staff need good pay and tlc

table of responses

they’re scarce. here’s how to keep them happy.

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it’s no news to the accounting industry that staff and professionals are hard to find and hard to keep from wandering off to some other firm.

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and the law of supply and demand hasn’t failed to rule, according to the global talent trends 2023 survey of the association of chartered certified accountants: scarce employees expect a good salary, good treatment and a chance to work outside the office.

identifying and dealing with these employees’ expectations is essential to a continuous and successful flow of business. the survey found five challenges to that flow.
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survey: accountants economic outlook brightens

table of 10 top challenges
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inflation no longer the top concern.

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business leaders keep an eye on the economy the way farmers keep an eye on the weather. both are always watching, and they tend to see, and sense, more than others.

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and apparently those in business are sensing a shift in the economic winds, according to a survey just released by the american institute of cpas.
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with fresh funding, irs shows service improvements

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welcome to the 21st century.

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it turns out that all it took was money. funded better, the irs performs better. it’s as simple as that.

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look at the accomplishments as of the end of the filing season:

  • three million more phone calls answered.
  • phone wait times cut from 28 minutes to just three.
  • 140,000 more taxpayers served in person.
  • 80 times more returns digitized than in 2022.
  • entire backlog of 2022 returns cleared without error.
  • new online filing and notification options offered.
  • tax preparers can file 1099s in bulk.
  • new direct deposit refund enabled for amended returns.
  • 35 taxpayer assistance centers opened or reopened.

the improvements are possible thanks to funding provided under the inflation reduction act, and the irs deserves credit for accomplishing so much in so little time. the ira was passed on august 16, 2022.

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why students opt for accounting (or don’t)

bar charts

they share their ideas for changes.

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are accountants a threatened species?

more in staffing & recruiting: tax and accounting pay advancing at 5.9% pacewhich is better: a year of education or a year of experience?44 critical criteria for accounting staff performance evaluationsfour ways to propel new cpas into growing your firmmike whitmire: re-think your hiring and training practiceswhat new leaders want in ownership |

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extinction’s still a ways off, but the numbers of cpas are in serious decline. between 2010 and 2021, the number of people taking and passing the cpa licensing exam fell 36 percent, from more than 50,000 to about 32,000.
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the whats and whys of audit fee trends

refinements to certain guidance increased the workload, putting upward pressure on fees.

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audit fees have been rising steadily, if slowly, since 2018. but the first post-covid-19 audit fee reports show paradoxical records, according to a new study.

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in 2022, average audit fees increased 11 percent over 2021, reaching an all-time high of $2.24 million per securities and exchange registrant.

at the same time, however, fees per million dollars of client revenue have hit a nine-year low, according to a study from audit analytics, “20-year review of audit fee trends – 2003-2022.”

what’s going on … and why? well, it’s complicated.

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should accountancy account for sustainability?

older businessman leaning back thinkingit’s good business, not altruism.

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accounting has long assessed organization sustainability from a financial perspective. it’s always been assumed that if a company can generate revenue, it’s a going concern and will keep “on going.”

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but true, long-term sustainability depends on much more than mere money, according to the association of chartered certified accountants, a global institution with 241,000 members in 178 countries.
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firms rev up expansion plans

via canopy

mull new software for remote staff, cas and ai.

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a new survey reveals widespread plans for growth, with firms looking for more staff, more services to offer, and more territory to serve over the next 18 months

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in a time when qualified professionals are scarce, a staggering 85 percent of firms say they will definitely or probably be hiring more remote staff with flexible work arrangements, according to the poll of 250 firms by the practice management software company canopy.

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top tax vendors caught red-handed selling private taxpayer data

taxslayer, h&r block and taxact have been passing on sensitive personal and financial data to meta, google and other big tech companies.

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q: since when did private tax returns become public information?

a: since some of the nation’s biggest tax preparers decided to share it.

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for all your concerns about protecting client information, it seems that taxslayer, h&r block and taxact have been passing on sensitive personal and financial data to meta, google and other big tech companies.
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can we lead gen z to careers in accountancy?

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do you remember what was at the top of your mind back in high school?

a career in accountancy, right?

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right. maybe. but probably not. you probably had other priorities. you probably didn’t even know what accountants did all day, other than wear suits and crank adding machines.
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