Targeting the Accounting Shortage: 2024 Tactics
With controversial state legislation and big changes for CPA exam takers afoot, this year could be a volatile one for accounting players.
With controversial state legislation and big changes for CPA exam takers afoot, this year could be a volatile one for accounting players.
Accounting teams that leverage technology are better able to adapt to changes and challenges, like some of the unexpected supply chain interruptions and fluctuating revenue trends seen in the past few years and so far during 2023. So what are the biggest challenges facing accountants today?
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Amid record salary hikes, the explosion of GLP-1 drugs and the end of pandemic emergencies, 2023 was a big year in total rewards. But don’t expect things to slow down in the benefits and compensation world in 2024, industry experts said.
In recent years, the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) profession has experienced a curious paradox: while the demand for CPAs continues to soar, fewer individuals are successfully completing the rigorous CPA exam.
Humans, it seems, are always on the verge of obsolescence. There is no innovation without opposition from two groups: people who lose their jobs and people who think about mass unemployment and ask, “Where will the new jobs come from?” The devil is in the details, but at least in principle, redistribution should be able to win the first group’s assent.
Many workers will see their annual raise shrink next year as the job market continues to cool from its torrid pace in the pandemic era.
The number of job openings and quits in the United States has been on a downward trend for several months, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is good news for employers overall. However, it doesn’t mean CPA firms are finding it any easier to staff available positions — or hold on to the valued employees they already have in place.
With only a few days to go before the April 15 filing deadline, tax season is almost over — but for many accountants in the U.S., work is hardly slowing down.