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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

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Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Culture Gets Slammed Again; Audit Leads the Way in AI; Small Firm Gripes | 11.10.23

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So as a professional in the field is doing research on a particular topic and in the course of a client engagement, they can use this tool to help them respond to those types of inquiries, or to assist in the audit process,” Will Bible, digital transformation and innovation leader, audit and assurance for Big Four accounting firm Deloitte said.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

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We’ll see how those trends unfold overtime as the economy continues to shift,” says Adam Batechlor, chief strategy and innovation officer at the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), which conducted the survey of more than 300 CPA firms in the state with Hinge Research Institute.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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At the meeting, the Board will consider issuing for public comment a proposal to amend PCAOB Rule 3502, Responsibility Not to Knowingly or Recklessly Contribute to Violations. A number of accounting firms,1 public companies, professional membership associations and other key stakeholders raised concerns.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Didn’t Screw Up the Oscars; Deloitte India Doubles in Size; ‘Sham Audits’ | 3.13.23

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PwC is the accounting firm that tabulates the votes. “This was hate I’ve never been exposed to before,” said Bogar, 55, the president of the Jenkintown accounting firm Bogar & Associates Inc. They’re charged with handing the sealed envelope to the winner. Have a lovely week for me eh?

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Friday Footnotes: Screw the Office; Auditor Sues EY For Doing Her Job; IRS Levels Up | 9.16.22

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Sayantani Ghose filed a complaint in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday claiming EY punished her for exhibiting “professional skepticism,” even after the accounting firm had paid tens of millions of dollars in fines and settlements over its auditors’ alleged misconduct in recent years. Accounting Firm M&A.

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Friday Footnotes: A (Fake) Day in the Life at Deloitte; DYNAMIC Merger For Grant Thornton; CPA Awareness | 12.9.22

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As we enter the season of giving, it seems that employees of a Mississippi-based accounting firm with a lucrative Florida contract have allegedly been caught gifting themselves funds intended to help citizens in need. Baker Tilly Shops for US Law Firm as Big Four Expand Services [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Something’s up.

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