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Friday Footnotes: Burner Phones For Big 4 Firms; Mandatory Unpaid Leave Rumors; CISOs Hate on CPAs | 12.1.23

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Chartered* accountancy? Chartered Accountancy. CPA Evolution Rise of the cyber CPA: What it means for CISOs [ CSO ] Interesting read on one of the new CPA exam disciplines with a variety of perspectives from the CISO side. Some folks aren’t fans of CPAs edging in on their territory it seems.

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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, pass all four sections on their first attempt and have completed testing in 2022.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA®) recently announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23

Going Concern

While hoping to maintain their original age of 62, so that retiring partners could pass the torch to a promised line of up-and-coming CPAs, WTF realized that the pipeline was less than empty and they needed a new strategy. Castillo faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. She is scheduled to be sentenced in August.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Didn’t Have a Labor Permit; Deloitte Partners Allegedly Suffer But Not Really | 9.30.24

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More from Reuters : Probe into EY Indian employee’s death finds office lacked labour welfare permit Related to this, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has established a dedicated group to recommend ways to improve work-life balance and reduce stress among Chartered Accountants.

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AuditClub Appoints PwC Veteran in Leadership Expansion

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Gyesi is a certified public accountant licensed in Georgia and Washington, D.C., and also holds a practice license from the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana. AuditClub also recently welcomed new senior crew member Sharon Gyesi. She has six years’ experience as an assistant manager with a Big 4 firm.

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AICPA Honors 11 Forensic and Valuation Professionals

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2023 Forensic & Litigation Services Volunteer of the Year – Howard Silverstone, CPA/CFF Howard has nearly 40 years of professional experience, serving as a forensic accountant in both the United States and the United Kingdom, where he holds the titles of U.S. CPA and Chartered Accountant (England and Wales).