Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Last week, we published a letter written to Fortune by a former CPA who pivoted to driving 18-wheelers and found far more career happiness than he ever would have in accounting (good for him). Accounting and being a CPA have been the worst personal decision and professional organization I’ve been a part since passing.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There’s another article about the accountant shortage today and this time it’s in Insider. Kachelmeier has seen accounting majors decline between 20% to 40% over the past few years at his school and like many in the profession he believes that the key to fixing the shortage lies in pitching accounting to young people.

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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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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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CPA Practice

MAY 9, 2023

You may have heard that job openings in the United States dropped significantly in February, falling below 10 million for the first time since May 2021. Notably, nearly two-thirds (62%) of respondents reported that their companies want to hire accounting and finance professionals for permanent roles.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The FERF 2022 Public Company Audit Fee Study Report examines audit fees companies paid to external auditors for auditing and related services for the period between June 2022 and May 2023. percent from 2021 to 2022 Of more than 6,200 clients, the average audit fee works out to $2.4 Here’s what you need to know. million ( sauce ).

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Going Concern

APRIL 29, 2022

ICYMI | The CPA Evolution Project Realigns the Professional Certification and Challenges Accounting’s Viability as a Stand-alone Major [ The CPA Journal ] Accounting—at least as an independent field of study—is becoming obsolete in today’s technology- and analytics-focused world. Less work for EY auditors?

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

EY piled more than $700mn of extra debt on to its global operating business to deal with the costs of the failed plan to spin off its consulting arm, according to newly filed accounts. Between a wave of retirees and a drop in the number of people graduating with accounting degrees, the whole profession is struggling to staff up. “We

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Underemployed staff at the Big Four auditors risk losing their jobs as firms step up their scrutiny of employee workloads in a downturn. Deloitte said: “We are considering restructuring parts of our advisory corporate finance business. The Times ran this story on Sunday: ‘Under-employed’ staff in the firing line at the Big Four.

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Going Concern

MAY 12, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Working in the Big Four seems to be more limited to just like, CFO or chief finance type roles.” The accountancy sector is no exception. Investment banking was more versatile, he said.

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Going Concern

APRIL 12, 2024

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. While the average mean salary for accountants in the U.S.

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CPA auditor Tax audit 98

Going Concern

JANUARY 25, 2023

When Thomson Reuters reported late last year that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had proposed an eighth round of changes to lease accounting rules 1 , accounting and finance execs around the country channeled their inner Charlie Browns with a collective, “Good grief!”

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Going Concern

MAY 31, 2024

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. Finance ] Resume Genius asked 625 U.S. In a letter dated May 28, Hague Sahady & Co.,

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.

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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.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

You were proactive and diligent about readying your accounting firm for tax season, and yet you’re still facing staffing gaps precisely when you need all hands on deck. Unfortunately, the shortage of talent in the accounting profession isn’t minor or likely temporary. The number of U.S. The number of U.S.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 29, 2024

Accounting Ranks First In Something Good For Once More 2. We are in the midst of a transformation, if not a revolution, whereby the role of an “accountant” is no longer confined to ledgers and balance sheets, but extends to realms previously unimagined. Tupperware hired the Big Four auditor on Jan.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2024

In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. But what about the books of the auditor? Regulations need to change to match.

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audit Account accountant accounted 64

CPA Practice

MARCH 7, 2023

You were proactive and diligent about readying your accounting firm for tax season, and yet you’re still facing staffing gaps precisely when you need all hands on deck. Unfortunately, the shortage of talent in the accounting profession isn’t minor or likely temporary. The number of U.S. The number of U.S.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By Jeff McDonald, The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) A longtime accountant for the San Diego City Treasurer’s Office who says she was fired after refusing to sign off on findings her bosses changed has agreed to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars from taxpayers to settle her lawsuit. The “Yellow Book” is the U.S.

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CPA Practice

MAY 23, 2024

She also will serve as Co-Chair of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants , which combines the strengths of the AICPA and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). She is former chair of the board at the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Going Concern

APRIL 6, 2022

With the ongoing Great Resignation across all industries and the critical pipeline problem contributing to a shortage of accountants , the profession is in a bit of trouble. Let’s start with the salary guide to beat all salary guides: the 2022 Accounting & Finance Salary Guide from Robert Half. Senior tax accountant: 1.4%.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

percent from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, the study found that 21 percent of respondents noted acquisitions as the primary driver of the increase in management’s effort to support the external audit, which was consistent with 2021 and 2020. Overall, average audit fees increased by 4.6

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 22, 2024

In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment, owners and partners of accounting and audit firms should, at least, be considering cloud-based technology as part of their broader strategies. There are, however, other considerations at play and challenges that accounting firm leaders may face when looking to move to the cloud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The head of accounting at Deutsche Bank is temporarily stepping down in the wake of the Wirecard scandal, the Financial Times reports. The move comes as Deutsche Bank and Andreas Loetscher are now in the scope of the investigation over Loetscher’s previous role at EY, the auditor of the disgraced payments company Wirecard.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The accounting and advisory firm in an email said it plans to move its office from One Cleveland Center (1375 E. What CPAs can learn from Smucker’s [ Accounting Today Voices ] J.M.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 18, 2024

Jump to: What are the roles and responsibilities for accountants? Accountant vs. CPA vs. tax preparer: What are the differences? GAAP and AICPA What issues should accountants be aware of in the profession? How can accountants be more efficient? Accountant responsibilities extend far beyond number crunching.

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

By Paula Laurenti, Key Accounts Manager at SAPRO. accounting profession is facing a severe shortage of certified accountants. Projections indicate that demand for accountants and auditors will increase by 13% between 2021 and 2031, with an estimated 136,400 job openings between 2021 and 2023.

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Menzies

APRIL 19, 2023

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Identifying and Assessing the Risk of Material Misstatement: ISA 315 has been revised for periods commencing on or after 15 December 2021. This change is to assist auditors in assessing risk effectively and to ensure the audit focus is given to the areas with most inherent risk.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Early-career hires are set to account for the majority of job losses in some teams, as Deloitte retrenches following a slowdown in demand. Welsh said.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Well how bad could it be… For example, the firm engagement team encountered substantial difficulties obtaining street addresses for the four customers from Aegean to use in the firm’s accounts receivable confirmations to those customers. In 2021, PwC Greece agreed to pay $14.9

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

To counter this perception, the accounting profession could be rebranded as a foundational force of social stability and progress, and not just as “a job” with long hours and low return on investment (ROI) on education. There is another way of putting this: Accounting is a profession whose brand has not been diluted.

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Going Concern

APRIL 20, 2022

As I snarkily mentioned last week , the AICPA has finally released its much-anticipated 2021 Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits (or Trends , for short) report [PDF here ], a behemoth data dump of accounting industry stats first released in 1971 and released every two years since 2009.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Hope you all are getting some good rest and merriment in the coming days, we’ll be on a low posting schedule next week with a few new things here and there should you be one of those weirdos who reads accounting news on holidays. Big Four Accounting Firms Overhired. The accounting firm is laying off dozens of U.S.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Several of America’s largest accounting firms have explored the possibility of taking private equity cash in recent months , as money from buyout funds adds fuel to a mergers and acquisitions boom across the industry, reports FT. An article about ESG as the next big accounting trend. Average audit fees rose a slight 2.5%

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audit Account accountant accounted 52

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Miller was appointed vice president for finance in April 2020 and also serves as the university treasurer. Under his leadership, the Division of Finance has enhanced university business practices and transformed several financial and business information systems to improve customer service for faculty, staff, and students.

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audit accounting and finance Virginia auditor 89

Going Concern

AUGUST 18, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The accounting firm said it will challenge the finding. “We While you’re here, subscribe to our newsletter to get the week’s top stories in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday.

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