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Friday Footnotes: Know Your Value; Retired EY Partners Complain; ‘Rest For Success’ | 2.3.23

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Ironically, Ergo’s auditor is Mazars, a big rival of Grant Thornton among the second tier of Irish accounting firms. Grant Thornton were auditors until McCann became Ergo’s chairman in 2015. When I went on the board here we had to resign as auditors.” The number of non-CPA professionals employed by the St.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: A New Kind of Audit Quality Report; Merger Mania; Skilled Talent, Not Newbies | 5.28.24

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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. … In 2015, EY Canada was hired as an outside auditor to investigate “irregularities” among the hospital’s procurement practices.

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Friday Footnotes: Opinions!; EY’s Blockchain Aspirations; KPMG Junior Reprimanded | 9.30.22

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Rehmann, a Top 40 Firm based in Troy, Michigan, is continuing to expand its footprint in Florida by adding Vestal & Wiler, a firm based in Orlando, effective Nov. At trial, Vatican auditor says he was shocked by misuse of funds [ Catholic News Service ]. Rehmann merges in Vestal & Wiler [ Accounting Today ].

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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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New Jersey Society of CPAs Awards $221,500 in Accounting Scholarships [ NJCPA ] The New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJCPA) awarded $221,500 in scholarships to 53 New Jersey-based high school and college students on April 27 at the Pines Manor in Edison. Forget an MBA. There’s one problem.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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Bill would let private CPAs, not state auditor’s office, audit state agencies [ Radio Iowa ] Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, IA seems to think letting CPA firms audit government books instead of the state auditor will fix the accountant shortage somehow? Year-on-year growth of 16.4%, including 13.3%

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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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Britain’s biggest companies and their auditors are playing a £10bn game of musical chairs. Mandatory auditor rotation was introduced by the EU in 2016, aimed at eliminating supposed cosiness between companies and auditors. Companies “would need to continually educate new auditors on their businesses and risks”, it added.

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