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Accounting Groups Call for More Competitive Pay for Government CPAs

CPA Practice

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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So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out?

Going Concern

The AICPA’s admonishment of honest CPAs to adhere to Circular 130 when it was being flouted for 2 years by fraudsters with no repercussions. Better hands on training/mentoring The tsunami of fraud that occurred with the ERTC and the willfully pitiful attempts to enforce the rules. People need to go to prison. FASB changes Elitism.

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

Going Concern

HR Dive discusses the recent CPE situation at EY : A recent scandal involving online training at Ernst & Young has pulled back the curtain on the time and ethical pressures accountants and finance teams are under to balance the demands of client work with ongoing professional training requirements.

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The AICPA Gets Around to Looking Into If This Whole Private Equity Thing Requires New Independence Rules

Going Concern

Two years ago, two years after the first major private equity investment in a top 20 firm kicked off a flood of similar investments in some of the largest non-Big 4 firms in the country, the AICPA formed a task force to “look into issues raised by private equity investors in accounting.”

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession’s Ethics Dilemma; Co-Pilot Called Out in Court For Calculations; Audit Uncovers File Called ‘Twilight Zone’ | 10.18.24

Going Concern

SEC’s Dropped Auditing Charges Shows Damage of Jarkesy Decision [ Bloomberg Law ] The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent decision to drop misconduct charges against a handful of auditors proves the SEC v. They’ve already sifted out the riff-raff, these are the good ones.

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

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Audit Bitcoin Miner Riot Dumps Auditor for ‘Big Four’ Accounting Firm [ Blockworks ] Riot Platforms is looking to switch accounting firms as the landscape for crypto company auditors remains in flux. Deloitte is set to act as the mining company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.

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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

Going Concern

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. We welcome your feedback and questions.

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