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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

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The resulting 2024 Insight Special Feature, “Re-Decoding the Decline: An Updated CPA Pipeline Report,” reveals respondents’ perceptions of CPAs and the CPA credential, along with the top challenges and deterrents driving their decisions to pursue the CPA credential or not. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Didn’t Have a Labor Permit; Deloitte Partners Allegedly Suffer But Not Really | 9.30.24

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Publications around the world continue to discuss the tragic sudden death of a young auditor at EY India and dirt keeps making its way to the surface. While EY had applied for the registration in February 2024, it was rejected because the company had not applied since 2007. Never had an accounting class in her life. Great hire.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Artificial Intelligence: The long-awaited saving grace of the accounting profession [ The Arkansas Traveler ] According to research by Chartered Accountants Worldwide, accountants are consistently rated among the most trusted professionals alongside doctors and nurses, with around 80% of people trusting them to navigate the business world.

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Here’s How Mid-Tier Accounting Firms Are Feeling About Private Equity and M&A

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As mentioned in this week’s news brief, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) put together a snazzy little report on the state of mid-tier firms based on a survey of managing partners. Private Equity Move over talent, private equity is the profession’s hottest topic of 2024. Get over it.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Can’t Hire Tech; John Doe Sues the PCAOB; Auditors Can’t Find Torpedoes and Missiles | 1.20.03

Going Concern

HSBC announced on Friday that it had decided to reappoint PwC following a tender process that was required because the Big Four firm will have served for 10 years by the time it signs the 2024 accounts. PwC took over from KPMG in 2015 and was eligible to serve until 2034 subject to a competitive tender at the 10-year mark.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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The IRS has trained auditors examining the claims that pose the greatest risk of fraud, and the IRS Criminal Investigation division is identifying promoters of fraudulent claims, he said. “The further we get from the pandemic, we believe the percentage of legitimate claims coming in is declining,” Werfel said.

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Friday Footnotes: For the Last Time, Salaries Are Too Low; NOCLAR Is Back; Big 4 Beat Up Again | 3.1.24

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pic.twitter.com/FQcm4AXSdg — Barbara Pocock (@BarbaraPocock) February 27, 2024 Chartered Accountants mistakenly let ex-PwC partner avoid investigation [ Financial Review ] Speaking of Peter Collins, AFR is still on the beat like a tick on a dog’s ass.

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