demand for new hires softens as college talent pipeline sets record.
by rick telberg
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the next generation of accountants in the collegiate pipeline set a record last year and remains at that level this year, even as firms appear to be backing off on expanding headcounts with new graduates, according to new research.
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is the end in sight for the talent shortage?
by rick telberg
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new signs are emerging that the profession may be approaching a long-awaited inflection point: productivity gains from new technologies are finally showing up in reductions in hiring plans. that’s good news for some; not so much for others.
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are we on the verge of a cpa glut? are we going to see lines of unemployed accountants at the entrance of industrial parks holding signs that say, “will do tax prep for food”?
teams want more cyber-security experts than accountants.
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fraud investigation teams are currently seeking or expecting to add people with skills in digital forensics and cybersecurity, according to a new benchmarking survey from the association of certified fraud examiners.
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interviewing tops the list of desirable skills, followed by litigation support, data analytics and social media snooping. forensic accounting comes in fifth. read more →
rampe, johnson, hostetler cited.
cpa practice advisor’s 40 under 40 awards this year include several 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 expert authors, including:
the annual program recognizes professionals who are “visibly and incrementally changing the accounting profession.”
tech conference set for boston, sept. 6-8
accountexusa, the annual conference on accounting technology once known as sleetercon, is convening this year in boston, sept. 6-8, with a number of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 authors and experts in featured speaking roles.
what the profession needs to know about money laundering.
by wm. dennis huber and larry crumbley
there are difficulties in measuring funds channeled into financing terrorist organizations and activities worldwide. various sources estimate this funding to be between $590 billion and $1.5 trillion through money laundering. pwc suggests that “money laundering transactions are estimated at 2% to 5% global gdp, or roughly $1-2 trillion annually.”
however, financing terrorist organizations and activities is not necessarily the result of money laundering. financing terrorist organizations and activities may be accomplished by reverse money laundering, or “money dirtying” which may make financing terrorist organizations and activities even more difficult to estimate.
just as evidence of fraud cannot be ignored, so too evidence of financing terrorist organizations can no longer be ignored.
the goal of money-launderers is, like that of a corporate enterprise, to maximize profits and reduce risk while the goal of terrorists, on the other hand, is to further a political agenda or ideology, or to destroy or kill with no regard to profits and with little regard for risk. read more →
understanding the business case in the tax & accounting workplace.
by jennifer scott
sum innovation
workplace diversity may best be described as the blend of individual and organizational characteristics, values, beliefs, experiences, and behaviors — all coming together to achieve a company’s vision.
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vision is an important concept for small businesses. there are multiple definitions of the word: the sense of sight, a thought or perception, an apparition, even an amazingly beautiful image. but in a business context, a vision is a future-focused statement about what an organization intends to become.
benchmarks for firms large and small provide roadmaps for strategic success.
by rick telberg
accounting firm operations and technology survey
every day in the united states, more than half of all accounting firm owners are thinking about a merger, an acquisition or both. m&a is now as routine to the day-to-day operations of running a tax and accounting practice as turning on the lights in the morning and taking out the garbage at night.
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more problems: tax complexity, seasonality, and succession.
via aicpa
finding and retaining staff are the top issues facing cpa firms this year, and talent pool challenges are expected to have the biggest impact on public accounting practice operations over the next five years, too, according to new aicpa research.
non-cpa tax and accounting firms hit the gas pedal.
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by rick telberg
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under pressure by an increasingly competitive and uncertain business environment, cpa firms are pressing the brakes on new price increases, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间