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Understanding the Root Causes of the US Accounting Resource Shortage

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In 2020 alone, accounting graduates dropped by 2.8%, while master’s graduates saw an 8.4% The issue goes two steps deep—CPA exam participation also dropped by 7%, the lowest level since 2006. Understanding the root cause is key for any business or CPA firm to protect itself from the consequences.

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Ep. 50: Blake Oliver - So what's the big deal about the Cloud?

IMA's Count Me

You could hand an RPA tool, a bank statement, and you could teach it how to code transactions into your desktop accounting software. I mean, can you imagine if you're an accounting firm or if you're a corporate finance department not having access to your Sage files or your Intuit, here are your QuickBooks files for a week.

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BONUS | Ep. 2: Dr. Sean Stein Smith - Accountant's Role with Technologies

IMA's Count Me

You can be a CPA, CMA, any, any of of the alphabet soup, right? There are teams right now in all of the big accounting software firms that are actually working on how to build some characteristics of blockchain into their current software, right. But it's that idea of, of harnessing these tools finally, right?