market that’s both good and bad for CPA firm leaders and other employers of accounting and finance talent. The upside for CPA firms is that retaining talent should be a little easier, at least for the near term. Does your firm offer jobs, or careers?

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ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 17, 2020

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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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

CPA firm leaders outlining staffing plans for the coming year can’t help but worry if they will hit their hiring goals. And unemployment rates for in-demand roles, like accountants and auditors, are typically well below the national average.

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CPA Practice

JULY 30, 2024

Hiring contract talent is an effective solution to overcome staffing gaps, and one that many CPA firms are conditioned to using, especially during peak workload periods like tax season. A scalable talent model allows your CPA firm to access specialized skills when and for as long as you need them.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The two firms operate as separate legal entities in an alternative practice structure: UHY LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that performs attest services, while UHY Advisors provides tax and business consulting services through subsidiary entities.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2025

The series is called Journeys of Accountancy and features accountants who, for example, work for a CPA firm specializing in the legalized cannabis industry in California, an accounting software company that serves the funeral industry, and a company that provides compliance services to the gaming industry.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 5, 2024

CPA firm leaders that view their multigenerational workforce as a source of competitive advantage have the right outlook. But harnessing the strengths of each group, from the Silent Generation to Generation Z, can create significant upside for your business — and help position your firm for future success. By Steve Saah.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct has had robust protections in place regarding outside investment in CPA firms for more than 25 years. Only licensed CPA firms can provide attest services, with clearly defined firewalls required for investors taking a piece or outright control of an entity that provides only non-attest services.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

by Bill Meador, CPA, JD. My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Having been a CPA since 1992, I have been through more tax seasons that I want to remember. Bill Meador, CPA, JD. Latest posts by Bill Meador, CPA, JD ( see all ).

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Withum

JANUARY 30, 2025

The accelerated and large accelerated filers are required to comply with SOX 404(b) requirement, which mandates external auditors opinion on ICFR. Engage a qualified CPA firm and align on prioritization of financial statement areas for GAAP compliance. All publicly traded companies in the U.S.

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Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

The CPA Journal ] Generation Z is beginning to enter the workforce, bringing with it a demographic shift that will affect every facet of American society, including the accounting profession. Expect 2023 enforcement against auditors to focus on quality control, culture, ethics and integrity. My concern is that it goes beyond KPMG.”

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RogerRossmeisl

JULY 27, 2021

Tax auditors are adept at rooting out inconsistencies, omissions and errors in taxpayers’ records, as illustrated by one recent U.S. In some cases, taxpayers have incomplete documentation or try to create records months (or years) later. In doing so, they fail to meet the strict substantiation requirements set forth under tax law.

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RogerRossmeisl

JUNE 26, 2022

Originally issued in 2004, the purpose of the Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) was to offer guidance to IRS auditors auditing cost segregation studies. The post IRS Releases Updated Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. It does however provide an inside look at how the IRS views this subject.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And it’s especially hard to find professionals who know taxes: Finding qualified staff is an enduring, front-burner concern that continues to challenge even CPA firms this year. You can outsource to a variety of software companies, CPA firms and other specialty firms, but again you must ask questions: What’s the vendor’s focus?

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 31, 2023

After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.

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TaxConnex

APRIL 25, 2024

You can outsource to many different software companies, CPA firms and other specialty firms to handle these tasks, but again come questions: What’s the vendor’s focus? Are they experienced with auditors? Do they specialize in tax compliance at the state and local levels? What’s their customer service?

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We’re still getting a lot of recruits who are remote and coming from the big firms who are just burnt out. They don’t even have time to sit for their CPA exam because they’re working so many hours.” However, the town claims it is not able to act on one of the recommendations by auditors.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

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. But the AICPA said today it has a framework in place to fill that CPA pipeline back up.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

AuditClub, the Audit Service Center, and AuditFile, developer of the award-winning cloud-based audit automation platform, will collaborate to combine audit technology with fractional auditors to ease the challenges faced by CPA firms and internal audit teams in performing audits and reviews.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 9, 2024

If employee retention isn’t already a priority focus for your CPA firm, you may want to make it one — and soon. The latest Salary Guide From Robert Half reports that the CPA is a credential in high demand. So, there’s no time to waste in stepping up your retention efforts to hold on to valued staff at your CPA firm.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

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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Going Concern

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Accountants and regulators have questioned whether the independence of auditors can be preserved or not under new buyers. LMP Helps Fuel PEs Ongoing CPA Shopping Spree [ Mergers & Acquisitions ] Lovell Minnick Partners recently invested in its first accounting firm, a trendy sector that PE continues to pile into.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Local CPA weighs in on accountant shortage [ WMDT ] The Salisbury, MD news spoke to a UHY partner about the issue. CPA at UHY Group Mark Welsh tells 47ABC that recruiting slowing down has meant firms are turning to AI, Bots, and international workers to help fill demand, raising prices as much as ten percent for end-users.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Batch Extensions from HubSync : Helps CPA firms prepare extensions in bulk. DataSnipper : The Intelligence Automation Platform and Advanced Extraction Suite have provided functional automation to auditors for some time. Blue J : Provides verifiable answers to your tax questions.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 25, 2023

AuditClub, the Audit Service Center and creator of the innovative auditors-as-a-service model, has announced new and enhanced weekly passes that allow members to subscribe to AuditClub professionals with an experience level geared to the support they need during the upcoming busy season and beyond.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 24, 2024

Hiring contract talent is an effective solution to overcome staffing gaps, and one that many CPA firms are conditioned to using, especially during peak workload periods like tax season. A scalable talent model allows your CPA firm to access specialized skills when and for as long as you need them.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

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. Flexibility is your policy.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This is the largest administrative penalty the Texas Board has ever assessed against a CPA firm. Earlier: How Exactly Did EY Auditors Cheat on CPE Exams? The SEC had further determined that EY had withheld this misconduct from the SEC staff who were involved in the investigation. That’s it. That’s the press release.

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Going Concern

APRIL 3, 2025

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