CPA Practice

APRIL 3, 2023

Despite high demand for CPAs, accounting firms struggle to hire accountants. In 2021, there was a 17 percent drop in employed accountants and auditors from a 2019 peak, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. By Cameron White. Technology also gives staff real-time access to their data, from anywhere at any time.

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accounting firms CPA Technology Account 135

ThomsonReuters

APRIL 13, 2023

These two words can strike fear in the hearts of your tax and accounting clients: IRS audit. Understanding how to manage client expectations and concerns and how to get through the process is an essential skill in the tax and accounting professions. Most IRS audits are not random, although that is possible.

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audit accounting firms Tax Account 52

CPA Practice

APRIL 22, 2024

The 10 accounting firms that had the most public company audit clients in 2023 are the same 10 firms atop the table in auditor market share so far in 2024, with EY leading the way as of Jan. But the Big Four firm’s roster of public company audit clients has shrunk from 1,004 last year. EY: 971 (14.7%) 2.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 19, 2024

Christianson PLLP, an accounting firm headquartered in Willmar, Minnesota, has joined as an alliance member of CLA Global. CLA Global Limited is an organization comprised of independent accounting and advisory firms.

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Minnesota accounting firms Agriculture Account 52

CPA Practice

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s also the day career website Vault.com typically releases its latest ranking of the 25 best accounting firms to work for. Vault’s ranking for 2025 came out Monday morning, and for the 12th straight year, PwC was named the top accounting firm in the U.S. in 2020 , 3.6% in 2021 , and 9.3% in 2020 , 3.6% KPMG (3) 3.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. How can they go about making the move? Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S. Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S.

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accounting firms Sales Tax tax return 130

CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What is the fastest-growing challenge facing accounting firms and internal audit departments today? More than 90% point to hiring and retaining skilled accountants and auditors. When retaining talent, more than 85% of accountants and 90% of auditors said it is either somewhat or extremely difficult.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Investing in technology is a key priority for accounting firms as they move into 2024, while m itigating the ongoing talent shortage and keeping pace with new laws continue to cause challenges for many within the profession. Caseware explores worldwide perspectives within the accounting and audit professions annually.

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accounting firms Technology Account accountant 64

TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. Many events can ignite a sales tax audit. But have sales tax audits changed over the last few years, through the pandemic and the introduction of economic nexus in 2018?

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In an era where AI, particularly generative AI, is reshaping industries, small accounting firms stand at a crossroads. As we approach 2024, the integration of AI into accounting practices is not just an opportunity for an advantage, but a necessity. Training your team on the importance of data integrity and security is vital.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 30, 2024

A few other recent data breach cases at accounting firms : PwC Audit Client Gets Added to the List of Companies That Have to Send Out Letters to Customers About a Data Breach EY and PwC Among the Many Entities Caught Up in the MOVEit Cybersecurity Breach Ransom An Accounting Firm Gets Phished: A Play In Two Acts The post Another Accounting Firm Has (..)

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accounting firms Account accountant accounted 97

ThomsonReuters

MARCH 20, 2024

When it comes to Single Audits of local governments, nonprofits, school districts, and HUD engagements, auditors must navigate through a complex set of rules that are constantly changing. These challenges compound quickly as the volume of audits increases. However, there is an answer: audit automation.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 9, 2023

billion between April 1 and June 30, according to a recent analysis from Audit Analytics. billion, while six special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs raised total proceeds of $980 million, according to Audit Analytics. PwC is the company’s audit firm, according to Kenvue’s Form 8-K. billion) 2022 : 46 ($5.3

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 23, 2023

With markets changing and capital becoming more constrained by the day, there is a rapidly heightened awareness of the role that due diligence and audits play. These manual verification procedures are painstaking — and most often relegated to the audit professionals early in their career. By Tod McDonald.

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audit auditor forensic accounting Technology 124

CPA Practice

APRIL 23, 2024

Christianson PLLP joined has joined CLA Global Limited (CLA Global), an organization comprised of independent accounting and advisory firms, as an alliance member in the United States.

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Minnesota accounting firms Agriculture Account 59

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A proposal issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Tuesday would hold auditors and others more accountable when they negligently, directly, and substantially cause their firm to violate auditing standards.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The question in the title of this article is one the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently tried to answer for some members of Congress who asked the IRS watchdog to evaluate employees moving between large accounting firms and the IRS, often referred to as the “revolving door.”

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Public accounting firms in the United States reported strong top-line and bottom-line growth in their latest fiscal year results, driven by high demand for their services, according to a survey by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

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accounting firms Account accountant accounted 119

CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has not been in a jovial mood lately. Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 16, 2024

Deloitte’s reign as the most prestigious accounting firm in the U.S. Deloitte ended PwC’s 14-year streak of being the most prestigious firm in Vault’s 2024 ranking , which was released in April of last year. Based on the results of the survey, here are Vault’s 50 most prestigious accounting firms for 2025: 1.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 9, 2024

In recent years, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning into accounting firms has been on the rise, bringing both opportunities and challenges. By Shane Westra. Enforce stringent controls on who can access data, and ensure that data is encrypted when being transferred.

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accounting firms Account accountant accounted 122

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

billion—that was the total audit fees paid by the S&P 500 companies in fiscal year 2022, a record-high amount, according to a recent analysis from Ideagen Audit Analytics. However, the nearly 4% increase in audit fees over FY 2021 was less than the year-over-year inflation rate in 2022 of 6.5% in the U.S., PwC brought in $1.9

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss Audit Sight , a technology platform that eliminates manual work for auditors, diligence and private equity providers by automating financial transaction verification. My co host and I are so pleased to be with you today as we discuss a new audit platform called Audit Site.

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CPA Practice

MAY 10, 2023

The head of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said today that its inspectors found significant deficiencies in the audits of U.S.-listed listed Chinese companies conducted by KPMG’s affiliate in mainland China and PwC’s member firm in Hong Kong. Today’s reports are a powerful first step toward accountability.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

However, as tax regulations become more intricate and audit scrutiny intensifies, the demand for accurate tax preparation continues to grow, adding pressure to tax practitioners. The Role of Automation Automation and advanced softwares are reshaping the way work is conducted within public accounting firms.

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Technology accounting firms Account accountant 105

CPA Practice

APRIL 11, 2024

Crowe LLP, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm, has entered into an agreement with KMJ Corbin & Company (KMJ),a California-based firm that provides accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services, for the KMJ team to join Crowe.

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California accounting firms Account accountant 52

Going Concern

APRIL 3, 2023

Up north, the Canadian equivalent of the PCAOB has said that audit quality in America’s hat is on the decline and that the level of significant findings at non-annually inspected firms is “concerning.” ” This is per the Canadian Public Accountability Board’s 2022 Annual Report [ PDF ].

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Instead, firms are embracing specialization to tailor their expertise and solutions to match the unique requirements of their target clients. Accounting firm specialization is a competitive edge Specialization allows tax and accounting firms to stand out from the crowd by offering the unique and specialized services their clients require.

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

the potential market available to tax and accounting firms is massive. Here are a few ways you can market your firm’s services to individuals and small businesses. Build a referral system that allows or even incentivizes your clients to recommend your accounting firm to others. Prevent audits.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Big Four firm plans to stop offering some types of services to SEC-registered audit clients, and to cut the compensation of top leaders if the firm's audits fall short on quality.

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Accounting Insight

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

An effective audit demands a skill set that is diverse and a dedication of significant time and resources. Traditionally, this would be undertaken internally within the firm, but it is now very common for businesses to outsource this to external firms with specific audit skills for higher quality results.

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CPA Practice

JULY 9, 2023

the developer of the award-winning cloud-based audit automation platform, has announced aquired Advantage Audit from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Advantage Audit is an audit planning aid and audit program series designed to help auditors comply with risk-based professional standards in a straightforward and efficient manner.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 10, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a pair of proposals on April 9, one of which would require audit firms to publicly disclose several metrics —including the involvement of partners and managers on an audit, auditor workload, and auditor turnover—on a new form that would be accessible to investors.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It’s December 2022 and we’re now a good year into “The Great Accounting Shortage,” the depth of which won’t truly be known until the fines start rolling in for p**s-poor audit work performed by skeleton crews. We might need to start thinking about Life After Accountants. So, any day now.

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MarkFriedlich

MARCH 31, 2020

The value of continuing audit education from the School of Audit During the first few months of each year our lives go on hold as we take care of our clients needs. However, if you think that your employees are too busy to care about continuing audit education, think again. […]. As auditors, we understand that.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hey remember the Bloomberg story last March about how staff shortages at audit firms were causing municipal credit ratings to tank ? Said the Sheridan Press today : The city of Sheridan and Sheridan County’s FY2023 audits will come in after the state-mandated deadline. The late audit was due on the 31st of December.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The only other listed entity we found that it audits has a market capitalization of about INR 640 million (U.S. Shah Dhandharia hardly seems capable of complex audit work. We here at GC wondered out loud if Big 4 firms would even touch this mess, a report in Reuters yesterday answers in the negative that no, no they won’t.

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