it’s the best time to learn the tough lessons to apply next year.
with busy season a frenzy, most professionals keep their heads down and their noses to the grindstone.
but if you’re in management, you can’t afford to waste the once-a-year opportunity to take notes on what’s working, what’s not and what to do about it before the next busy season.
with that in mind, roman h. kepczyk, cpa.citp, lists seven tech tends to watch: read more →
the forecast: challenging, but cheerful.
after a year-long project gathering comments from 75,000 of some 350,000 members, the aicpa has released a long-awaited study on the future of the profession.
the report, cpa horizons 2025, identifies “global and local trends and the steps cpas can take to plan for the challenges and leverage the opportunities the future will hold,” according to the aicpa.
survey shows unexpected strength in pricing and collections.
the results are in. average rates and fees for standard bookkeeping tasks are higher this year.
remember, these results are just the tip of the iceberg. here is your first look at the final results. read more →
even a few hours a week to start will be a big relief, from the creator of the accountant’s accelerator.
after years of layoffs, large and regional accounting firms are hiring.
and dozens of possible solutions from staffers…
at a recent staff workshop, there was a brainstorming session to answer some key questions about what constitutes excellence in client service. four questions were placed on the table:
1. how can we make it easier for our clients to do business with us?
corporate hiring plans go from dreary to dismal.
worried by economic crises and gridlocked political systems, about 53% of cfos surveyed by deloitte say they are losing faith in the economic outlook, a dramatic change from 32% in the previous quarter.
millions of “help wanted” ads surveyed and indexed.
indexed to february 2010, the number of open “accountant” jobs has increased 64% and the number of open “cpa” jobs has declined 11%, according to data from simply hired, a job search engine affiliated with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. the graph displays the percentage of jobs with the search terms anywhere in the job listing.
industry grows to 926,000 employees nationwide.
the scant month-to-month increase came after a stall during the summer, resuming six months of advances from january through june, according to new and preliminary seasonally-adjusted figures from the department of labor.
at the typical cpa firm: “the bleeding has stopped.”
revenues at the typical cpa firm are up 1.7%, a slight improvement from the 1.4% increase in the year before, according to the 2011 rosenberg map survey.
still, when the impact of mergers is taken out, the growth rate was only 0.8%. the rosenberg map survey, founded 13 years ago by nationally known practice consultant marc rosenberg, reports on the results of 408 firms, most of which range from $2 million to $20 million in annual fees. nearly 100 metrics are collected and compared.
though the revenue increase is small, the authors say it’s noteworthy because — for the first time in two years — the growth rate increased from the prior year instead of decreasing. “the bleeding has stopped,” they say.
european regulators mull drastic action to reform audits.
while the big four have escaped public outrage in the u.s. for the global financial debacle, in europe they’re sharpening the guillotines.
beset by political pressures from failing banks and governments, eurozone regulators are airing a scheme to break up the big four into audit-only firms.
meanwhile, each of the big four has now reported its global revenues, showing a lag in audits and the developed world and a surge in consulting with rapid growth in emerging markets.
fueled by emerging markets and consulting.
with annual worldwide revenue of $29.2 billion, pwc has edged past deloitte to take bragging rights to the no. 1 spot.
and brag they did.
accounting today’s fourth year for the list.
top winners are to be announced at accounting today’s 2nd annual growth & profitability summit on oct. 25-27 in las vegas.
the best accounting firms to work for list includes 50 small firms (15-49 employees), 45 midsized firms (50-249 employees) and five large firms (more than 250 employees).