Reply to Accounting & Economics Double Major?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Accounting & Economics Double Major?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
CPA here-  there is a shortage of CPAs, it doesn’t matter where you go to school as long as it is accredited and maintained a GPA of a 3.4 or above.  Big 4 firms recruit at many schools, including Towson, Salisbury, JMU[/quote]

+1. Big 4 , regional Accounting firms, corporations and small companies are all having a hard time hiring trained, educated Accountants. 
And due to the shortage, salaries across the industry are starting to increase meaningfully. 
Kids- major in Accounting! You will always, always have a good job. 
-Sr. Accounting, Finance Exec[/quote]

Are advances in artificial intelligence a concern for accountants? It seems very likely that AI will be able do most of what accountants do.[/quote]

It is a concern for people who do basic taxes and compile various reports.

It is less of a concern for those working on more advanced stuff e.g. capital optimization or interpreting new regulations.  [/quote]

I agree - I am a CPA and tried out an AI bookkeeping tool. It was terrible.

The robots won’t come for CPAs anytime soon. AI will be able to do basic data entry tasks, maybe some accounts payable and tax calculations, but because each company is so different, it’s hard to write « rules » that will work for everyone.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics