What r/Accounting keeps coming back to
Complaints raised here by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
186 recurring problems · 1101 threads read · read since September 2026 · Reddit
Raised more than once here
Most people first.
- 73How to stop letting accounting stress ruin my life?“It’s funny but accounting brings me so much stress and anxiety that I don’t know how anyone would get something like this tattooed on them. It’s a source of income, not my identity.”
- 32How to handle the financial and identity drop after leaving a career“Laid off for the first time…”
- 30How to get an entry level job with no experience“Resume template given by accounting advisor. No experience really, want to pursue auditing. First resume. Be brutal. I need to land an internship.”
- 27how do I get my first client?“I recently started up a tax prepareration and planning firm after 8 years in public accounting. I have been trying to get new clients but have been having issues.”
- 25How to find a cheaper CRM when HubSpot gets too expensive“We are often sending payment out without a signed waiver and then mailing out paper copies for them so sign and send back. I think its crazy.”
- 25Why do IT jobs require impossible skill sets?“i feel overwhelmed and under appreciated as my 90 day review is put to the side due to other “critical” tasks being in the way.”
- 25Why do I feel so overwhelmed after starting a new job?“I just started my first job as an accountant and everything seems different from what I learned in school, is this normal?”
- 24Doing the job of a higher role without the promotion or pay“The calls after working hours, late-night messages, delayed paychecks, and accusations that I wasn't moving projects forward all contributed to this decision.”
- 23Why do professional certification exams use subjective best answers?“i am registered to write the CFE (Canada) exam next tuesday however am still feeling very unprepared. i feel like i still am lacking technical knowledge in all areas”
- 23How to deal with uncooperative coworkers who don't do their work“I dread all my conversations with every single engagement team, bar like one or two where the people are actually chill.”
- 21Doing higher-level work without a pay raise“I feel these responsibilities are closer to what a senior staff accountant or manager might be doing. I have since asked for a raise to better reflect the work I do.”
- 21How to clean up months of messy client expense records“It's September 10th. Corporate taxes are due in 5 days. I just pulled the file of a client who is only paying for tax work, not bookkeeping work.”
- 20Why is accounting software like QuickBooks so bad?“ours has a journal entry screen where finding an old entry means digging through several filters before you can even see the details.”
- 20Feeling lost and overwhelmed starting a new accounting job“Instead, I’ve been struggling much more than I expected.”
- 20How do I stop stressing about the CFE accounting exam?“Writing day 2 in tax - On one hand I just want to get this done. On the other hand, I’m really nervous especially for day 2 MA”
- 19Why does fixing AI mistakes take longer than doing it myself?“It produces so much, it takes humans weeks to find the problems created in an hour long session.”
- 19How to balance a corporate career with having kids“So I have a few questions! I’m a new mom and I have to pivot my career.”
- 18How to figure out how much to charge for freelance work“I’m torn between “My free time and expertise is worth something” AND “It’s a friend, the goal is NOT to make ‘Top dollar.’””
- 18How to stop fraudulent chargebacks on online stores“after getting the PDFs or tarot reading, Customers reports her UPI id and tries to get a refund. Because of that the bank put her account on hold and sometimes blocked the withdrawals.”
- 17How to understand a confusing legacy software system you inherited“Have a new account that refuses to use excel or just about any software Ive used before. They swear by this being more efficient and user friendly but I’m completely lost. Anybody seen this before?”
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