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comeback stalls as layoffs hit 1,500 in accounting

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cpa firms cut average staff pay.

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by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the accounting profession sector by sector generally looks slightly brighter, with most reporting headcount growth for the month – but losses for the year.

exceptions include the profession overall, which is taking a 0.2 percent dip, tax preparation services up for the year 3.3 percent, and bookkeeping, up 1 percent.

more on jobs: tax & accounting regains 3,800 jobs | accounting jobs recovery slows | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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tax & accounting regains 3,800 jobs

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tax prep down, payroll sees big swings.

by beth bellor

some of those heady new highs the accounting profession was seeing a year ago are seeing reversals now. we’re looking squarely at you, covid-19. feel free to move along anytime.

more on jobs: accounting jobs recovery slows | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | more jobs trends and staffing
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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accounting jobs recovery slows

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cpa firms and tax prep still down somewhat.

by beth bellor

unemployment edged down to 6.7 percent in november, but the accounting profession saw few of those gains, with its only upticks coming in the payroll services sector.

more on jobs: tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce

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payroll services on a roll… unless you look at last year.

by beth bellor

an incomplete recovery seems to be the theme for recent employment reports.

employment in the accounting profession reversed its downward trend from the previous month to hit 1,014,000, the highest mark since march.

more on jobs: new job cuts at cpa firms | covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs
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you remember march and april, right? one month there were 1,042,800 accounting jobs; the next there had been a 7.5 percent nosedive to 965,000. with september’s figures, we’ve regained 63 percent of that 77,800-job decline.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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new job cuts at cpa firms and no recovery in sight

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payroll remains the hardest-hit sector.

by beth bellor

after shedding 77,800 jobs in april, tax and accounting employers have added back 45,300 employees, but the total headcount has dipped again and remains down by 32,300 from the pre-covid level, according to the latest data reviewed by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

more on jobs: covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs | planning for the coronavirus recession
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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covid impact: 17,500 tax & accounting jobs lost

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tax and accounting headcount, year-to_year percentage change. july 2020
in the red: tax and accounting headcounts, year-to-year percentage change.

cutbacks fall hardest at payroll agencies.

by beth bellor

overall, the total number of employees in the tax and accounting sector is dropping again, but not nearly as dramatically as at payroll agencies.

more jobs & hiring trends: firms recall half of furloughed staffers  | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs | headcounts dip by 3,500 in tax & accounting | tax & accounting headcounts hit record high  | hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off | what staffing shortage? | payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry  | hiring trends flash warning signs of slowdown in tax & accounting | hiring surge powered by growth in payroll agencies |

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the payroll segment lost almost 15 percent of its jobs in the latest data collected by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research. in some consolation, though, those who are left are seeing record new earnings.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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firms recall half of furloughed staffers

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total tax and accounting employees, in thousands, over the last 18 months. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

just in time to finish tax season.

by beth bellor

got whiplash? job sectors that saw figures plummet in last month’s report are seeing them climbing back, albeit not as quickly.

more: the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | pro tax prep stalls to a crawl amid covid-extended season | planning for the coronavirus recession | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | |  covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting  | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs

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the tax and accounting industry has quickly added back about half of the jobs lost in the covid-19 shutdown – just in time to finish the hyper-extended tax season, according to the latest 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs report. but what happens next is anybody’s guess.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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retired cpa partners face pay cuts from covid

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facing the fallout from the covid crisis, 10 percent of small and midsized firms are already trimming compensation for retired partners.

firms target annual net profit caps, early retirement provisions, and mandatory retirement ages.

by domenick esposito

with profits likely to take a short-term hit, retired partners at many cpa firms are facing cuts to their payouts, according to our straw poll of 30 leading firms.

more from dom esposito:  keep your firm from biting the dust | the six ingredients for firm value | four ways to add $100,000 in new business fees every year | eight steps to small firm survival | no partner candidates? whose fault is that? | prune your firm: ‘rightsize’ managers and partners | how partners fail | ineffective management is hazardous to your firm’s health | profitability requires discipline |

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coronavirus crisis updates: start here for a guide to all our coverage.

with covid-19 hurting revenues and bottom lines, firms of all sizes are reconfiguring their staff loads and renegotiating their space requirements.

but we haven’t heard much about what firms are doing about their obligations for deferred compensation partner retirement plans. until now.

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covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting

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two years of steady gains wiped out in one month

profession loses four years of job growth in the first month of the coronavirus recession, reversing years of steady gains.

by beth bellor

crushed by the covid-19 pandemic, the tax and accounting profession has fallen below 1 million employees for the first time in two years – way below, and that may be just the tip of the iceberg, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

more on jobs and hiring trends:  planning for the coronavirus recession  |  pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs  |  the fight for new tax clients  |  tax & accounting headcounts hit record high   |  hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off   |  what staffing shortage?   |  payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry   |
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

the data comes with a big asterisk.

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planning for the coronavirus recession

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if past recessions are any guide, the profession could lose up to 100,000 jobs.

busy season barometer:
bracing for the coronavirus recession
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by beth bellor

the tax and accounting profession was adding new jobs at a rate of 2.3 percent per year before the coronavirus outbreak, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

see: all 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 special coronavirus crisis coverage

more staffing and hiring trends: automation and the future of accounting  |  getting and keeping the best: the struggle continues |  headcounts dip by 3,500 in tax & accounting |  creative perks for remote employees |  what staffing shortage? |  hiring trends flash warning signs of slowdown in tax & accounting |  salary survey: top skills getting top pay

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but with a new recession looming, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 estimates the profession could lose up to 100,000 jobs and take up to seven years to recover.

the latest data available show more than a million employees in the profession, and growing at about 2,800 new jobs per month. at the same time, wages are hitting record highs.

but with the coronavirus crisis threatening a new recession, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 conducted a long-term, 30-year analysis, focused on the job losses caused by the dot-com crash of 2001 and the financial meltdown of 2007. from the analysis, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 calculates the profession could shed up to 10 percent of its current workforce, and not fully recover for two to seven years.

all employees, thousands, accounting and bookkeeping services, seasonally adjusted
^ showing dips after the dot-com bubble in 2001 and financial crash in 2008: all tax, accounting, and bookkeeping services, all employees, in thousands, seasonally adjusted. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

read more →

pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs

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we’ll be comparing apples to zebras for a while.

by beth bellor

what a difference a month makes. the accounting profession set several new records in the latest employment figures … but.

for our analysis on the covid-19 impact on the profession, see planning for the coronavirus recession

that “but,” of course, is the global pandemic. the numbers almost seemed dated as soon as they were released, because we know many of those gains quickly melted away.
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headcounts dip by 3,500 in tax & accounting

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hourly earnings hit new high.

by beth bellor

cpa firms and payroll agencies are trimming their headcounts going into busy season 2020, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

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 (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

read more →