{"id":223662,"date":"2025-05-04T22:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/firms-keep-lying-about-the-talent-shortage-so-they-can-hire-in-india-to-solve-it\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:29:06","slug":"firms-keep-lying-about-the-talent-shortage-so-they-can-hire-in-india-to-solve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=223662","title":{"rendered":"Firms Keep Lying About the &#8216;Talent Shortage&#8217; So They Can Hire in India to &#8216;Solve&#8217; It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1000900164\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-meta -->&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman who can't believe what she's reading on her screen\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/US-accounting-firms-India-hiring-shilling-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Get a load of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/us-accounting-firms-tap-india-alleviate-talent-crunch-2025-04-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this article<\/a> <em>Reuters<\/em> published today:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reuters-India-accounting-shortage-679x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000900165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reuters-India-accounting-shortage-679x1024.jpeg 679w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reuters-India-accounting-shortage-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reuters-India-accounting-shortage-150x226.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reuters-India-accounting-shortage.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A short excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>U.S. accounting firms including RSM US, Moss Adams, Bain Capital-backed Sikich and Apax Partners-backed CohnReznick are expanding their operations in India to tackle an acute shortage of accountants at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be the breakthrough moment for public accounting firms in India,\u201d Balaji Iyer, managing partner at Moss Adams India, told Reuters. \u201cRight now, the U.S. is facing a significant and growing shortage of certified public accountants, a trend that will only intensify in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you know why the US is facing a significant shortage of CPAs? Because firms kept starting salaries low for so long by the time anyone was willing to nudge them up it was too little too late. And do you know why it is going to intensify in coming years? Because firms are slashing US staff and replacing them with offshore talent.<\/p>\n<p>How convenient that the solution to this problem, as stated by this <em>Reuters<\/em> piece, is hiring people in India who work for a fraction of US wages. 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