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PCAOB Gives Chinese Audit Firm the Boot Over Rules Violations

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) revoked the registration of a Chinese audit firm on Nov. First, on multiple occasions, the accounting firm failed to timely report the participants in its issuer audits on PCAOB Form AP, in violation of PCAOB Rule 3211, Auditor Reporting of Certain Audit Participants.

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Mastering Labor Challenges Can Drive Growth for CPA Firms

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receiving Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting has dropped 17% over the past six years to roughly 66,000 in 2022 compared to 80,000 in 2016, according to the AICPA 2023 Trends Report. The results are profound: more than 99% of the top CPA firm leaders in the US said they can’t adequately fill their staffing needs domestically.

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Many Finance and Accounting Workers Are Optimistic About the Job Market — Here’s How CPA Firms Can Respond

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However, it doesn’t mean CPA firms are finding it any easier to staff available positions — or hold on to the valued employees they already have in place. This finding is not surprising in a profession where unemployment rates for many in-demand roles, including accountants and auditors, typically trend well below the national average.

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It’s Time to Rethink Current Practices for CPA Firm Talent Management

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Here’s some news from the labor market that’s both good and bad for CPA firm leaders and other employers of accounting and finance talent. In a similar survey our company conducted in mid-2023, that figure was significantly higher — 41%. If you were an in-demand accounting professional, would you want to join your CPA firm?

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal. 31 is still not finished.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Scandal Somehow Gets More Scandalous; Deloitte Denied in Court; Withum Embiggens in Florida | 11.8.24

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Municipal Messes Delayed audit finds ‘material weaknesses’ in Elton’s finances and procedures [ KPLC (Louisiana)] The town agreed to address such deficiencies including timely adopting an operating budget, hiring someone qualified to prepare financial statements, and submitting required paperwork to the Legislative Auditor’s Office by the due date.

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What Accountants Had to Say About the CPA Firm Business Model—and Why it Needs to Evolve

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After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.

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