Accounting Today

JULY 10, 2025

He was notified of employment taxes due, accounted for such taxes, had sufficient funds to pay them but chose not to pay. million in cash from CRs bank account to pay business expenses, his wages and his distributions. Of some 900 returns that Barr prepared for 2017 to 2019, almost all claimed refunds. All rights reserved.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 24, 2025

The IRS has lost almost a third of its auditors to DOGE cuts, and now the DOJs special tax crimes unit is axed. When updating partner compensation systems at accounting firms, how to make real change. student in accounting at Louisiana State University and the first recipient of the Barry C. All rights reserved.

tax preparation

Going Concern

MAY 2, 2025

It is known that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has been at risk of getting DOGE’d under the Trump administration, starting with the nomination of known PCAOB-hater Paul Atkins to serve as chair of the SEC. I dont expect this to be good for the PCAOB, he said, referring to Trumps Atkins pick.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Accounting errors force US companies to pull statements in record numbers, writes FT : The number of US companies forced to withdraw financial statements because of accounting errors has surged to a nine-year high, raising questions about why mistakes are going unnoticed by auditors. This is fine. Everything is fine.

accountant

Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2025

Said Journal of Accountancy on Friday : The Senate parliamentarian’s office ruled that a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to defund the PCAOB and transfer its activities to the SEC isn’t permissible. As you may have heard, the PCAOB’s nervous sweating dried up a bit last week. trillion under the old method.

accountant

Going Concern

JULY 18, 2025

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Private Equity Private equity is coming for accounting firms.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Employees that have chosen to accept the offer and resign will still get paid through September.

Arizona

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. The Portland, OR-based private equity firm invested in BRG in 2017.

West Virginia

TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Your sales tax obligations depend on knowledge and that knowledge often resides in a professional tax specialist (usually an accountant) who helps your company meet its sales tax obligations. This is a complicated time for sales tax obligations – and a terrible time to try to hire an accountant. There were about 1.65 in 2022, up 1.3%

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Going Concern

JUNE 1, 2023

Bringing things back to this decade, he then talks about what’s going on at PwC Australia even though auditors weren’t the ones using confidential government data to bill clients for tax avoidance plans. For starters, auditors are paid by the companies they’re auditing. If they find a problem, they risk losing a client.

auditor

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The press release says: A number of Deloitte auditors in Ontario changed the date and time settings on their computer clocks to manually override controls in Deloitte’s audit software and backdate audit working paper signoffs between November 2016 and May 2018. CPA Ontario announced yesterday Deloitte will be paying $1.59 million ($1.15

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

According to auditor Ernst & Young (EY) , German payment processor Wirecard knowingly gave false statements and was in the midst of “elaborate and sophisticated fraud involving multiple parties around the world” in regards to $2.1 billion on its books that may not exist. The matter concerns the $2.1

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

r/accounting reacts to KPMG’s summer internship for high schoolers: Staffing shortages at KPMG? The PCAOB’s new rules would widen auditors’ responsibility to scrutinise whether a company is complying with laws and regulations, and to communicate more of their concerns to a company’s board of directors.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 7, 2023

Despite high demand for CPAs, accounting firms struggle to hire accountants. In 2021, there was a 17 percent drop in employed accountants and auditors from a 2019 peak, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. By Cameron White. Technology also gives staff real-time access to their data, from anywhere at any time.

accounting firms

Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

With the EY cheating scandal making headlines even outside of our precious little accountosphere we decided to take a look at the full SEC order to answer the question — how and why were EY auditors cheating on CPE exams? The long and short of it is, EY auditors trying to shortcut CPE took advantage of a software exploit.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 3, 2023

Despite high demand for CPAs, accounting firms struggle to hire accountants. In 2021, there was a 17 percent drop in employed accountants and auditors from a 2019 peak, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. By Cameron White. Technology also gives staff real-time access to their data, from anywhere at any time.

accounting firms

Going Concern

JULY 11, 2023

The Wall Street Journal wrote today about recent disclosures made by Advance Auto Parts, Joby Aviation, and Germany’s Evotec that specifically point to a lack of accounting staff as a contributor to or sole factor causing certain material weaknesses. We have engaged a leading public accounting firm to support this work.

accountant

Going Concern

JANUARY 23, 2023

Brazilian retailer and PwC client Americanas filed for bankruptcy, its three largest shareholders said over the weekend they had not known of $4 billion in accounting inconsistencies. “We didn’t know of and would never allow any accounting manipulation in the company”, they said in a statement.

public accounting

Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2023

Pay extra close attention to accounting firm press releases this year, they will be packed with claims of record applicants, excess hiring, and huge numbers of incoming interns. From Why So Many Accountants Are Quitting published in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday: More than 300,000 U.S. People want to work here.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard , under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

As the fallout from Wirecard ‘s $2 billion accounting scandal continues, some attention has turned to the Germany-based payment company’s auditor, Ernst & Young (EY). In response to 2019 claims, Wirecard hired auditing giant KPMG to clear its name. Fraud Concerns Arise. ” Swift Blowback. .

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Now I understand the first reaction of many accountants to the concept of selling anything. For example, you might decide to go on your Facebook, Linkedin or Reddit account and make the following statement.

tax preparation

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s been a while since we’ve done an Accountants Behaving Badly megapost ( 381 days ago , actually), here’s some bad behavior you may have missed. Twice-Convicted Accountant Is Charged With Embezzling More Than $1.1 Palos Hills Accountant Indicted In $7.8M This stock photo is incredible.

tax preparation

Going Concern

MAY 20, 2024

PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks. Auditors are required to include a going-concern warning if they believe there is a risk that the company may go bankrupt, rather than making a prediction that it will. TL;DR It’s about time!

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Going Concern

AUGUST 8, 2023

Edward Ketz, Associate Professor of Accounting at Penn State. In the first, he explains why he is quitting the American Accounting Association (AAA). ” The AAA chose not to publish it in Accounting Education News and so we are instead. Edward Ketz Written for Accounting Education News , not published.

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Going Concern

APRIL 30, 2024

Here’s a snapshot from 2019 that shows how much cannabis companies were paying to which auditors: A look at 40 Canadian cannabis companies and what they paid to their auditors over their past fiscal year. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.)

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here we are again talking about the accountant shortage. Mark Maurer at Wall Street Journal wrote today about a young man named Omer Khokhar who realized after six years in accounting that he was done. The article title: “Job Security Isn’t Enough to Keep Many Accountants From Quitting.” ” Ruh-oh.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Talent As tax season approaches, accounting firms are short on staff [ Marketplace ] Oh hey! How can employers optimise working environments to support the needs of their accountancy teams and ultimately retain them, all while adding value to their organisation? The stablecoin firm released BDO’s assurance opinion on Feb.

Florida

CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has not been in a jovial mood lately. Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug. 8: KG Somani & Co.

audit

Going Concern

JUNE 9, 2022

The public accounting business model has relied excessively on its ability to counter the effects of massive turnover with its ability to hire and train massive numbers of new people every year directly out of college. Enrollments in accounting majors and the quantity of newly minted CPAs are both down.

audit

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But Cohen & Company had perfect auditing report cards from the PCAOB for 2018, 2019 , and 2020. If you include the last time Cohen & Company auditors screwed up an audit, which was in 2017, that’s two mistakes in the last 43 audits inspected, for a deficiency rate of 4.6%. We’re looking at you, BDO USA.) and in the world.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

The hardworking human beings at Audit Analytics have released their analysis of initial public offering trends and IPO auditor market share for the first quarter of this year , a period in which the number of companies going public was minuscule compared to Q1 of 2021. This isn’t surprising, as Marcum is the largest auditor of SPACs.

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Going Concern

MARCH 13, 2023

Earlier: KPMG has served as SVB auditor since 1994. Per Part II, Item 8 “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” ( SEC EDGAR link ), KPMG issued an unqualified opinion two weeks before the bank failed.

accountant

Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

For 2021, GT ’s audit failure rate is right around its most recent five-year average: Our 2021 inspection report on Grant Thornton LLP provides information on our inspection to assess the firm’s compliance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards and rules and other applicable regulatory and professional requirements.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Wirecard has postponed publication of its 2019 annual report after disclosing that its auditor can’t confirm the existence $2.1 billion in trust accounts — or about a quarter of the value on the company’s books. Wirecard said in its statement that it will announce another date for its 2019 report’s release in the future.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The PCAOB has scored its first-ever sanctions related to a firm’s membership in an accounting alliance and as one would expect, there is a press release. Given its alliance membership and association with the other accounting firm, Warren Averett had a disincentive to question the reasonableness of the other accounting firm’s valuation work.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

.” That’s what George Botic said to attendees of the AICPA & CIMA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments in January , a get together sort of like Burning Man for auditors except without the psychedelics and skimpy costumes. Auditors are wild, you never know. as well as all broker-dealer audits.

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