Payroll
Companies With Job Openings Are Cutting Degree Mandates
64% of hiring managers say the bachelor’s degree requirement was eliminated to increase applicants.
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Jason Bramwell is senior staff writer for CPA Practice Advisor. He has nearly 25 years of professional writing experience, the last nine covering the accounting profession. He most recently was a staff writer and editor at Going Concern, and he previously spent five years as a staff writer and editor at AccountingWEB. He can be reached by email at jbramwell@cpapracticeadvisor.com.
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Firm Management
Top 50 Firms Berdon and Citrin Cooperman Say They Are Uniting
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Technology
Survey: 40% of U.S. Companies Reported a Data Leak in the Past Year
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Firm Management
Armanino's 2023 New Partner Class is Largest in Firm's History
Half of the new partner class are women, with many completing the firm’s Executive Access Program.
Accounting
FAF Widens Access Online to FASB and GASB Standards
FAF hasn’t set a firm date for this change to online access to accounting standards, but it’s expected this spring.
Firm Management
CohnReznick Adds 19 to Partnership
“They will play a critical role in helping to advance our clients’ goals and our own,” said CEO David Kessler.
Firm Management
Moss Adams Admits 36 New Partners
“I’m proud to have this group join our partnership,” said Moss Adams CEO and Chairman Eric Miles.
Taxes
IRS Opens Free Online Portal for Businesses to File 1099 Forms
The Information Returns Intake System is expected to reduce the amount of paper Forms 1099 filed in 2023.
Firm Management
Deloitte Picks Jason Girzadas to Succeed Joe Ucuzoglu as CEO
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Taxes
IRS to Use 'Digital Assets' Instead of 'Virtual Currency' on 2022 Forms 1040
A question regarding digital assets must be answered by all taxpayers on their 2022 income tax returns.
Taxes
IRS Says 2023 Filing Season to Start on Jan. 23
The IRS is expecting more than 168 million individual tax returns to be filed this year, most coming before April 18.
Accounting
AICPA Says It Was Not Hacked, Refutes Report
Cybernews reported that threat actors bragged on a hacking forum that they compromised AICPA database.