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Understanding Employees’ Preferences: The Key to CPA Firms Attracting Top Talent in 2025

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However, in 2025, many CPA firms will be dealing with a challenge that is far from new: attracting skilled talent. Meanwhile, the talent shortage in public accounting is worsening as more baby boomers retire, and fewer young professionals enter the field and pursue the CPA designation.

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PCAOB Gives Chinese Audit Firm the Boot Over Rules Violations

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) revoked the registration of a Chinese audit firm on Nov. auditing rules and for failing to cooperate with an investigation into those violations. 8 for repeated violations of U.S.

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Financial Audit Preparation Steps: Expert Tips for An External Audit Process 

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Preparing for an audit is a critical step for businesses navigating regulatory compliance, pursuing mergers and acquisitions or completing significant business transactions. Understanding the financial statement audit process and planning ahead can save time, reduce stress and ensure accurate results.

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Accounting Groups Call for More Competitive Pay for Government CPAs

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State and local governments are being squeezed by a shortage of accounting professionals, making it difficult at times to find staff CPAs who can prepare critical financial information or outside firms to conduct audits. Yet salaries and audit fees are often well below those offered in the private sector, the report found.

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What IRS Auditors Know About Your Business Industry

RogerRossmeisl

In order to prepare for a business audit, an IRS examiner generally does research about the specific industry and issues on the taxpayer’s return. Examiners may use IRS “Audit Techniques Guides (ATGs).” The post What IRS Auditors Know About Your Business Industry appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. Unique issues IRS.

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IRS Releases Updated Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide

RogerRossmeisl

On 6/1/22, the IRS made available an update to the “Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide” (Publication 5653). Originally issued in 2004, the purpose of the Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) was to offer guidance to IRS auditors auditing cost segregation studies.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Completes Its Punishment; Hybrid Work Should Stay in 2025; Deloitte Clutters Up the Dark Web | 1.3.25

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The new platform of roughly 12,000 professionals will include a united Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent audit practices. Its more than 50 global offices will span the US, Ireland and other territories. Actually if you’re in tax you should have been thinking about this in October but that’s OK.

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