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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

Going Concern

Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. Tingo paid $1.6

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From the auditor’s perspective: What does the future of the audit profession look like?

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← Blog home Amidst a changing landscape, audit professionals at all levels have significant questions about the future of audit and the role that technology like AI plays. Forrestall CPAs is a leading metro Atlanta CPA firm offering a full range of services, including audit. What skills will future auditors need to succeed?

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

The need for formal financial statements is rare because lenders realize the high cost of audited financials is not beneficial to either party, so usually a tax return or basic prepared or compiled financial statement is provided. auditing requirements in its component audits of U.S. June 28, 2022. June 17, 2019.

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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

Going Concern

When evaluating the decision to pursue legislation, the MNCPA board focused on attracting students to the accounting degree and, ultimately, CPA certification. A decline in CPAs is affecting smaller cities, counties and school districts that are unable to find a CPA to perform their audits.

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The Accountant Shortage Makes One Office Get Really Desperate

Going Concern

Well that’s pretty much what’s happening in accounting right now. In early October, local KCCI in Des Moines ran a story about a shortage at the Iowa State Auditor’s Office. The problem isn’t unique to the Iowa Auditor’s Office. And it’s only just begun. Yes, we know.

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Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Be His Accountant

Angry Accountants

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that government accountants and auditors averaged the following yearly salaries in 2008: Federal executive branch: $84,520 Local government: $56,160 State government: $52,560 The starting salary of junior accountants and auditors with the federal government was $28,862 in 2007.

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