pay & compensation

employees have better memories than bosses

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two businessmen talking across a deskwhat can forgetting cost you?

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i was lucky to get my second job in accounting, but i received a salary that was $5 lower than my first job (which i had been fired from), so i took the job.

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i asked for $90 a week. my boss said he would give me the extra $10 in six months after seeing how i worked out, so my starting salary was $80 per week. also, he said i did not have to work any overtime. if i did, they would pay me at straight time rates, but there was no overtime.
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jobs report: 43,000 new hires

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hourly pay averages $33.53, up 4%.

by beth bellor
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as 2019 dawns, the most stunning trends in hiring in the tax and accounting industry is in payroll services, which shows year-over-year increases of 7 percent or more in overall employment, according to an exclusive 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis. meanwhile, tax prep continues its slow slide.

more on jobs: tax shops cut 6,200 jobs | tax shops cut staff by 10% | benefits, perks, and incentives: the happy-packs of employee satisfaction | salary survey: top skills getting top pay | growth slowdown: tax & accounting hiring rates hit headwinds | steady gains in hiring at accounting firms | accounting wages set new record
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reports:

  • 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

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tax shops cut 6,200 jobs

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signs of a hiring slowdown? payroll agencies trim hours.

by beth bellor
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are the heady days of hiring spikes over? maybe, but the accounting profession still scores far more positives than negatives, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis.

more on jobs: tax shops cut staff by 10% | benefits, perks, and incentives: the happy-packs of employee satisfaction | steady gains in hiring at accounting firms | tax prep services slash 10,000 jobs as busy season begins | tax & accounting wages up 4% | accounting profession shows steady growth | accounting profession growing, but slowly
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new records are being set in overall staff, in payroll staff, and in bookkeeping. tax preparation services, meanwhile, continue to shed employees. and payroll agencies are cutting back on hours worked.

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

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staff pay: problem or solution?

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probing the roots of the so-called staffing crisis.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

lagging pay raises and a dearth of top talent appears to be contributing to astonishing turnover rates, recurring staff shortages, and even profit squeezes, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis.

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accounting professionals have every right to expect excellent compensation. they work very hard, they need a huge body of knowledge, their ranks barely fill available jobs, and the firms that hire them are desperate to attract and retain them. it shows.

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retention, retention, retention

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source: accounting principals

four tactics for keeping the best talent, from a new salary survey.

by rick telberg
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the three most important words in practice management today are

  1. retention
  2. retention, and
  3. retention.

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high turnover has practically become synonymous with the larger public accounting firms, with turnover rates reaching as high as 30 percent. the aicpa top issues survey says quality staff ranks as the top concern for u.s. accounting firms, hitting number one for the first time post-recession in 2015, and among the top ever since.

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