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Mr. Sikich Goes to Washington (Again)

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Sikich has a $250 million investment from Bain Capital to play around with so we don’t expect they’re done gobbling up other people’s established contracts in Washington. The post Mr. Sikich Goes to Washington (Again) appeared first on Going Concern.

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The Biggest Accounting Firms in the US Whip It Out and Compare Size in This Much Anticipated List

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INSIDE Public Accounting has dropped its highly regarded Top 500 list as it does every year around this time and we now know who gets bragging rights as the biggest — Big D, obviously. The absolute last firm on the list of 500 is Shannon & Associates of Kent, Washington with a respectable $6,063,000 in revenue.

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DAE Get Sick of Hearing About Accounting Firms Getting Their Data Breached?

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Another small accounting firm has reported a data breach involving the protected health information of a whole lotta people. Surely the firm isn’t paying retail. The post DAE Get Sick of Hearing About Accounting Firms Getting Their Data Breached? In the case of DA&E, we don’t have to wonder.

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Are There Conflicts of Interest Between the IRS and Accounting Firms?

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The question in the title of this article is one the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently tried to answer for some members of Congress who asked the IRS watchdog to evaluate employees moving between large accounting firms and the IRS, often referred to as the “revolving door.”

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Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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Long Read How a Pandemic-Era Program Became a Magnet for Fraud [ New York Times ] Amid the onset of the pandemic in 2020, as large swaths of the economy went into lockdown, Washington set up various programs to help keep businesses and their workers afloat. million to federal political parties from July 2012 to June 2022, and when KPMG ($1.1

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Slashes Partner Class; Accounting Firm Rescues Dog; Do We Still Need CPAs? | 4.19.24

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consulting partners by more than 50% compared with last year as demand for advisory services continues to slow and the firm reorganizes its business lines. The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Feds Raid PwC; Big 4 Wants to Be Like Grant Thornton!? | 11.4.24

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Given the demands CPAs face — often, they serve on understaffed teams due to a shortage of accounting talent, while also needing to obtain continuing professional education credits in order to maintain their certified public accounting licenses — some experts were not surprised to hear about the multi-tasking practice. “If

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