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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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Does Your Dealership’s CPA Know the Auto Industry?

RogerRossmeisl

or a seasoned automotive veteran looking to make a change to an Automotive CPA that understands your business. I’m Roger Rossmeisl, a senior partner with Kho & Patel CPAs with offices in Southern California. we need to talk.

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5 Cyber Tips for CPAs for Tax Season and After

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With the plethora of highly sensitive personal and financial data being shared between firms and clients, it’s the perfect time for bad actors to strike, especially as the April 15th deadline inches closer and CPAs push to get more done with less time.

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Work in a CPA Firm Tax Department? Plan for Change.

AdviceForTaxpreparers

Many current and future tax CPAs think they can control the flow of their careers when in most cases they are merely in the eye of the hurricane. But that doesn't mean you're without options. click to keep reading.].

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Honkamp Merges in St. Louis CPA Firm Schowalter & Jabouri

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Top 200 accounting firm Honkamp recently added one of the 20 largest CPA firms in the St. The Dubuque, IA-based firm merged with Schowalter & Jabouri on Dec. The new location will be the first office in Missouri for Honkamp, and the merger increases the firm’s headcount to about 300 employees.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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One of the panelists, Jackie Cardello, president and managing partner of Bethesda, MD-based GRF CPAs & Advisors, said the stigma and the stereotype associated with CPAs and accountants—and the profession in general—needs to change, and that change can begin in high school. You don’t have to be a CPA.

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Bowers Merges in CPA Firm Kasperski Dinan & Rink

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Syracuse, NY-based accounting firm Bowers CPAs & Advisors has expanded its presence in Rochester after combining with Kasperski Dinan & Rink CPAs on Jan. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.