CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy approved an Agreed Consent Order assessing a reprimand and a $3,000,000 administrative penalty against Ernst & Young LLP (EY) on November 9, 2023. The penalty was the largest administrative penalty that the Texas Board has ever assessed against a CPA firm.

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Ryan Lazanis

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s my belief that hiring a virtual assistant for CPAs is one of the best choices you can make when scaling your firm. Table of Contents What is a Virtual Assistant for Certified Public Accountants? What Can a Virtual Assistant Do at Your Firm? What Can a Virtual Assistant Do at Your Firm?

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KROST

APRIL 9, 2021

KROST CPAs and Consultants, Los Angeles-based firm, receives two new accolades from Accounting Today , Top 100 Firms, and Fastest-Growing Firms in the U.S. In the previous year, they were named Best of the Best and Top 200 Firm by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) for the fifth year in a row.

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BuildYourFirm

APRIL 28, 2020

Koltin was also voted one of the 10 Most Recommended Consultants for the sixteenth straight year in the “Annual Survey of Firms” conducted by INSIDE Public Accounting. For the past six years, Allan has also been named by CPA Practice Advisor as one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders in the profession.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As you know, there is a battle brewing in his state over adding a second pathway to CPA licensure that would allow Minnesota candidates to be licensed with 120 units and additional work experience, a move the AICPA has publicly (and privately, we hear) spoken out against. One credit is intended to be 40 hours of work. The result is 26.4

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Going Concern

MAY 26, 2023

Deloitte is set to act as the mining company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. Shah, Professor of Accounting and Finance at University of London writes: Large auditing firms often work with a significant proportion of an industry. appeared first on Going Concern.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Many certified public accountants (CPAs), enrolled agents and other tax preparers and professionals that run accounting and tax preparation firms are constantly looking for new advisory avenues to service clients. government affairs at Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting wrote on Accounting Today.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The numbers don’t lie: of 658,267 actively licensed CPAs in 53 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions, less than 1% are Black (2020 data), a number that has remained largely unchanged in 40 years. It wasn’t until 2015 that a woman became CEO of a Big 4 accounting firm for the first time. CPA firms are white.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

By Blake Oliver, CPA, and Chris Vanover, CPA. CPAs have always been passionate about numbers, using various metrics such as revenue, profit, headcount and realization to measure success. However, this focus on numerical indicators is contributing to the decline of the CPA profession itself.

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BuildYourFirm

MARCH 26, 2020

Would you leave a safe and comfortable controller position at a large company to start your own CPA firm? in Colorado Springs, did – in his early 30s and without any public accounting experience. Luke is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Tennessee Society of CPAs (TSCPA) is pleased to award $280,000 in scholarships through the TSCPA Educational & Memorial Foundation to 128 Tennessee accounting students. Together, Life Associates have helped approximately 4,000 students over the last 25 years pursue a degree in accounting and sit for the CPA Exam.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2022

Whatever you call it, we love when firms are pitted against one another based on impartial metrics like revenue. INSIDE Public Accounting has blessed us with a fresh Top 500 Firms list which means lots and lots of measuring. That’s a whole extra 100 firms this year from the Top 400 they usually do.

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BuildYourFirm

JULY 13, 2020

Gary Shamis, Principal at Winding River Consulting, has had an accomplished career in accounting, developing his dad’s bookkeeping firm from $225,000 to roughly $100 million. He built the 37th biggest CPA firm in the country before merging SS&G, Inc. with BDO USA, LLC in 2014.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 26, 2023

The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants , the largest CPA association in Pennsylvania with over 20,000 members, has issued its latest Insights report.

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Anders CPA

JULY 8, 2024

David Hartley, CPA, CISA, advisory partner-in-charge at Anders CPAs + Advisors (Anders), has been appointed to the Southern Illinois University (SIU) Foundation Board of Directors effective July 1, 2024. His insights are featured on LinkedIn, on various podcasts as both a host and a guest and in popular publications.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 2, 2024

PKF Mueller Joins Cherry Bekaert to Expand Chicago Market Reach Cherry Bekaery, an assurance, tax and advisory firm, recently completed an acquisition transaction with PKF Mueller , a full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in the metropolitan Chicago area.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is supporting new bipartisan, bicameral legislation establishing the accounting profession as a STEM career pathway and supporting long-standing efforts to diversify the future accounting workforce. 1705, the STEM Education in Accounting Act. In the House of Representatives, H.R.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Immediate Actions: If you have any ongoing financial transactions or impending deadlines, consider consulting with another CPA or CPA firm to ensure matters are handled as timely as possible. CPAs and CPA firms have an obligation to provide certain records. [Ed.

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RitaKeller

JANUARY 17, 2022

A CPA firm has a team member who is an all-star. If they would only pass that CPA Exam! Usually, they get the message and move on to work in corporate accounting leaving a significant void in the firm. Historically, firms have even said, “We are a CPA firm, we need CPAs.”

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MyIRSRelief

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

For most businesses, this falls on the Accounting department. For smaller businesses, where there is not an option, a CPA or EA firm may be a better choice. Los Angeles CPAs go through years of schooling and pass a certification process that is established by the state of California.

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CPA Practice

MAY 22, 2024

Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, has announced that he will to retire on December 31, 2024, from his role as president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs and CEO of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Melancon has served in this role for 30 years.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

CPA.com President and CEO Erik Asgeirsson said in the announcement that CPA firms have “played a defining role” with their customers when it comes to business relief initiatives, particularly the PPP during the last six months. “We

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Accounting Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Several factors contribute to the shortage, like mid-career CPAs changing professions, or early retirements spurred by the pandemic. But why has the accounting profession become so unattractive? We’ve gathered three reasons for the shortage of accountants, as well as solutions for CPA firms to consider.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 18, 2024

Top 500 accounting firm JHM Certified Public Accountants, based in Chattanooga, is expanding its presence in eastern Tennessee by combining with Harting, Bishop & Arrendale (HBA) in Cleveland, TN. The combined firm will operate under the name of JHM Certified Public Accountants.

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years. The plan, which builds on earlier drafts to create a nationwide CPA pipeline strategy, will be presented next week at the spring meeting of the AICPA’s governing council.

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KROST

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Pasadena, CA – INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) named KROST CPAs & Consultants Top 100 Firm, Top 100 Fastest-Growing Organic Growth Firm, Top 100 Fastest-Growing All Growth, and best of the best in 2021. The firm placed 81 st on the prestigious top 100 list, a substantial leap from 116th in 2020.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 15, 2023

This prestigious annual award honors full-time college educators who are distinguished for excellence in teaching and have achieved national prominence in the accounting profession. “Dr. This text has been adopted by numerous universities, CPA firms, and corporations for staff training purposes.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2024

Despite these advantages, using AI within accounting can lead to detrimental data breaches from cyber criminals searching for investment decisions. Here’s a better source on generative AI and risks to CPA firms from the esteemed Journal of Accountancy. You know what, never mind.

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Withum

JULY 22, 2022

So, the clarification on standards is a welcome change for all stakeholders, but it’s still missing one critical piece — that’s where CPAs enter the area and drive the future of ESG. It is this analogy that leads me to say CPA firms will dominate the future of ESG just like they do for financial reporting. The Future of ESG.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 28, 2024

Donald Scholl, who provided management consulting and training services to hundreds of public accounting firms during the course of his more than 40-year career and created many development programs for CPAs, including the popular Management for Results, has passed away. He was 88 years old.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 10, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) doled out $150,000 worth of total fines to a Plantation, FL-based CPA firm on June 10 for violations related to quality control, auditing failures, and missing Form AP deadlines.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2023

” California Program Offers Black Students Path to Accounting [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Black students in California can prepare for and take the certified public accountant or certified management accountant exam for free under a pilot program that aims to help diversify the accounting profession. Firm M&A.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Scrolling down we get to the important bit: First-year audit associates can expect to earn $59,000 on average this year, up from previous years, while entry-level corporate accountants can bring in $65,500 on average, according to Robert Half salary data. We needed to take some action.”

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CPA Practice

JUNE 8, 2023

CPAs and Chartered Global Management Accountants “are well positioned because of their expertise, integrity, attunement to broad business issues and commitment to lifelong learning.” Trust is our brand and quality supports that trust, no matter what service we perform,” said Susan Coffey, AICPA & CIMA’s CEO of public accounting.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

There should be tons of accounting grads drooling for jobs right now and plenty of jobs to go around, no? A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Q&A With Tetsuya Mogi , the new head of Japan Institute of CPAs. It’s the fact that CPA firms haven’t changed their models. But those at the helm of these firms are not willing to acknowledge that a 60-hour week is not conducive to a happy, healthy lifestyle. appeared first on Going Concern.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

The AICPA looked at several key performance indicators of public accounting firms. “The rate of change right now is frankly exhausting,” Jason Staats, CPA, said during his session last month at the Digital CPA Conference. Also that’s a cart, not an e-cig. Beardo guy is getting lit.

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