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150 Hour Rule: Let’s Keep Arguing About What Color the Drapes Should Be While the House is Burning Down
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150 Hour Rule: Let’s Keep Arguing About What Color the Drapes Should Be While the House is Burning Down

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • September 6, 2023

Amanda Iacone at Bloomberg Tax has written the accounting niche’s 1,735th article about the accountant shortage and […]

Guy Who Works at a Firm Actually Named FML on Why Accounting Is a Great Career
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Guy Who Works at a Firm Actually Named FML on Why Accounting Is a Great Career

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 29, 2023

So a guy named Brian Kelleher who works for the hilariously named FML CPAs has […]

150 Hours is a Barrier – Really!
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150 Hours is a Barrier – Really!

  • Sharon Lassar, PhD, CPA
  • August 24, 2023

By Sharon Lassar, PhD, CPA (Florida) John J. Gilbert Professor and Director of the School […]

Work Is Destroying Tax and Accounting Professionals’ Mental Health Much Less Than You’d Think
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Work Is Destroying Tax and Accounting Professionals’ Mental Health Much Less Than You’d Think

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 23, 2023

Thomson Reuters recently spit out its Future of Professionals special report, a survey of more […]

CPA Exam Changes and Pipeline Woes Are a Perfect Storm of Problems For the Profession
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CPA Exam Changes and Pipeline Woes Are a Perfect Storm of Problems For the Profession

  • Liz Kolar
  • August 23, 2023

Ed. note: The following is a guest post by Liz Kolar, EVP at Surgent. It […]

‘The American Accounting Association Is Not Serious’ and Other Such Thoughts From a Professor Who’s Quitting the AAA
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‘The American Accounting Association Is Not Serious’ and Other Such Thoughts From a Professor Who’s Quitting the AAA

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  • August 8, 2023

Editor’s note: The two essays you are about to read were sent to us by […]

The AICPA Has Cooked Up Yet Another Plan to Do F*ck All to Solve the Accountant Shortage
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The AICPA Has Cooked Up Yet Another Plan to Do F*ck All to Solve the Accountant Shortage

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 2, 2023

I know you’re as sick of hearing about the accountant shortage as I am writing […]

We’re Loud Quitting Now
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We’re Loud Quitting Now

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 29, 2023

You know who needs to great resignate and/or quit loudly? The people who come up […]

If We Believe This Report, Talent Is No Longer Firms’ Number One Priority
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If We Believe This Report, Talent Is No Longer Firms’ Number One Priority

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 28, 2023

According to the recently released Thomson Reuters 2023 State of the Tax Professionals Report [PDF], […]

How to Protect Sensitive Client Data When Your Pathetic Staff is Bringing Shady Ladies Home to Bang
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How to Protect Sensitive Client Data When Your Pathetic Staff is Bringing Shady Ladies Home to Bang

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 22, 2023

This guy showed up when I searched for “dork” on the stock photo site, not […]

Forcing People Back Into the Office to Foster Mentoring Will Only Foster Resentment, Says Cringe Nicknamed Doctor
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Forcing People Back Into the Office to Foster Mentoring Will Only Foster Resentment, Says Cringe Nicknamed Doctor

  • MJ Pallerino
  • June 20, 2023

Looks like we have another expert chiming in to offer their view on the whole […]

Conspiracy: Firms Aren’t Investing As Much Money Into AI Technology As They Claim
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Conspiracy: Firms Aren’t Investing As Much Money Into AI Technology As They Claim

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 19, 2023

Comment left on this post about AI acceptable use policies at accounting firms: Is this […]

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Daily Wire is Pissed Off About a PwC Career Program That Excludes White and Asian Candidates

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • February 7, 2025

Although this should have been on their radar already because PwC got sued by America First Legal over it two years ago, conservative muckraking site Daily Wire has just now…

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The Only Piece of Advice You Need to Survive Layoffs at Your Firm

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 7, 2024

Comment on "How are layoffs decisions really made?" via r/Big4 If it backfires so what, they were going to lay you off anyway. I really hope this advice gets sucked…

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Weekend Discussion: Let’s Talk Counteroffers

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 29, 2024

Earlier this week, a recruiter told me a story about a job seeker who was already employed but looking to jump elsewhere. She interviewed with a firm that really loved…

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