After an Economic Pause, the Accounting Industry Restarts Expansion Engines

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But many CPA firms appear to be missing out on the recovery.

by Rick Telberg
CPA Trendlines  Research

The nation’s tax and accounting industry appears to have re-started expansion with new hiring in January, after a two-month pause at the end of 2012 in November and December, according to CPA Trendlines research. But the gains appear to be concentrated in non-CPA-owned offices.

Analysts are attributing the 2012 year-end economic stall to two major storms which slowed economic activity: One, Hurricane Sandy, and, the other, Congress, which has been gridlocked under a bubble of hot air.

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