survey: new leaders promoting positive changes

three happy businesspeople looking at laptoppeople issues still among top challenges.

by sam allred, upstream academy
the rosenberg map survey

2015 was another good year for the profession.

more from the survey: cybersecurity grows in importance | mergers spur growth | accounting profession demands swift change | don’t just win work, figure out why | talent wars, m&a frenzy continue | next-gen leaders getting restless | mergers keep racing forward  | do you have a firm or a co-op? | accountability, equity, compensation are concerns | map survey top 10 findings | cpa firm revenues rise a hefty 8%
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most firms across north america performed well and were pleased with their results. most firms saw good organic growth – largely coming in non-traditional areas. more and more firms are investing significantly in growing their consulting practices – look for this to be a continuing trend.
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presidential post-election survey: why accountants voted the way they did

z_-election-chart-trump-v-clinton-concerns-v2how accountants voted and why.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 post-election survey shows accountants split by different issues. trump accountants tend to be most concerned about terrorism while clinton accountants are more focused on global warming.

more survey results:  accountants assess business outlook following presidential election

part of the spread might be explained by gender. just as the accounting profession tends to be owned and operated by more men than women, 67.7 percent of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 respondents were men – and roughly the same ratio of votes for trump over clinton. the demographics of the tax and accounting profession’s practice owners and leaders — the core of the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 community — tend to match voting patterns beyond the profession. in that, accountants vote more like, well, voters, than accountants.

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survey results: most accountants see better business outlook following presidential election

election_ballot_box_map_circtrump voters more positive. clinton voters, not so much.

the accountants’ business outlook
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by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

tax and accounting professionals appear to be breathing a sigh of relief following the u.s. presidential election, with most saying their confidence in the business outlook for their firms and their clients has been strengthened, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey of more than 700 accountants.

but their economic mood also seems to depend on their political mood.

more than 80 percent of the accountants who voted for republican donald trump feel “more confident” about the business outlook for their firms and their clients. less than 5 percent of democrat hillary clinton voters agree. instead, more than 60% of clinton voters feel “less confident.”

nearly a third of hillary backers—31 percent—are optimistic enough to foresee no change in the business outlook. only 14 percent of trump people were pessimistic enough to expect no change.

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new research: cpa firms hiring more, paying less

cpatrendlines jobs report tiltoverall headcounts expand as average wages decline.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the accounting profession is on a roll, at least where employment is concerned. record highs are being set for all sectors except bookkeeping, which tied may’s mark, and tax preparation, which has fallen for two months.

meanwhile, women continue to make strong gains, with year-over-year increases ranging from 6.8 to a staggering 23.8 percent. and payroll continues the same path it’s been on for months: more employees, who work longer and make less.

the rise in demand for labor while prices decline would seem to defy the laws of supply and demand.

one or more of several factors may be at play. labor supply may be suddenly expanding as new workers enter the market from the sidelines. or, cpa firms may be throttling wages in order to increase partner incomes, a key factor in potentially lubricating the m&a frenzy as partners age out. or, it could mean firms are replacing high-wage workers with new technologies and pushing more work down the pyramid, raising partner-to-staff leverage — a trend detected in other research studies. in any case, it’s a phenomonon 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is investigating.

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

professional and business services remain one of the bright spots in u.s. employment, which rose by 161,000 in october. the sector rose 43,000 during the month and has added 542,000 jobs over the course of the year. unemployment overall was little changed at 4.9 percent.

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