I am interested in a discussion that would enable us to understand the directions that accounting is taking and what people have to understand so that they could cope up with their professional competition.
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I am *not* an accountant but I fully agree with what you are saying. I have a friend who is a tax consultant, and I believe that in addition to his thorough knowledge of the business tax code he has outstanding communication skills. In fact, I would say that the communication skills are probably close to as important as the accounting knowledge and skills but both are very important.
I know that accounting students are getting offers before they even graduate from college. If the market for accountants is weak, I have not seen any evidence of it.
SarBanes-Oxly is one of the drivers of this.
I agree that doing low en tax returns and maybe doing sales tax and payroll tax returns could be exported long term, but high leverl work, like I do, will never be outsourced. I have been an accountant for 23 years... no one in India can be CFO of my organization remotely. I would love to get payroll done, bills payed, etc, but polically it would never work.
Lance Mertz, CPA Ketchikan, Alaska
I keep hearing that. I've heard it for the last decade. I just haven't seen it. Every time I've called someone on it, show me the job I'm ready to work, they do the dance and shuffle off in to the moonlight.
If you think in terms of the de industrialization of this country, it doesn't make any sense. Accountants are an overhead function of business, as the business sector has contracted, you need less accountants.
I have seen the weakness first hand , and for the last decade. The market is long past weak, it is almost non existent.
Been reading a book called "The World is Flat"
It talks abt that very thing happening right now.
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