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Brit Audit Cops Want Firms to Snitch if Private Equity is Sniffing Around

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UK audit cops at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have told firms they’re expected to rat themselves out if the firm is in discussions with private equity about handing over ownership, reported FT. “The FRC is not in principle against a greater participation of external private capital in the UK audit market.”

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Friday Footnotes: Inside PwC Cheating; Audit Market Monopoly; AI Anxiety | 12.15.23

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Cheaters What went wrong at PwC Canada: Accounting firm agrees to pay $1.45-million million to settle exam cheating scandal [ Canadian Accountant ] The Canadian member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International has agreed to pay the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario $1.45

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PwC Locks Down Top Spot in Vault’s Best Accounting Firms Ranking for 2025

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Vault’s ranking for 2025 came out Monday morning, and for the 12th straight year, PwC was named the top accounting firm in the U.S. Accountants at peer firms tell us that PwC is ‘the gold standard of audit and puts the other audit firms to shame,’” Vault said in a media release. in 2020 , 3.6%

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Anders Named a 2024 St. Louis Business Journal Fast 50 Company

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Anders ranked 39 in the firm’s first showing on the list and is the only accounting firm included in the ranking About Anders For more than 55 years, Anders has delivered full-service accounting, tax, audit and advisory services to growth-oriented companies, organizations and individuals.

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Eliminate Manual Work and Accelerate Accounts Receivable

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See how top accounting firms have reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and saved time by modernizing their payment workflow. What you’ll discover: Learn strategies for enhancing efficiency at key touchpoints like engagement letters, invoice delivery, payment collection and reconciliation, and more.

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PwC Once Again Tops the Vault Accounting 25, EY Almost Didn’t Make the List

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The Accounting 25 rank tells us factors other than prestige — like culture, satisfaction, compensation, and training — pushed PwC to #1. PwC also ranks first in all three Practice Area Rankings (Audit & Assurance, Tax, and Forensic Accounting). EY came in allllllll the way down at #25 with a score of 2.984.

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Plenty of Other Firms Were Winners in Vault’s 2024 Accounting Rankings

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But those weren’t the only firms to receive kudos from Vault, a website that provides career resources and advice to students and job seekers. Each year Vault recognizes the top accounting firms in several different workplace categories, based on the feedback it receives from a survey of accountants.