Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

The hardworking human beings at Audit Analytics have released their analysis of initial public offering trends and IPO auditor market share for the first quarter of this year , a period in which the number of companies going public was minuscule compared to Q1 of 2021. Marcum and Withum combined audited 49.3%

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Going Concern

APRIL 16, 2024

See: Trump Media’s accounting firm has a 100% deficiency rate from U.S. audit watchdog and counts Lingerie Fighting Championships as a client [ Fortune ] OK, actually that’s the only funny headline we’ve seen. For example, during the year, there was one engagement partner who was responsible for 147 issuer audits.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 2021/22 payments include $14 million from an Industry department contract the Audit Office has found to have been “tailored” to company, and massive deals with the country’s cyber spy agency and Defence. Quiz: Test your remote audit knowledge [ Journal of Accountancy ]. from 6.2%, and earnings, which dropped to 2.9%

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Withum

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its Audit Quality Study, which found that a “significant number of employee benefit plan audits were deficient.” The study also revealed a correlation between the number of employee benefit plan audits performed by a CPA firm and the quality of the audit work.

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Going Concern

MAY 28, 2024

The local news in Cincinnati covered this strategic move : One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest accounting firms is being acquired by an Indianapolis company. Blue Ash-based tax, advisory and audit firm Cassady Schiller CPAs & Advisors will become part of Katz, Sapper & Miller in a transaction that will be completed May 31.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 16, 2024

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via TNS) Molly Kowal decided to become an accountant in part because she knew it would be a stable career. After graduating from college in 2021, she saw friends in other fields struggling to find work but knew she would be able to find a job. Grace Kowal, Molly Kowal’s twin sister, is also an accountant.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The initial public offering slump of 2022 continued in the third quarter, as the 39 IPOs that raised a combined $3.1 markets in Q3 2021, which raised a total of $49.7 billion, according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. Corebridge Financial’s IPO was audited by PwC, according to Audit Analytics.

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2022

billion raised by those 46 companies that went public was the smallest amount since the first quarter of 2016 ($2.9 billion), according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. Compared to Q2 of 2021, the number of traditional IPOs (including direct listings) declined by 75%, and the number of SPAC IPOs fell by 79%.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

million in audit fees in 2022.) How did Deloitte, the auditing heavyweight watching over Tingo’s books, miss a scam that Hindenburg, an outsider, called out as painfully obvious? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? in 2021/22.

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CPA Practice

MAY 6, 2024

Trump Media said the decision to change independent registered public accounting firms was made with the recommendation and approval of its audit committee, Quartz reported on Monday. Semple, Marchal & Cooper hasn’t publicly commented on taking over auditing duties for Trump Media. markets regulator.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

.” From today’s news release : The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, CPA, the former National Assurance Services Leader at Marcum LLP, a public accounting firm, with failing to sufficiently address and remediate numerous deficiencies in Marcum’s quality control system.

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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll be doing an article shortly, in the meantime here are some quotes from INSIDE Public Accounting : Bob Cedergren, MNCPA board chair added, “I can tell you from my own experience, through conversations with colleagues throughout the country and the members of the MNCPA, that we have a significant shortage of CPAs.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The 2023 AICPA Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits report (short: Trends report) was released last week and spoiler alert, it’s dark. Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% 65,035 total accounting degrees completed for 2021-22.

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Withum

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. The Standard was originally effective for audits of employee benefit plan (EBP) financial statements subject to the ERISA for periods ending on or after December 15, 2020, but was delayed one year to December 15, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What is Changing?

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2024

In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. Right now, they don’t.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

“Financial reporting leaders, but also investors, regulators, and other stakeholders in the capital markets expect AI to drive audit quality. “Considering both the scope and scale of AI’s impact on financial reporting, enhancing audit quality by using technology to stay ahead of emerging risks is expected.”

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S. There were about 1.65

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Conflict Surrounding Work-Life Balance in Public Accounting Firms [ CPA Journal ] For years, the public accounting sector has been characterized by high employee turnover. In the past few decades, public accounting firms have implemented work-life balance practices as part of their attempts to curb excessive turnover.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 18, 2024

Ndeye Amy Thioub, 67, of Swampscott, MA, has served as a Boston-based IRS agent out of the IRS’s Large Business and International Division since 2006 and has been a licensed certified public accountant in Massachusetts since 2010, according to an affidavit filed in support of her criminal charges by a fellow IRS agent.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Michael Harlow to Lead Cannabis Practice at CohnReznick [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] New York-based IPA 100 firm CohnReznick LLP (FY23 net revenue of $920 million) has named Michael Harlow as leader of its cannabis industry practice. data center industry on the national economy between 2017-2021, adding $2.1 trillion to the U.S.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Audit Fees Rise Only 2.5%, But Audits Require Greater Effort [ CFO ]. and 2.3%, respectively, in 2021, according to the Financial Education & Research Foundation’s Public Company Audit Fee Study. India Launches Audit Inspections After Spate Of Scandals [ Bloomberg Tax ].

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Doritos chose audit senior positions for their research since that tends to be one of hardest to fill roles. Deloitte’s claim that they might pay an Audit Senior in NYC $58,100 is ridiculous. Any business with at least four employees (including the owner) where at least one employee works in New York City is covered by the law.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 12, 2023

post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. The number of students earning U.S. and 8.4%, respectively.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

Audit Committee Composition Changing Amid Expanded Scope and Emerging Risks, According to New Report from Deloitte and the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) [ PR Newswire ]. provides insight into shifting oversight priorities and practices related to audit committee composition.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In an article for CoinDesk , Francine McKenna took a crack at why the FTX debacle happened, and like she always does when there ’s really bad accounting at a company going through a financial crisis, who are/were the auditors: It’s not clear why FTX commissioned two different audit firms to audit its 2020 and 2021 financial statements.

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Withum

MAY 15, 2024

If you sponsor a 401(k) plan with a December year-end, it is important to remember that your Form 5500 and audited financial statements, if required, are due July 31 with the option to file an extension, allowing an additional 2 ½ months to file. Recently, the requirement that determines when audited financial statements are required changed.

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xendoo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you want to make sure that you and your small business are ready for the 2021 tax season, then it is essential to remain well organized throughout the year. Due to the unprecedented challenges of 2020, the IRS extended the traditional income tax filing deadline to May 17, 2021. 2021 Tax Prep for Businesses. Excise Tax.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

From the earliest days of Going Concern until most recently last month , quality control has been a problematic thing for audit firms. SKP also failed to obtain engagement quality reviews of issuer audits for multiple years and to timely or accurately file with the PCAOB required annual reports and audit participant reports.

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Going Concern

MARCH 1, 2024

Meanwhile, the audit side is under increased regulatory pressure because of perceived lapses in audit quality at accounting firms of all sizes. Audit PCAOB to Host Virtual Roundtable on NOCLAR Proposal, Reopen Comment Period Until March 18 [ PCAOB ] We’ll attend and report back. This might be good.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 26, 2024

Long Read Corporate Self-Oversight [ The American Prospect ] Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. How AI is transforming audit [ Thomson Reuters ] In the past, auditors have heavily relied on manual processes to uncover risks in financial statements and business operations. AI Is your firm keeping pace?

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Going Concern

AUGUST 14, 2023

When you woke up this morning did you let out a big yawn and then ask yourself “how can audit firms respond to ongoing regulatory scrutiny?” PCAOB staff expects approximately 40% of the audits reviewed in 2022 will have one or more deficiencies, up from 34% in 2021 and 29% in 2020. The firm, BST & Co.,

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

CNN found that he received this money for businesses he classified as tax firms and related entities even though he wasn’t a certified public accountant and a court injunction had barred him from masquerading as one. Top Audit Firms in Crosshairs as U.K. Watchdog Beefs Up Powers [ Bloomberg Tax ] The U.K.’s

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Going Concern

MARCH 16, 2022

The big news in the accounting profession yesterday afternoon from Dave Michaels of the Wall Street Journal was that the SEC is investigating the Big 4 and other public accounting firms on whether the consulting and non-audit services they sell to clients is conflicting with their independence as the auditors of said clients.

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Going Concern

MARCH 22, 2024

Day will join the FASB from Ernst & Young LLP (EY), the global accounting and professional services firm, where he is a partner working in Professional Practice. Mr. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Going Concern

MAY 12, 2023

The accountancy sector is no exception. According to Accountancy Age’s latest 50+50 report, in 2022, the average staff attrition rate rose to 17.89% across the sector, compared to 14.69% in 2021. Colorado Springs accounting firm to open Denver office [ Denver Business Journal ] Stockman Kast Ryan and Co.,

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a result, Marcum recently had to pay financial penalties to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) because of quality control failures and violations of auditing standards during its audits of special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This surge in demand for CPA services comes at a time when experienced public accountants are exploring alternative career options, and fewer graduates are entering the profession. Challenges in Public Accounting The public accounting sector faces unique challenges.

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