survey: three reasons to be bullish on cpa firms
and four strategies to maximize your profits.
by charles hylan, cpa
rosenberg survey
hiring
growth slowdown: tax & accounting hiring rates hit headwinds
women leaving payroll agencies in huge numbers.
by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
growth in the tax & accounting sector continues, but at a snail’s pace, with figures like 0.3 percent dotting the plus side.
more on jobs: steady gains in hiring at accounting firms | accounting wages set new record | all staffed up? new tax prep hiring stalls on eve of busy season | the myth of the staff shortage | wages up, headcounts down at tax & accounting firms
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:
- current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry.
- average hourly wages for key segments
- typical hours worked per week
- trends concerning women in the accounting workforce
snapstat: cpa exam rankings from utah to baruch
new stats on the cpa exam.
there must be something special in the water accounting students drink in utah and in new york. or so, some new statistics might suggest.
performance metrics indicate 95,654 candidates took the exam in 2017, of which 71,199 were new candidates, with 25,834 candidates passing their fourth section of the test.
in a new report, the national association of state boards of accountancy reveals the jurisdictions with the highest pass rates and the universities with the most candidates sitting for a first-time section.
accounting wages set new record
even as staffing growth hits the skids.
by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
employment growth in the accounting profession is flattening in many segments, and downright sliding from last year among staffers and in tax prep offices.
more on jobs: accounting salaries hit new highs | tax prep services slash 10,000 jobs as busy season begins | all staffed up? new tax prep hiring stalls on eve of busy season | the myth of the staff shortage | regional cpa firms go head-to-head with big four in talent wars | global talent wars hit home for local firms
at the same time, hourly earnings are hitting new highs in several spots.
in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:
- current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the profession,
- average hourly earnings for each segment,
- average hours worked per week by segment and
- trends regarding women in the accounting workforce.
misconceptions and truths about remote work
“our team communicates face to face with one another as well as with our clients all day.”
by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud
my partner and i run a fully distributed cpa firm. yes, you read it correctly.
summit cpa group is a cpa firm with over 40 full-time professionals, mostly cpas, with the mission statement, “changing the way people think about accounting.”
more grunden: how summit cpa group is pioneering virtual cfo services
as i mentioned, the firm is 100 percent distributed, meaning that our team works entirely from home. moreover, our team works 100 percent virtually with our clients. the two primary services that we offer are 401k audits and virtual cfo services.
i recently asked a few members of our team, “what do people say when you tell them that you work for a remote or distributed accounting firm?” their responses were very interesting. read more →
the role of finance in adaptive and interactive learning
are you using everyone to their full potential?
by jennifer templeman
jumpstart
i believe in the power of creativity, in innovative thinking, and of play as a conduit to bring forth new ideas. and yes, and i’m a cfo who leads a team of finance professionals who focus on compliance, adherence to regulations, and perfecting the process of predicting and ensuring an outcome based on historic performance and data.
despite how at odds these two confessions may seem, they work together in a way that supports my belief that finance is a department designed to lead the culture in an organization.
tax prep services slash 10,000 jobs as busy season begins
cpa firms are doing well. tax prep, not so much.
by beth bellor
josh zweig’s liveca offers new thinking from the ground up
how does your firm define itself?
by kayleigh padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide
josh zweig is the co-founder of liveca llp, a canadian chartered accounting firm of about 40 people that is run remotely, without a traditional office building. it’s all virtual – a work anywhere business. three years ago, the entire business was just a sole proprietorship; now it is bringing in millions of dollars of revenue.
more on radicalism: our clients need us to be radical | 10 steps to start innovating | the value of new ideas | the radical road to (business) transformation | the radical cpa: always changing
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the firm’s biggest challenge is recruitment. “for smaller firms that don’t have 20 college reps to go down to every school and recruit, it becomes increasingly hard to get word out that there is an alternative here for people,” zweig said.
pro member exclusive: all staffed up? new tax prep hiring stalls on eve of busy season
bonus: our statistical snapshot lays it out in red and green.
by beth bellor
as 2018 opens, the rate of new hiring appears to be stalling, with the rate of tax prep hiring dropping like a stone on the even of new busy season.
more on jobs: hiring and pay trends in tax & accounting | the myth of the staff shortage | what’s the profession going to do with 79,000 new accounting graduates?
and according to the latest data from 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research, women still face rising numbers everywhere they look.
in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:
- current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the profession,
- average hourly earnings for each segment,
- average hours worked per week by segment, and
- trends regarding women in the accounting workforce.
pro member exclusive: hiring and pay trends in tax & accounting
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 finds the industry adding 12,200 new full-time permanent jobs from a year ago, hitting the 8th new consecutive monthly high.
by beth bellor
another 12,200 ftes in the accounting profession? numbers edging up over most of the board? thanks for the holiday present!
more on jobs: the myth of the staff shortage | what’s the profession going to do with 79,000 new accounting graduates? | accounting profession shows steady growth | tax & accounting salaries increase 2.8% | regional cpa firms go head-to-head with big four in talent wars | global talent wars hit home for local firms | how to set your firm apart to recruits
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 finds the industry’s total full-time workforce is expanding at an annualized 1.2% rate as wages advance 3.4%. but there are some notable exceptions.
in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:
- current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the profession,
- average hourly earnings for each segment,
- average hours worked per week by segment, and
- trends regarding women in the accounting workforce.
pro member exclusive: tax & accounting industry adds 12,200 new ftes
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effective onboarding can boost retention
bonus checklist: onboarding from before arrival to month six.
by jon lokhorst
mr. joe employee (not his real name, but a real story) showed up for his first day of work at abc company, somewhat nervous but excited to tackle the challenges of a new position. although tired from moving halfway across the country the week before to work at this company, he was eager to get off to a good start.
more from jon lokhorst: multiply your value with strategic thinking skills
joe found it strange that the offices in his small department were dark and quiet that monday morning. thinking his anticipation had gotten him there a bit early, he found someone in a nearby department to ask the whereabouts of his new boss and teammates. a receptionist said she would make a phone call or two while joe explored his new workspace.
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four amusing millennial myths
are you sure they’re so different?
by frank stitely
no workplace topic triggers more useless diatribes and spewed nonsense than the dreaded millennial.
more from frank stitely: the annual tax meeting is dead. clients killed it. | 3 rules for asking great tax-return questions
know why millennials can’t afford houses? avocado toast is expensive. when millennials play monopoly, they never buy any properties. they just circle the board and pay rent. a millennial, a gen xer and a baby boomer drive to a bar. well, you know that story can’t be true. the millennial takes lyft. tweet any word from a dictionary, and you’ll offend a millennial somewhere.
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