Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

S&P has placed 149 long-term, underlying and program ratings on a negative credit watch this year because the ratings company hasn’t received 2021 financial statements from the issuers. The firm works with the local governments to compile information for the audit throughout the year. We have that on file with the state.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Three of the firms also joined industry efforts to designate accounting as a science, technology, engineering, and math—or STEM—field, according to federal lobbying disclosures. My buddy from undergrad works office security at one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Midtown. “Win big?

Technology 91

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Top 20 accounting firm Armanino, based in San Ramon, CA, said on Tuesday it is merging with Garden City, NY-based CPA and advisory firm Janover. Garden City will be Armanino’s second location in New York; the firm has had an office in New York City since 2021. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Real Estate 59

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Going Concern

APRIL 20, 2023

In November Financial Times wrote a quick little story about accounting firms eyeing private equity deals , a topic that first gained visibility when TowerBrook Capital Partners purchased an ownership stake in EisnerAmper way back in 2021. But I wouldn’t stop there.

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Going Concern

MARCH 1, 2024

Meanwhile, the audit side is under increased regulatory pressure because of perceived lapses in audit quality at accounting firms of all sizes. The regulator, which compiles its findings with a lag, inspected 215 audits conducted by the Big Four accounting firms in the U.S.—Deloitte,

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Going Concern

JANUARY 26, 2024

News Pride Toronto repaying over $505K after federal grant controversy [ CBC ] Pride Toronto is repaying just over $505,000 in grant funding after an accounting firm found the organization could not prove that it completed several projects despite receiving $1.85 million from the federal government.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It wasn’t until 2015 that a woman became CEO of a Big 4 accounting firm for the first time. 65% of new graduate new hires hired into accounting/finance functions of U.S. CPA firms are white.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 20, 2023

TowerBrook and Eisner plan to continue acquiring regional accounting firms or partnerships. The strategic acquisition also encompasses Mueller dotKonnect, a business process outsourcing firm specializing in finance, accounting, tax and payroll functions. It also marks the firm’s fifth office location in the South.

CPA 107

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Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

The headline is a bit disappointing however the article is not: Tax prep fees are rising because accounting is not a ‘cool’ career American taxpayers had to pay at least 20% more on average to get their taxes done last year — and accountants aren’t thrilled about it either. Tax pros also bumped repeat clients’ fees to $205, a 22.7%

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CPA Practice

MAY 12, 2023

accounting profession is facing a much-discussed conundrum. Approximately 300,000 professionals left public accounting in 2021 and 2022 and fewer college students are choosing to pursue accounting as a career. This is why many firms are increasingly turning to outsourced resources.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

There should be tons of accounting grads drooling for jobs right now and plenty of jobs to go around, no? A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008.

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CPA Practice

JULY 25, 2023

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization Register Today Presented by Ryan Lazanis , CPA founded Xen Accounting, a 100% cloud-based accounting firm, in 2013. In 2021 Randy was listed as someone to watch on Accounting Today’s 100 most influential people in accounting list.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 22, 2022

Though some progress has been made in recent years, women continue to be suspiciously absent at the highest levels of public accounting. This fact has been amplified by new research published in Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Concerning new graduate new hires hired into accounting/finance functions at U.S.

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Going Concern

JUNE 6, 2023

.” About a year ago, Journal of Accountancy said the legal landscape for non-compete agreements has shifted and CPA firms should confer with counsel on their legitimacy. Static and far-reaching non-competes are basically not enforceable and therefore pointless, much like everything else in public accounting.

North Dakota 86

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2024

EY’s new boss shuffles leadership roles and plans cost cuts [ Financial Times ] EY’s new boss Janet Truncale has set out her leadership team for the Big Four accounting firm, moving an architect of its failed split from his executive role and signalling plans to cut costs across the global firm.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

by u/Altruistic-Bee-6372 in CPA Office Space PwC looks to exit Downtown for office in West San Jose [ The Real Deal ] Downtown San Jose has one more business casualty that could head west: PwC. The accounting firm subsequently used the information to advise clients on how to sidestep the tax changes.

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Going Concern

MARCH 10, 2023

And I oop– It’s true (Part II, Item 8 “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”). Firm Watch RubinBrown acquires third business advisory firm since mid-2021 [ St. Big 4 The original post was deleted and disappeared just before press time.

Tax 110

Tax auditor audit accounting and finance 110

Going Concern

JUNE 15, 2023

From the JofA piece: One of the early warning signs that major changes in accounting education were needed came when major CPA firms reengineered themselves as “professional services” rather than “public accounting” firms. OH MY GOD this could have been written in 2022.

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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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Account accountant accounted CPA 52

Going Concern

MARCH 22, 2024

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | March 21, 2024 Practice The worst of times: Issues in accounting in 2024 [ Accounting Today ] It’s a great time to run an accounting firm — except for how hard it is. Things are about to get a lot harder for Minnesota CPAs and everyone who depends on them.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Big Four accounting firms are even reaching out to high school students to share that message and creating more flexible work environments, Lansford says. Behemoth’ big four consulting firms keep getting bigger [ Australian Financial Review ]. Income at the big four consulting firms jumped 17 per cent to hit $9.91

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 21, 2022

KPMG flunks US overseas audit inspections twice as often as rivals [ Financial Times ] US regulators were twice as likely to find flaws in audits conducted by the overseas affiliates of KPMG than those of any other Big Four accounting firm, an analysis of inspection data shows. Accounting Firm Mergers.

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audit CPA accounting firms accounting and finance 78

Going Concern

JULY 27, 2023

America First Legal, the nonprofit group founded in 2021 by President Trump’s senior advisor Stephen Miller, has sent a strongly worded letter addressed to Tim Ryan accusing his firm of “unlawfully discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, and sex in its hiring, promotion, training, and procurement decisions.”

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The merger will become effective January 1, 2023, as teammates in the firm’s downtown office on Orange Avenue join their colleagues at the office the firm opened in Orlando’s Lee Vista office park in 2021. Baker Tilly Shops for US Law Firm as Big Four Expand Services [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Something’s up.

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Cherry Bekaert

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, for the first time since 2021, the aggregate deal value dipped below the 2019 pre-pandemic high water mark. At 13.5x, 2021 was the peak year for middle-market private company valuations, but today that number is trending closer to the historical average of 11.4x.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

Paul Munter Named Chief Accountant [ SEC ]. The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Paul Munter has been appointed Chief Accountant. He has served as Acting Chief Accountant since January 2021. Are midcareer CPAs happy in your firm? Accounting Today Opinion ].

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CPA Practice

MARCH 15, 2024

Hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, talk about the most productive and cost-efficient ways to use Microsoft 365 in public accounting firms. And it finally started to work in about 2019, or 2021, somewhere in that range. And of course, the E three plan has been real common in CPA firms at $23.

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