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

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CPAs Have a Branding Problem for the Younger Generation [ CPA Journal ] By Jason L. Ackerman, CPA, CFP, CGMA Probably the hottest topic in the profession over the past few years has been the pipeline problem: Firms can’t find qualified individuals to handle the increasingly complex world that CPAs deal with on an ongoing basis.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Wants to Buy; Losers Dump NFTs For Tax Purposes; CPA Demand in 2031 | 1.9.23

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.) — has joined Deloitte’s Washington National Tax practice as the deputy managing principal of the Tax Policy Group. Some stats : With changing tax regulations becoming more complex and a growing economy, job opportunities for CPAs will remain high for the foreseeable future. As seen on r/accounting. I leave you with this.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

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Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. These issues were apparently not glaring enough for the company’s auditor, however.” Tingo paid $1.6 in 2021/22.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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KPMG layoffs by u/corpslave_1998 in Big4 Deloitte fights for another shot at $789M SHARKCAGE cyber contract [ Washington Technology ] Deloitte wants back into the competition for a $789 million Navy contract that was captured by Accenture. The SEC is working on proposals that would enhance disclosures to better protect investor interests.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

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Thanks to the widespread distribution efforts, 7,780 accounting students, graduates, and young professionals under the age of 35 who were pursuing or had pursued accounting degrees and careers—including CPAs and non-CPAs—completed the survey, including 3,287 full- or part-time students. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Friday Footnotes: EY’s Six CEO Candidates; Deloitte UK Partner Payouts Increase Again; IIA Gets Their Way | 9.29.23

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What CPAs can learn from Smucker’s [ Accounting Today Voices ] J.M. ” The updated version, issued on September 28th, removes problematic language which could be construed as indicating that internal auditors are not inherently trustworthy and unable to exercise due care in the performance of their duties.

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