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Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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Long Read How a Pandemic-Era Program Became a Magnet for Fraud [ New York Times ] Amid the onset of the pandemic in 2020, as large swaths of the economy went into lockdown, Washington set up various programs to help keep businesses and their workers afloat. Have a safe Memorial Day. Here’s the problem: The meaning has become muddled.

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Friday Footnotes: Why People Leave Public Accounting; Audit Workloads Up; Terrorist Clients (Literally) | 12.2.22

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Why People Leave Public Accounting [ CPA Journal ]. Writes Edward Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, ABV: There are many reasons why CPAs decide to leave public accounting firms. The following is a discussion of what I have found to be the most common reasons why people leave public accounting.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

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“When you have a massive financial collapse like FTX, there are going to be many, many institutions—and perhaps individuals—who allegedly profited improperly along the way,” said Samuel Issacharoff, a New York University law professor. ” California Program Offers Black Students Path to Accounting [ Bloomberg Tax ].

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Armanino to Merge in Top 200 Firm Janover

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Garden City will be Armanino’s second location in New York; the firm has had an office in New York City since 2021. It is the 106th biggest public accounting firm in the U.S. The 19th largest public accounting firm in the U.S. The transaction is expected to close on Nov.

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Building CPA Practice From Scratch: Luke Gheen

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Would you leave a safe and comfortable controller position at a large company to start your own CPA firm? in Colorado Springs, did – in his early 30s and without any public accounting experience. CPA in 2011 to help business owners simplify their accounting, save substantial money in tax, and grow their wealth long-term.

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Professionals on the Move – May 2024

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FORVIS adds two managing directors to State & Local Tax team FORVIS , an integrated professional services firm has hired two new managing directors to bolster its State & Local Tax (SALT) practice in two key markets. Karin Ecroyd has joined the firm in New York City, New York, and Scott Smith has joined in Nashville, Tennessee.