Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

million in audit fees in 2022.) How did Deloitte, the auditing heavyweight watching over Tingo’s books, miss a scam that Hindenburg, an outsider, called out as painfully obvious? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Tingo paid $1.6

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Going Concern

JUNE 13, 2024

.” Let’s see what exactly they think that looks like: This investment includes a significant increase in early career compensation, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled audit and tax platforms, an innovative new “360 Careers” experience, outreach and support for college students, and enhanced wellbeing benefits.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

From Is There Really a Shortage of Entry Level Accountants? A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008. Demand is especially strong for audit and tax professionals.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 3, 2023

in 2024, while audit and assurance services will see starting salaries likely go up an average of 3.8% next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half. Audit and assurance services Senior manager/managing director: 4% Manager: 9.4%

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Going Concern

MARCH 17, 2023

Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation that would introduce an alternative pathway to CPA licensure and the message to these stewards of the next generation of accountants is clear: no one is trying to eliminate MAcc programs.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 11, 2022

note: the following is penned by Bob Jennings CPA, EA for his Taxspeaker.com newsletter. 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. June 28, 2022.

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Withum

JUNE 18, 2024

UCF provided me with great opportunities, including becoming a first-generation graduate and allowing me to connect with professionals in Public Accounting, who ultimately inspired me to become a CPA. Getting my accounting degree changed my life and becoming a CPA has been one of my greatest accomplishments.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 7, 2023

Jack Castonguay, PhD, CPA — who btw thinks CPA Evolution might kill accounting as a stand-alone major — tweeted his predictions for the year ahead. CPA Evolution will depress the pipeline further. Audit failures will become more frequent & high profile ( #FTX now, what next year?).

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Going Concern

MAY 9, 2023

OK that’s not so bad for us, it says right there their CPAs are choosing to work for foreign companies. I, myself, started with Php 20,000, then jumped ship to another company, landed Php 65,000 and now, in my current, I am at six-figure already, and I am not a CPA too (not boasting). BPO = Business process outsourcing (BPO).

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 12, 2023

post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. The number of students earning U.S. and 8.4%, respectively.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 27, 2024

A new initiative, Controllers for a Cause Scholarship Fund, seeks to support the CPA pipeline with scholarships for students sitting for the CPA Exam. The fund is a program developed by the Controllers Council and administered by the AICPA Foundation , a charitable organization of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 30, 2024

His TLDR: “As business leaders, we can change the narrative on accounting from a procedural, ‘must have’ function to a dynamic, value-adding operation that is attractive for new talent to find professionally fulfilling. Number three: Create closer relationships between accountants and students. ” Cool.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 5, 2023

Shekel is a registered CPA and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV). She brings deep experience in leading finance organizations at high-growth SaaS companies through IPO and beyond and serves on both the board of directors and audit committees for public and private companies. billion, and led diligence efforts for its sale to SAP.

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CPA Practice

JULY 31, 2023

Schneider Downs Announces Seven Additions to Ownership Group Schneider Downs, one of the 60 largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms in the United States, recently announced the addition of seven new shareholders to its ownership group. He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Robert Morris University.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 19, 2023

By Girard Miller, Governing (TNS) S&P Global Ratings recently withdrew its credit ratings on 64 local governments after they failed to file financial updates on time because of staff shortages and delayed audits. Meanwhile, accounting firms were always happy to fill their off-season job calendars with state and local government audits.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

← 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. Are you ready for the future of audit?

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Andrew Argue, CPA. College graduates with accounting degrees , CPA exam takers , new entrants to the accounting workforce —all these metrics and our experience make us feel there’s a lack of interest in our industry. You can sense the collective anxiety brewing: Is our industry running low on accounting talent?

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 18, 2023

In an effort to support a racially and ethnically diverse student population and help strengthen the pipeline of diverse CPA talent, the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business has announced its collaboration with the Deloitte Foundation in the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program (DFASP). Arrieux, Jr.,

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Last week we told you about HF 1749 and SF 1660, bills introduced to the Minnesota legislature that would allow for a second pathway to CPA licensure of 120 units and two years of experience. The proposal would make it harder for Minnesota CPAs to practice across state lines, physically and virtually.

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CPA Practice

MAY 25, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has presented its Outstanding Educator Award to two Illinois accounting faculty as part of its 2023 awards program. Jurgens, CPA, is an assistant professor at Harold Washington College in Chicago, where she has been teaching since 2015.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 18, 2024

HBA’s 40 years of expertise in Cleveland ranges from audits, financial statements, income taxes, estate planning, and financial planning and advisory services. JHM is also a member of the large firm alliance CPAmerica, which provides further resources and expertise for its clients.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you’re not familiar with bookkeeping services, you can take courses online, and you do not need an accounting degree to perform bookkeeping services. Helping with tax audits or legal concerns related to taxes. Business tax preparation. Preparing and filing 1099 forms at the end of the year. Filing quarterly employment taxes.

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Accounting Insight

MARCH 8, 2023

Trouble finding qualified staff continues to be a top concern for accounting firms of all sizes, according to the AICPA’s 2023 Top Issues Survey. Consider non-traditional workers How many CPAs do you really need? Your firm obviously needs a certain number of licensed CPAs if you provide auditing services.

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Going Concern

APRIL 20, 2022

I borrow the previous two sentences from AICPA Academic in Residence Jan Taylor, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D By 2014 however, the benevolent overlords at the AICPA noticed a troubling statistic: despite record enrollments, this abundance of accounting students did not appear to be pursuing the CPA exam as expected. That’s a great thing.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 11, 2024

Kavanagh joins CohnReznick as Assurance Partner CohnReznick LLP, one of the leading advisory, assurance, and tax firms in the United States, recently announced that Charles (Chuck) Kavanagh , CPA has joined the firm as an assurance partner. The boost follows the hire of public accounting veteran Jay Trumbower as CEO in late 2022.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

While our teams execute high quality audits that bring trust and confidence to investors and the capital markets, the profession is also poised to provide assurance and confidence across a wider spectrum of financial and non-financial measures that matter most to investors,” said Dante D’Egidio , EY Americas Vice Chair of Assurance.

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RitaKeller

JUNE 16, 2021

I received the following press release from the Illinois CPA Society. They are unveiling the findings from research they have done relating to the decline in CPA candidates. It seems that accounting students don’t see the value in devoting the time and energy to become a CPA.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 29, 2024

Today’s accounting firm leaders are constantly grappling with two pivotal challenges: attracting top-tier talent and holding on to the people they have. The challenge for CPA firms is to create an environment and a career path that talented young people find appealing.

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Going Concern

JULY 14, 2022

Perhaps in other industries the tide may be turning and potential recruits will soon have to beg to be let in through the ATS gate of HR departments everywhere but we aren’t here to talk about other industries, we’re here to talk about accounting. The talent crunch in accounting is nothing new.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“There’s currently a nationwide shortage of accountants and auditors, and Iowa’s no exception,” said Jennifer Bradley, Vice President of Academic Affairs for Kirkwood Community College. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there will be about 136,000 jobs in accounting and auditing every year for the next 10 years, KCRG reports.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From last Friday’s Footnotes ICYMI : Deloitte is delaying offers in India, KPMG flunks audit inspections at twice the rate of other firms, PwC is hiring more minorities, and EY is putting out press releases about all the hiring it is doing in the UK. It’s the fact that CPA firms haven’t changed their models.

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Going Concern

MARCH 25, 2022

I’m just going to leave this here: Finding ‘untapped’ talent pools of CPAs [ Journal of Accountancy ] Gee I have no idea why it’s getting so hard to find CPAs hmmm…OH maybe because this is the kind of advice being handed out: “Put aside preconceived notions about what experienced CPA job seekers are looking for in their jobs.

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CTP

AUGUST 11, 2022

By Dominique Molina, CPA MST CTS. They’ll apply the complexity of court cases and law to your specific circumstances, and they’ll do it with full documentation and audit preparation in the event a tax authority scrutinizes your positions. Question : How much time should I devote to studying tax planning?

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Going Concern

MAY 20, 2024

Today the EY organization has announced new technology capabilities and a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assurance framework for EY professionals as part of a multi-year, technology driven audit transformation program which is supported by plans to align approximately 9,000 Technology Risk professionals to the Assurance service line.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Talent Accounting Research Seeks to Find Solutions for Talent Shortage [ EIN Presswire ] The Center for Accounting Transformation, in collaboration with CPA Trendlines, is undergoing Staffing Strategies Research to understand how to address the talent shortage and identify workable solutions for firms and organizations of all sizes.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hood & Strong Announces Audit Management Promotions Hood & Strong LLP, a leading Northern California public accounting and business consulting firm, recently promoted three audit team members to new and expanded roles. Corder received his accounting degree from Texas Christian University and holds an M.S.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Someone you know spoke to NPR’s Marketplace for this story: Some accountants are turning away new customers this tax season Tax filing season is here and if you’ve been putting off finding a CPA, good luck. We get calls all the time saying, ‘Hey, my CPA just retired. Do you have room?’ Now that mystery has been solved.

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