Accounting is the function you only notice when it breaks. Right now, it’s breaking for many U.S. companies. Roles sit open for months. Salaries keep climbing. The work doesn’t go away, though.

From AI and private equity to taxes and the CPA pipeline, these are the challenges the accounting profession will face now—and in the future. As opening day for tax season approaches, heralding the ...

The U.S. faces a severe accounting shortage: fewer graduates, CPA exam declines, and a large portion of the existing talent pool retiring have made qualified accountants harder and more expensive to ...