over 46 percent of respondents expect a five to ten percent expansion of clientele, and another 13 percent say theirs will swell by more than ten percent.
in van nuys, calif., steve glick came up with a new concern: “now the software companies—turbotax, intuit, etc.—are competing against their customers by preparing tax returns.”
gretl siler, at succentrix business advisors, in panama city, fla., has the problem everyone wishes they had, plus the one everyone wishes they didn’t. she says, “note that i am not having any problem with increasing prices or with competitors. the problem is too many new clients and staffing… plus the irs is still terrible.”
to be sure, there’s bob langworthy, the founder of southern maine’s management accounting. he couldn’t name a single concern. “none!” he says. “we served 1,000 clients last year and already have more than 200 committed new clients this season.”
for 2023, the卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometerexpanded the list of possible concerns, 24 in all, plus an “other” option. it’s our longest list ever, and accountants checked off each and every possible worry.
finding qualified talent has long plagued the accounting profession. however, with covid-19 and remote work, the past three years have ushered in a new age of attrition and burnout.
a july 2022 article in accountancy age explored a survey that showed 99% of accountants suffer from burnout, with 24% reporting medium-high to high levels of burnout. further, that burnout is generally listed as why many cpas leave public accounting.
the survey, conducted by floqast, a provider of accounting workflow automation software, and the university of georgia, used the maslach burnout inventory (mbi)—the leading measure of burnout and validated by more than 35 years of research—in an accounting setting for the first time. using a 100-point scale, the survey covered three major areas of burnout: emotional exhaustion (ee), depersonalization (dp), and low sense of personal accomplishment (pa).
accounting leaders say these are the issues firms must face.
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as gale crosley of crosley+consulting notes inthe 2022 rosenberg survey, we are in the midst of “an unusual year of high uncertainty, unpredictability and sapped energy among our profession’s leaders.”
yes, indeed. the profession, once characterized as staid and stable, has been hit by a confluence of what crosley calls “four major thunderbolts,” to wit:
the industry has been suffering a shortage of professionals for many years now. decades. everybody talks about it, but nobody is doing much about it … until now. and, according to charles hylan’s foreword to the 2022 rosenberg survey, the solution is a combination of several significant changes.
the accounting sector is charting stable, predictable expansion in an uncertain economic environment, with some signs of weakness in tax prep and at payroll agencies, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 study.
as if the general and long-term shortage of accountants isn’t bad enough, now we’re seeing a widespread reluctance to take the final step in an accounting career, the step into partnership.
this is serious. according to the 2022 rosenberg survey, a quarter of all partners are over the age of 60 and either near or past many mandatory retirement ages. many have sold their equity yet continue to work just to help their own firms grapple with personnel shortages.
as gale crosley, of crosley+consulting, notes in the 2022 rosenberg survey, we are in the midst of “an unusual year of high uncertainty, unpredictability and sapped energy among our profession’s leaders.”
there has and will continue to be a significant number of private equity transactions. as with any major shift of ownership in the past, there will be some fallout – partners, staff, niches, clients, etc.
that is natural as what we will witness is the creation of new firms and opportunities for those who choose to depart. just look at the new firms that have started in the last five years – that is one way the profession stays young, fresh and entrepreneurial – new players practicing in different ways. read more →
revenue growth has been pretty decent for the last ten years. even when it was down, it was up, that is, well above inflation. but the most recent results fro the new rosenberg national map survey show thrilling leaps for firms of all sizes.
some of the apparent growth, however, is relative to a dip in the previous year.
we like to see a month or two of increases when we’re talking about jobs, but how about six or seven? that’s the rosy picture seen across several sectors in accounting, according to the latest available data.
no matter how large tablets get, sometimes there’s nothing else like a desktop for displaying columns and columns of data. when that time comes, 49 percent of accounting firm operations and technology survey users turned to dell. hp was second at 16.8 percent, where it has remained solidly for three years now.