Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Profession

The accounting industry is facing a growth in demand but suffering a squeeze on available talent. Bloomberg Tax calculates that the number of accountants and auditors employed fell 17 percent between 2019 and 2021. The shortage starts on the supply side: The number of U.S. students completing bachelor’s degrees in accounting declined from 2016 to 2020,...

Continuing the mission to make accounting and assurance – and now tax and advisory – better Irvine, CA – December 6, 2023 – Chris Vanover, founder of CPAClub™, was recently named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today, the leading information resource for public accountants serving the community of professionals who...

After the 2008 financial collapse, a Treasury Department report offered dozens of ways to improve the auditing profession. More than two decades later, and in the aftermath of the BF Borgers CPA collapse, Chris Vanover finds himself questioning whether anything has truly changed. Click here to read.