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State CPA Society News & Updates: Feb. 2024

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The Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (ARCPA) announced the 2024 ARCPA Student Education Fund Golf Tournament, which will take place on Monday, May 20, 2024 at the Maumelle Country Club. Beeler, CPA – Deloitte Tax, LLP Mary Kay Curtiss, MSPA, CPA – CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Stacy R.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Living in Mom’s Basement; OnlyFans Tax Investigations; Finance vs. Accounting | 12.12.22

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“​​Even the most gullible person should not believe Sam’s claim that this was an accounting error.” Today we learn that Arkansas is not being hit with the accountant shortage as bad as other states : In Arkansas, the decline is not as severe. Lastly, “finance or accounting?”

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Friday Footnotes: EY on the Private Equity Offer; KPMG Tries to Stop Partner Poaching; Taxing the Metaverse | 9.8.23

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Little Rock housing authority will provide auditing firm with range of requested documents [ Arkansas Advocate ] HUD assessed Little Rock’s federally-funded public housing authority’s physical condition, financial condition, management and use of its capital fund and gave it 40 points out of a possible 100.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Big 4 Big Four Lobby Congress on Accounting Pipeline, AI, Crypto [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC spent the most at $3.27 The Big Four firms targeted a portion of their millions in Capitol Hill spending last year on a pivotal problem facing the industry: shoring up a dwindling supply of qualified accountants. Tax Betting on the Super Bowl?

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Is Tops in M&A Advisory; What You Can Do With a MAcc; EY Consolidates in LatAm | 4.28.23

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News The leak that puts a multibillion-dollar industry at risk [ Sydney Morning Herald ] A foolish attempt to help multinational companies avoid paying tax in Australia has spectacularly backfired on the multibillion-dollar professional services industry, infuriating Canberra and potentially costing these high-profile firms billions in fees.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Eff You, Pay Us; Let’s Complain About Auditing Again; RIP to a Real One | 8.14.23

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employs nine female and 14 male accounting partners. The 39 percent makeup of women partners exceeds the national average of 23 percent, according to a 2019 survey by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. His obituary includes a big flex : Jim was a certified public accountant and was very proud of his profession.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners’ Snazzy Secret Meeting; PwC Talks Layoffs; Merger Mania! | 8.19.22

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Big Four Firms Test Audit Safeguards as Consultancy Booms [ Bloomberg Tax ] US regulators, alarmed that the outsized influence of that advisory work could undermine the job of auditors, are closely monitoring firms’ business deals. said Stephen Rowe, associate accounting professor at the University of Arkansas and a former Big Four auditor.

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