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ESOP Accounting Firm CEO Talks Some S**t About PE-Backed Firms

Going Concern

While everyone else is selling out — excluding Big 4 firms, almost the entire top 20 has taken some kind of PE investment or is entertaining it — there will be some firms that proudly maintain control of their firms and advertise this as a big selling point to clients.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

Going Concern

World-wide, startups making AI-powered accounting software amassed $233.3 ICAN to attract youths to accounting profession [ Punch Ng ] Meanwhile in Nigeria…sound familiar? million in venture capital between January and the end of March, surpassing the $210.2

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Guidelines For Deducting Conference and Training Expenses

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Eg, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants would have to hold the qualifying event somewhere in Canada otherwise the deduction might be denied. In such cases, CRA requires that $50 per day of the conference be allocated to meals and entertainment expense.

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As CPA Canada’s Collaboration Accord Fails to Collaborate, Who Gets the Profession’s Credibility in the Divorce?

Going Concern

Canadian Accountant explains it better than anyone here could : The move comes exactly 10 years after the former Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario announced the creation of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario. IDK, we’re pretty entertained down here.

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