Accountants Start 2015 on Strong Hiring Trend

The best December in the last decade.

Tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through December 2014
Tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through December 2014

The U.S. tax, accounting and bookkeeping industries closed 2014 with the strongest employment trends in a decade, according to CPA Trendlines sources.

Here CPA Trendlines reports on:

  • Current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and CPA segments of the industry.
  • Average hourly wages for key segments.
  • Typical hours worked per week.
  • And trends concerning women in the accounting workforce.

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Four Key Questions for Managing Partners

Businessman giving instructions to his colleaguesMore than staying close to clients.

By Robert J. Lees, August J. Aquila and Derek Klyhn

A significant application of judgment exhibited by successful managing partners is in their decision to stay close to their own and the firm’s key client relationships.

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We defined “close” in the research as not doing fee-earning work but being more than the review partner. “Close” was having serious conversations with key clients about their issues, about what was going on in their markets and being the “go to” person when informed comment was required by external agencies.

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