CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

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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Going Concern

JANUARY 9, 2025

While the AICPA and large accounting firms have begged urged the SEC not to approve the PCAOB Firm and Engagement Metrics rule (PCAOB-2024-06) approved by the PCAOB on November 21, 2024, at least one person would like to see the added transparency this rule could provide and he’ll explain why in a comment letter we’ll discuss below.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 3, 2024

UHY is getting an injection of private equity funding from Boston-based investment firm Summit Partners, calling it a significant milestone in its growth and strategic development, the top 30 accounting firm said on Dec. With this deal, more than 35% of the top 30 accounting firms in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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CPA Practice

JUNE 27, 2024

By Dr. Sangeeta Chhabra Accounting firms are focusing on the tech stack and missing out on the talent stack. Accounting firms are facing a talent shortage as most accounting professionals are shifting to fields like investment banking, consulting, and information technology.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The following post about a rowdy accounting firm holiday party was originally published on December 17, 2014. For more reading on holiday parties of yore, see this r/accounting thread from six years ago: Christmas Party Stories. Mostly, they talked about the open bar because – accounting. The Outlook Invites went out.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 28, 2024

After voting by the awards committee panel each year, the top five products are presented as winners of the Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards. as they promise to dramatically improve client services, firm management, small business accounting and many other areas of operations.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Firm Watch Accountancy firm BDO fined €1.3

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A proposal issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Tuesday would hold auditors and others more accountable when they negligently, directly, and substantially cause their firm to violate auditing standards. The deadline for public comment on the proposal is Nov.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What is the fastest-growing challenge facing accounting firms and internal audit departments today? More than 90% point to hiring and retaining skilled accountants and auditors. Responses were gathered from more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2025

Psst, take our 2025 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey. Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The demand for skilled tax practitioners in the accounting profession has never been more critical. This surge in demand for CPA services comes at a time when experienced public accountants are exploring alternative career options, and fewer graduates are entering the profession. By Richard Lavina and Ralph Carnicer.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 9, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. So here, take this tweet instead. Also how much they pay offshore staff.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As CEO of a staffing firm that connects companies with professionals in Mexico, every day I speak with accounting firms, CFOs and other executives looking to hire accountants and other financial professionals in the U.S. Accounting Talent Crunch? Let’s see what he’s got to say. MX$150,000 is $7,908 USD.

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Going Concern

JULY 19, 2023

Hong Kong is suffering from “a serious talent shortage” according to an article today in South China Morning Post and The Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors (PIEAA) says accounting firms should start looking overseas. What a novel idea! We should try that here in the US. “It

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bad luck for one, or a customer of yours undergoing their own audit might produce one of your invoices, resulting in the auditor possibly contacting you for an exemption certificate or other documents. An audit of one of your suppliers could turn up one of your exemption certificates for a transaction that the auditor may think is taxable.

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Going Concern

MARCH 19, 2025

Each of them violated PCAOB Rule 3211 , Auditor Reporting of Certain Audit Participants, by “failing to accurately disclose on PCAOB Form AP the participation in firm audits of other accounting firms, including, among others, component auditors, shared service centers, and critical audit matter hub.”

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Two years ago, two years after the first major private equity investment in a top 20 firm kicked off a flood of similar investments in some of the largest non-Big 4 firms in the country, the AICPA formed a task force to “look into issues raised by private equity investors in accounting.”

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Going Concern

MAY 30, 2024

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. They’re comprised of risk-averse accountants after all. Get over it. So this is interesting.

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CPA Practice

MAY 15, 2024

The technologies used in professional accounting firms continue to evolve and shape how practices function, from client service, to staffing issues, and overall management and growth. Thank you to the more than 5,500 readers who participated in voting this year. Now, on to the results! WINNER: TheTaxBook – Tax Materials Inc.

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

Former partner Wayne Plummer told PwC partners in December that the firm had made an in-principle agreement with the Tax Office to settle on a no-admissions basis in return for a 50 per cent reduction in penalties that totalled several hundred thousand dollars. Such suggestions are false.

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Going Concern

JUNE 13, 2023

Financial Reporting Council chair and stereotypically European named Jan du Plessis has told the Financial Times that audit firms — who regularly complain about the UK audit regulator being up their asses — should pay their junior auditors more. And we have all heard the complaints from junior auditors.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 12, 2022

note: fans of accounting headlines are encouraged to sign up for our newsletter to get headlines delivered to your inbox twice a week. How to follow up after a job interview [ Journal of Accountancy ] You aced the job interview. What’s next? Here’s how recruiters and career experts recommend that you proceed.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. Has the CPA license entered a death spiral?

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Going Concern

MARCH 24, 2023

Reminder: you have until April 17 to weigh in on a proposal to extend the CPA exam window Practice Is it time for firms to transform their business model? Journal of Accountancy ] Pandemic pressures have worn the workforce thin, and the economy is in the thick of rapid, radical change. CLA, 8th Largest U.S.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Searches for ‘auditor’ ranked number one on the list with 222,500 monthly Google searches. People are searching 5,000 times on average a month for ‘auditor jobs’ and 500 times for ‘auditor careers’. Accounting is the most rules-based profession. The robots are finally coming for your job! Chat AI solves this.

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Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 14, 2024

An ‘everygirl’ tells the tale of being pressured to choose a major, landing on accounting, and regretting the decision in ‘ I Was Dedicated to My 5-Year Plan—and Then It Blew Up in My Face ‘: It was the fall semester of my sophomore year of college. Land an internship at a prestigious accounting firm.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2025

While I have you, allow me to ask you to take our 2025 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey — it’s quick, simple, and we don’t want your email. A user on r/recruitinghell was rejected from a top 50 firm on Christmas. CohnReznick wrote: No two firms are identical as are no two issuer audits.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Ernst & Young ( EY ), the global accounting firm hired to verify Wirecard’s financials, failed to request crucial information from a Singapore bank where the German payment processor claimed it had up to 1 billion euros ($1.1 The big question for me is what on earth did EY do when they signed off the accounts?”

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, an AI system trained primarily on large corporate data might incorrectly flag normal seasonal fluctuations in small retail businesses as high-risk transactions, or overlook industry-specific accounting practices in niche sectors. Create audit trails that make decision-making transparent and accountable.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Build ChatGPT into Excel [ Journal of Accountancy ] Note that this process currently works in Microsoft Excel 365, Microsoft Excel 365 for Mac, and Excel for the web. I can imagine it.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 22, 2021

How then can IT leaders in large tax and accounting firms best make their case for new technology? Getting people to change is a huge hurdle with firms. For most people in accounting firms, driving change, and leading people through change is not a natural skill set for them. How we growing our advisory services?

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CPA Practice

MAY 11, 2023

Accounting firms have faced a volatile profession in the past year as teams struggled with burnout while staff shortages increased, regulatory changes caught firms off guard – increasing compliance and security concerns – and tax laws became increasingly more confusing for clients and CPAs alike. By James Paille, CPP.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

KPMG and EY have also closed, according to people with knowledge of the matter, and both no longer have operational local law firm websites. List analysis: In fight for talent, nearly all accounting firms allow remote work [ Crain’s Cleveland Business ]. How to negotiate a job offer [ Journal of Accountancy ].

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Now I understand the first reaction of many accountants to the concept of selling anything. For example, you might decide to go on your Facebook, Linkedin or Reddit account and make the following statement.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

ICYMI: the weekend discussion was about firms acting like a s and making it that much more difficult to seduce the next generation of accountants to the profession. FTX apparently kept its accounting record in Slack channels, personal messages, and QuickBooks. The words “circling the drain” come to mind.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 8, 2024

According to a new report from top six accounting firm BDO USA, company finance leaders are expecting technology like artificial intelligence to be used by their external auditors now to enhance their audit engagement and consider it the second-most important factor when choosing an audit firm.

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