after an economic pause, the accounting industry restarts expansion engines

but many cpa firms appear to be missing out on the recovery.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the nation’s tax and accounting industry appears to have re-started expansion with new hiring in january, after a two-month pause at the end of 2012 in november and december, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research. but the gains appear to be concentrated in non-cpa-owned offices.

analysts are attributing the 2012 year-end economic stall to two major storms which slowed economic activity: one, hurricane sandy, and, the other, congress, which has been gridlocked under a bubble of hot air.

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in this new analysis, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 finds:

• the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping services employers are re-started hiring after a short pause.
• the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer survey is showing that 32.6% of respondents cite staffing issues as a “chief concern.” join the survey; get the updates.
• employees are putting in more hours.
• wages are trending upward again.
• the industry is grappling with staff leverage ratios.
• cpa firms, as a subsector, are showing signs of a stall in growth and are holding line on expansion.
• cpa firms are paying top dollar for talent.
• cpa firms are showing fewer hours worked.
• tax prep offices have slammed the brakes on hiring, pending clarifications from washington.
• pay and hours worked are trending upward at payroll agencies, even as their headcounts remain volatile. read more →