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AICPA News – June 2023

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The coalition includes the following organizations: AICPA Latino Tax Pros National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. NSBCPA) National Society of Tax Professionals (NSTP) Padgett Business Services The Diverse Organization of Firms (DOF) H&R Block Prosperity Now. in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

Going Concern

Ian Gow and former KPMG director Stuart Kells, authors of the 2018 book “The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly,” write about Big 4 integrity for The Mandarin : The PwC affair is of course not the first of its kind, even for PwC. In the 1990s and 2000s, Caterpillar Inc.

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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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Kaarin Kontio Evens (Minnesota), a graduate of Macalester College with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Science in chemistry from University of Wisconsin, Madison (with additional business coursework at Augsburg University), is employed with Lottsa Tax and Accounting Services in Minneapolis, MN.

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Professor Accuses Professional Accountant Body of Hoarding Fines Like Smaug Hoards Gold

Going Concern

It appears the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has finally pushed Sheffield University’s Richard Murphy over the edge. The Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield’s Management School issued a new report chastising the group for hoarding funds.

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Friday Footnotes: Look What You Did, PwC; No Lakehouse This Year; India Wants Its Own Big 4 | 5.3.24

Going Concern

That PwC Thing Senate caravan not moving on from PwC [ The Mandarin ] Accounting firm PwC Australia has still a lot of work to do before it can move on from the tax leaks scandal, according to two members of a Senate committee looking into government procurement. Practice The PCPS CPA Firm Top Issues Survey is open!

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Friday Footnotes: New Managers Share Wisdom; KPMG Praised??; PwC Creeps Leave | 7.22.22

Going Concern

Global Rulemakers Say It’s Time to Fix Goodwill Accounting [ Bloomberg Tax ] The International Accounting Standards Board said Thursday that it would decide whether to change the rules covering acquisition accounting at its next meeting. Happy Friday to you too, Tax Twitter. Happy Friday.

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Guidelines For Deducting Conference and Training Expenses

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Eg, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants would have to hold the qualifying event somewhere in Canada otherwise the deduction might be denied. For example an accountant who takes courses on a specific area in tax or a programmer who decides to learn a complementary programming language.