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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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2024 Public Accounting Starting Salary Numbers Are In

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Staffing authority Robert Half has released its much-anticipated 2024 Salary Guide and just like years past, the guide is packed with intel not only on finance and accounting but the greater job market that we really don’t care about. The post 2024 Public Accounting Starting Salary Numbers Are In appeared first on Going Concern.

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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. But accountants who do government work face unique challenges that require more specialized solutions.

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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Rise About 9% in 2025

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Starting salaries in public accounting are projected to increase an average of 8.9% in 2025 and roles in audit and assurance expected to rise by an average of 9.5%, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half. Manager: 5.5%

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Big 4 Firms Fight Against Metrics That Would Reveal the Workloads Behind the Curtain

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Training Hours for Audit Personnel. Experience of Audit Personnel. Average number of years worked at a public accounting firm (whether or not PCAOB-registered) by senior professionals across the firm and on the engagement. Retention of Audit Personnel (firm-level only). Allocation of Audit Hours.

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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Increase Nearly 4% in 2024

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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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Weekend Discussion: Fear and Loathing in Public Accounting

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There’s something in the air and it isn’t ripe armpits in the audit room. Something else of interest I saw on Twitter: More thoughts on Private Equity (PE) and Public Accounting firms. As usual, the auditing practice was spun off. The Grant Thorton private equity (PE) deal closed on 5/31/2024.