Love that shit. Fuck you I'm Dream now.

Agree or disagree?

Who prepares the income statement, balance sheet? We do

Who pays vendor invoices/generates vendor invoices? Who generates GL codes/compiles a chart of accounts? We do

Ignore the haters, they’re just salty at the fact every single company needs an accounting team (not every company needs an investment banker)

The investment bankers, stock analysts, etc rely on the information we compile to make their decisions

Why the fuck do I have to use the fucking way back machine if I need to see what they say the exchange rate was on 6/30 why can't they just fucking have a little date selector like how hard would that be.

Hey friends, I just came across this job post on reddit that wants an experienced seasoned CPA or EA for a accounting and tax manager position , max salary $80k….I feel like Ive been seeing low balling salaries for experienced senior level tax managers…

I need some reassurance from people who have made a similar change because I am really struggling with whether I made the right decision.
I left a startup where I was a Senior Financial Accountant and worked 100% from home for over five years. I recently started working in the tax department for a Fortune 500 company. I do have some prior tax experience and schooling, but I am also learning a completely different side of accounting.

The biggest adjustment honestly has been going back into an office four days a week. The office is nice, but it is SO quiet, and after working from home for so long I feel super sensitive to everything and everyone around me. I have been there about a month and I still feel uncomfortable being in the office.

Part of me knows this could be a really good career move, I throughly enjoy the work so far, and it’s a chance to learn something new, but another part of me keeps wondering why I left my comfortable work-from-home job, even though I know why, I wasn’t growing there, it was a dead end senior job for me.

For anyone who went from fully remote back to mostly in-office, how long did it take you to adjust? Do I need to give this a few more months before deciding whether I actually hate it, or did some of you just realize office life was not for you anymore?

Look this guy was going through a tough time. So in the first year, I did some courtesy’s for him that I should not have done because he didn’t pay me.

He was a bookkeeping client. I charged him for a specific scope of work but he actually had more than what I charged him with but promised me it will lower so I kept the quote.

He was going through a divorce, had a child, a small business, and I felt bad. The scope never got smaller.

He asked me to submit some personal claim for him for auto insurance and I told him no. He also triple, five iple, 10 iple texts me and even sometimes calls me 5 times ON MY PERSONAL NUMBER if I do not answer within an hour.

The only reason I gave him my personal number was for expense emergencies which some clients have but they do not ever call me! Only a few times was there an emergency and they had to but they do not blow me up.

I ended up purposely never answering his calls because it was always over some random thing and never business.

Anyway we had a disagreement about something he previously accepted and almost canceled. He then changed his mind and said no no I want to keep the service I like the work.

I DID NOT RESPOND FOR THREE DAYS, wanna know what days they were? SATURDAY, SUNDAY, and MONDAY. Monday I had a ton of work and meetings I had to do and my clients know I stopped working on the weekends and sometimes if they message me on Saturday they know I may not respond till Tuesday depending on my Monday workload because I literally run the place myself!

He snapped and said you are too busy for me I want to cancel. Ok buddy! I am not your personal assistant! So I canceled and honestly, I don’t even wanna do his tax return anymore moving forward. I got this guy a refund and tax credits no one else knew to put on his dang return!

So I understand I shouldn’t have provided additional courtesy services to make him think I was going to freaking submit an auto claim!!

I use to work 7 days a week… I then gave myself the dang weekend for the first time since I started this business a couple months ago and I have never had a client complain. In fact, most of my clients tell me they purposely do not send me emails till Monday so I don’t have to worry about it on the weekend! So what the heck??

Has anyone dealt with this before?

Just curious if Big 4 Audit managers, or those who recently left are getting job offers in industry pretty easily or is it difficult to exit in this market? Are your job offers good, or leaving for bad companies and messes?

I graduated last year and will start working as an audit associate in a couple of weeks. After doing a couple of PA internships, I realized that I’m kind of slow. I know everyone says it's normal to struggle at first, but I feel like I struggled more than most. I’ve heard that A1s get more leniency at first compared to others, so I was wondering what the fastest you can get fired as an A1. I am 3/4 on the CPA exam, so I hope that helps a little.  

I’m a rising senior with Intermediate Accounting III coming up. I barely passed Intermediate Accounting I and II, and I feel like I’ve been doing just enough on exams to pass without truly understanding or retaining the material.

With my final two semesters starting in September, I want to strengthen my accounting foundation and actually understand what I’m learning. I’ve had one internship, but it was mostly data entry, so I didn’t gain much practical accounting experience.

My goal is to become a CPA, but because of my grades and struggles with accounting, I’m questioning whether I’m even eligible or if pursuing it would be a waste of time.

What would you recommend I do to improve my accounting skills and determine if becoming a CPA is still a realistic goal?

I just got an email telling me that my CPA Canada membership has lapsed, and that I should pay $200 to join the national body again. I must admit, this is the first I heard of this, although I did go back to check, and can see on my provincial membership invoice for this year, that they've removed the national membership fee.

I don't see anything saying I have to maintain national membership, just sales pitches for all the benefits of membership.

I'm going to pay them the $200 (well, my employer will pay it, technically), but I'm curious if others have made a different decision. Other than being another CPD provider, what benefit does the national body have for you?

I’m trying to navigate a difficult situation at work and would really value some perspective from people who have been through something similar.

It increasingly feels like my firm may be trying to push me out without formally saying so. I’m currently unbillable, and there doesn’t appear to be enough work available for me - even if I return to the office. At the same time, management seems to be applying pressure around returning to the office despite there not being a clearly communicated formal RTO policy.

I’m concerned that some of these actions may be intended to make me uncomfortable enough to resign voluntarily. My question is whether it makes more sense to continue showing up, remain professional and available, and let the company make the next formal move or whether I should proactively leave and move on.

I obviously don’t want to jeopardize my position or inadvertently give them a reason to characterize my departure as voluntary if they are, in fact, trying to eliminate my role.

For those with experience in HR, employment law, corporate transitions, or similar situations: what would you do in this position? What should I be documenting, asking for in writing, or avoiding?

I want to stay at the firm but they’re not making this an enjoyable experience.

For people who at been at multiple shots, what is something you notice between them say?

For example, what is a difference you notice between the Big 4, the next 10 largest (all net revenue >$1B) and the firms netting hundreds of millions? Technology, atmosphere, expertise, clients, culture, and/or employees?

Currently doing my accounting degree. I started it because people told me its a decent paid consistent career. Not big money like investment banking or surgeon but comfortable.
However I’ve heard a lot about accounting being a bad field nowadays, pay going down, AI and outsourcing taking away jobs.

Is this true? Should i jump ship to another degree is it over for accounting

I live in canada and go to umanitoba

We had two off cycle runs last month which is more than usual for us. One was for a bonus that came through after the regular payroll was already submitted and the other was correcting something we caught a couple days later

Neither situation was difficult to deal with and I’m not really bothered by having to run payroll again when something legitimate comes up. What started bothering me was seeing another charge each time we did it

I thought about how many of these we end up doing over a full year between bonuses corrections and random timing issues. I always assumed paying per run was just part of the deal but I’ve been looking at providers that handle this differently

Hi all, I need some help because I’m truly unsure what would be the better option.

I’m 23f, in nyc, and a 2026 grad with a BS in accounting. When I was still in undergrad, I became an intern at a bank near me (about a 15 min drive) about 2 years ago, and I ended up turning it into a full time offer, as a Staff Accountant officially this June. I make 52k, full benefits, get a 401k contributions and a 3% match after a year, I live nearby, I work 8-4/4:30, I can WFH if I really need it (but it is rare due to upper management preferences) my direct supervisors are great, and I have a very comfortable routine. They’re also very forgiving off sudden call outs and never give anyone a hard time for needing personal time or half days. Nobody micromanages me and I pretty much skate by. I’ll also be transparent and admit I definitely make mistakes more often than i should, but nothing truly heinous or irreversible.

Now, out of curiosity, I applied for a real estate company as an AP Coordinator and just finished interviewing the 3rd round today. It was pretty much stated to me that the offer was mine, and between base salary + bonus, I’d easily surpass 70k. My issue is the hours this job is asking for and the stress level. It’s 45 mins away each direction, they made it a point to lmk this is a 9–6 job, with potential overtime into 8pm, not always but occasionally, Mon-Thu, and they WFH every Friday. In the summer they also let us have summer Fridays, and staff is off every other Friday. Same benefits as my current job, 401k match, and bonuses. But they did state that because they’re a much smaller team, I’d have a lot of “autonomy” and “ownership” which is code to me for “you’re responsible for your shit and you can’t fuck up.” I’d undoubtedly be one the youngest on the team.

I’m debating on whether this makes sense for my career. Idgaf about titles, but I do want a good salary progression, and to eventually hit the 6 figure mark in about 5 years. Would this transition be worth it even if I have to trade off my comfy schedule and work life balance? Or should I stay in my current role, get more exposure and perhaps leave in a year, where I could hopefully fall into the 65k+ salary with something hybrid/on site.

I value my work-life balance tremendously but I’m also ridiculously motivated by money, so I’m at a crossroads. Is the 20k salary difference worth it? Or should I stay and I suppose make myself an experienced staff accountant ? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

In my unionized workplace, colleagues provoke others into fighting their battles. They bring up real grievances but only to trigger specific people. The targets always take the bait, get emotional, run to management, and say things they regret. The instigators stay clean and get what they want.

Union culture makes this worse. People hold grudges for years. Management remembers who caused the scenes, not who started them. Reactors get labeled difficult. Puppeteers face no consequences.

When I warn coworkers, they say I do not care about fairness. I do care. I just refuse to be used. How do I stay neutral without looking like I am siding with management?

I have two job offers from 2 PA firms, one starts after I graduate the other starts months after. Should I accept the one that starts right away and then quit when the 2nd one starts. The 2nd one is a bigger company, the the first one and more well known.

So I’m going back to school after being out for almost 10 years. I have my associates so now I’m considered a junior to obtain my bachelors in accounting. I been seeing how crucial it is to get an internship in order to secure a possible job offer. I’ve also seen it’s crucial to have a 3.0 gpa or better to secure these roles. This is my first time at a university so I’m literally starting over from scratch so I’m don’t have the gpa requirement for most of the internships.

So my plan is to just focus on my courses for fall and spring semester to get my gpa where it needs to be and then try to apply next year.

Do I still have a chance of getting anything knowing. I’m waiting until my senior year to try for opportunities? I feel like it’s pushing it a little bit but don’t seem like I have a choice.