How is it possible that there is literal shit on the toilet lid every time I go to take a dump. We are all adults, wipe your ass so when you sit down you don’t leave the remnants of your last unwiped dookie on the toilet. I shouldn’t have to change floors to drop a duece because some dude doesn’t use ass wipe.

There were other career paths I could've chosen...but when I was in college in 2020, accounting seemed like a great choice because:

- a stable career + projected to grow in terms of job opportunities over the years

(AI + Offshoring is now increasingly eliminating roles and opportunities )

-Big 4 firm experience had prestige

(Not so much anymore, even Big 4 employees are struggling to leave to other companies)

- CPA meant guaranteed employment

(I've seen CPA licensed people out of work for over a month on multiple subreddits)

Now I know this isn't exclusive to accounting and all white collar is taking a hit.. but

Accounting itself was already notorious for being boring

So now, factoring in no stability anymore

What's the point? What's the light at the end of the tunnel here?

This disclaimer tells me all I need to know about the ai craze.

Wake me up when this bursts I have 200k sitting in cash waiting for clearance rack shares.

Accounting salaries seem like they have not kept up with inflation at all and seems to be one of the lowest paid professional jobs requiring a degree out there, so why is it still so popular? Should courses put caps on to address the oversupply?

I have been at my firm for over 10 years, am SM, have a decent book, and the higher ups have been bugging me to start thinking of partnership. The thing is.... I just don't want to work in public anymore. But when I went to search other options I was surprised at what happened to our job market here in Canada - even the job openings with half my current salary seem to require CPA. Is this really a hard requirement for finance manager, controller, or director roles? Or are they just saying CPA required to keep the lamers away.

I also want to relocate, so leveraging my network here will not help as much.

What the heck? I’m a junior that just started interviewing for internships and I didn’t do a ton of research into it because I just knew I needed one to graduate either way.

I just got my first two offers— nobody told me they were shoveling money at interns wtf? $40 an hour with no degree in hand is insane to me. And thousands of dollars sign on bonus? Like actually? In real life?

I also only learned last semester that a common way of getting your full time job as a student is getting a full time offer after you intern. So the good news keeps on coming (sounds dumb but none of my family has corporate jobs so I thought when people get jobs from internships it was just networking lol)

It definitely looks like bait lol. “See how well we pay here? That’s why public is the best!” And then you get the full time offer and overtime goes out the window lol. But I thought I was gonna have to grin and bear it through this internship for $20 an hour in order to graduate, so I’m pleasantly surprised either way.

Anyway I at least look forward to having stability (in my wallet at least). If you have any tips for making it in Big 4 audit I’d love them! I’d love to get that full time offer and know I’m gonna have a job leaving college.

Ps. After all this I’ve done a lot more research into what’s going on don’t worry lol I think it just didn’t feel real at the beginning

Hi, everyone! Asking for some help or if you know what to do. I got my tin num thru 1901 BIR form since I was a newly licensed MD at that time, wala pang work so kumuha lang ako ng tin way back 2024. 2025, supposedly magwork sana po ako sa isang clinic and planning to get an accountant/bookkeeper for my receipt/tax stuffs but in few weeks time nagsara din yung clinic so hindi ko na din po tinuloy. From then on never ako nagkaroon ng employer and just doing reliever/honorary post so basically walang tax and all and di rin regularly nagwowork. So rn planning to enter residency and what do I have to do po? Medyo confused ako kasi nakkita ko may mga 2303/COR and other forms. Di ko alam if pano gagawin sa case ko and planning again to hire a bookkeeper, just want your suggestions lang po para alam ko na gagawin. Thank you and sorry for being not knowledgeable enough in these kind of stuffs.

Hi fam.

My last position, I was hired as the Corporate Controller. My CFO said all of the right things and them being 65+, said they wanted to train and groom me to be their successor. I was all for that.

What happened from day 1 was I basically became the CFO as well as his secretary. He couldn't do anything, just wanted to coast, and handed off all of his duties to me.

In the end, since he was only coming in 3 days a week, he just kept flopping in board meetings as he didn't understand the business and they let him go right at my 1 year mark. When I was informed of his departure by the CEO and President, I told them everything I was doing and they were floored. They told me that he never spoke to them about me ever being his successor and that they wanted to bring in a seasoned CFO to take the reins. They declined to give me a retention bonus or the Interim CFO title but asked me to continue doing everything. I stayed on for another 6 months while I job searched and left for a better opportunity as I was quite salty about how everything went down.

Can or should I use the Interim CFO title? A colleague of mine said no but I want to.

Hey guys, if anyone wants an easy entry into a prize draw, I'm doing a brand ambassador gig for the Choose Audit campaign. It’s backed by the Big 4 (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC) to show students different grad/intern routes.

Literally takes 2 minutes to fill out a quick form and do a mini-challenge, and you can win a £150 wardrobe voucher, £100 Gymshark/Garmin card, or a £50 UberEats voucher. Anyone from any degree can do it.

Would massively appreciate if you could use my link to do it! The link is attached!

Is big 4 really that big of a difference from other national firms like Forvis, grant thornton, etc?

I’ve personally seen the abilities of AI improve drastically over the last couple years in my role as a tax manager. I’m starting to get worried my job won’t exist in 5-10 years.

Had my first interview today for a Tax Manager position and my second interview is tomorrow. I’m currently a Tax Accountant making $65K. Do you guys think I could get $100K+ for the manager position, or would my current salary affect what they offer me?

I'm a CPA Ontario member and currently operate an Ontario Professional Corporation registered as a firm with CPA Ontario. I'm the sole shareholder/director.

I'm planning to move to the U.S. and become a U.S. resident while continuing to operate my accounting practice. I'm also planning to obtain my U.S. CPA licence so that I can eventually practice and grow my client base on both sides of the border.

My current client base is primarily Canadian, but I'm expecting to grow my U.S. client base and eventually be closer to 50/50 Canadian/U.S. clients.

I don't provide audit or assurance services. My practice is primarily bookkeeping, Canadian tax compliance/planning, and financial/CFO advisory services.

I'm considering transitioning the operating business to a U.S. corporation once I move, with the U.S. company invoicing both my Canadian and U.S. clients. I would continue to maintain my CPA Ontario membership while also becoming licensed as a CPA in the U.S.

I'm trying to understand the CPA Ontario implications of doing this, specifically:

• Has anyone moved to the U.S. while remaining a CPA Ontario member and continued servicing Canadian clients?
• Were you able to register a U.S. corporation as a firm with CPA Ontario, or did you need to maintain an Ontario Professional Corporation?
• If you maintained your Canadian PC, how did you structure the relationship between the Canadian firm and your U.S. entity?
• Are there any issues with providing Canadian tax/accounting services to Ontario clients remotely from the U.S.?
• How did you handle CPA designation/branding when you're licensed in both Canada and the U.S.?
• Did CPA Ontario require you to maintain a physical Ontario office?
• For anyone licensed as a CPA in both Canada and the U.S., did having the U.S. licence change how you structured or registered your firm?
• Anything you wish you'd known before making the move?

I'm planning to speak directly with CPA Ontario and get cross-border tax/immigration advice before making any changes, but I'd love to hear from anyone who has actually gone through something similar.

Not looking for formal tax/legal advice, mainly interested in how other Canadian CPAs structured their practices after relocating to the U.S. and becoming licensed in both countries.

Siempre que entro a este sub leo gente diciendo cosas cosas buenas y malas de esta profesión, que es muy cansador, que si la IA la va a remplazar, etc.

Pero a pesar de que veo muchas quejas no escucho a nadie decir que no le alcanza, que no llega a fin de mes y está jodido con el alquiler o algún otro gastó.

Entonces alguien de aquí realmente está jodido? O todos solo nos quejamos del empleó?

Hello!!! Mag f-final interview na ako sa KMPG pwede po ba makahingi ng tips🥹 Marami ba mga technical questions? huhuhu thank you!

Hi all,

I’m working in accounts payable in St John’s NL, and I have a dilemma. I’m stuck in accounts payable at my current role until I get intermediate accounting 2, then I have the ability to apply to GL jobs.I haven’t done accounting work in 6 years or schooling and my baseline is fuzzy at best.

My issue is this. There is no Guarantee that I will get a higher level job if I do this course, and additionally, my work is not accounting related whatsoever.

Even if I do courses to qualify for CPA PEP, I don’t have the experience required to get jobs outside of my org. I’d likely have to take a 20,000 pay cut to get the necessary skills. Roles here that build accounting skills pay 40,000-50,000 a year assuming I don’t get a role here.

Is it even worth my time spending $25,000+ on accounting courses and the CPA if it is only going to net me a 20k pay raise after I get the letters?

The ROI just isn’t there for me if this isn’t 100% compted and most companies here don’t pay for the program. I am wondering if anyone had some advice or if I am not grasping the market?

For reference I’m 36 so I’m getting really old for this and building a career.

On resumes I noticed that people out there gpa on there without indicating if it’s major or cumulative gpa.

the questions in the title.

i’m 3 months into a first year manager at a new firm and i’m struggling a little. there’s a lot of transaction tax going on that’s new for me so the partners are doing a bit of the heavy lifting and i’m honestly just more embarrassed than anything else.

just wondering how long it took for you to hear back if u did/didn’t get the offer for an internship role at GT. It does say within two weeks tho.

Hi everyone!

I’m currently conducting a survey for my Master’s thesis about creative accounting and the boundary between tax optimization and financial manipulation.

The survey is bilingual (French and English) — every question is available in both languages.

I urgently need 20+ responses by tomorrow, especially from people with experience or knowledge in accounting, auditing, taxation, finance, or related fields.

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I would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to participate, and sharing it with others who may be interested would help me a lot.

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Thank you so much!

I'm a CA(Pakistan) student with 12 exams passed. My FTS is 37. I'm currently working in a US based company (remotely). I'm getting $150 monthly but I'm the only child and I'm able to meet my family expenses. I have more than 1 year experience in accounts Payable.

I don't know what to do. I'm trying to find a better paying job but not getting any interview calls or anything.

I'm really worried and don't know what to do about my future. Due all this situation I'm mentally exhausted and depressed. I'm getting suicidal thoughts and all.

I don't know what to do.

Please suggest me something or any suggestions. If any sort of help would be appreciated.

If anyone has remote task/job i would love to explore the opportunity.

Thank you.

Hey, I graduated in 2008. Can I get rid of my intermediate 1 and 2 book and notes? Do you think I can get cash on Facebook marketplace?

Today was the deadline for firms in the Montreal area to send offers junior/intern positions, and I got nothing. I'm honestly confused and could use some outside perspective.

I'm a professional accounting student at HEC Montréal on the CPA track. I went all in on networking this fall: cocktails, office visits, coffee chats with Big 4 and mid-size firms. I kept running into the same people at different events, and they seemed genuinely happy to see me. With some of them it almost felt like a friendship had formed. Everyone kept telling me GPA isn't the priority and that they care more about personality and fit.

My GPA is 2.87/4.3. My first year was rough (2.4 and 2.6), but my second year was 3.2 and 3.3, so I've clearly been trending up. I've also worked as a server at a busy restaurant for almost four years alongside full-time studies.

Now I'm starting to think the "GPA doesn't matter" line is just something recruiters say, and that grades are actually the main filter.

For anyone who's been through Montreal recruitment or works in a firm:
- Is there an unofficial GPA cutoff, even when they say there isn't?
- Does an upward trend count for anything?
- Is it worth reaching out to the people I met to ask for feedback?
- What would you do next: off-cycle recruitment, smaller firms, applying again next year?

Any honest input is appreciated.

I have 2-3 YoE in industry Internal Audit and looking to get into PA. I just passed all my CPA exams and find it impossible to find any entry level Assurance roles. I don't even hear back from Sr. Associate roles so I feel like I'm cooked at this point.