Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2022

If there’s anything we love here at Going Concern it is an accounting firm dick-measuring contest. Whatever you call it, we love when firms are pitted against one another based on impartial metrics like revenue. INSIDE Public Accounting has blessed us with a fresh Top 500 Firms list which means lots and lots of measuring.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 29, 2023

So a guy named Brian Kelleher who works for the hilariously named FML CPAs has written an opinion piece for the Hartford Courant entitled “Opinion: Accounting is a fantastic career — despite common misconceptions.” I’m involved in recruiting for one of the largest accounting firms in Connecticut.

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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. Atlas CPAs and Advisors undercut the Utah-based auditing firm by $12,000.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. Here is a recap of the PCAOB’s busy last two weeks of enforcement and the firms that got busted.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

There is another way of putting this: Accounting is a profession whose brand has not been diluted. For example, the AICPA’s idea of expanding its membership by opening the certified in financial forensics (CFF) certification to non-CPAs runs counter to the exclusivity of the CPA brand.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Significant hurdles remain, however, when it comes to providing consistent, comparable and high-quality sustainability information for investors and lenders, Some 95% of large companies reported on ESG matters in 2021, the latest year available, the IFAC-AICPA & CIMA study found. The current report includes data from 2019-2021.Full

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CPA Practice

JUNE 5, 2023

Shekel joins the firm with more than 20 years of experience, focused primarily on valuation services. Prior to joining FORVIS, Shekel led the valuation advisory services for professional M&A and accounting firms with a focus on middle-market business development companies, private-equity funds, and real estate entities.

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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? Up against the 2011 report, the 2021 report numbers look great. Firms of all sizes are looking to expand practice areas and pursue new market segments. OK ready for the prophetic bit? This is a decrease of 2.8%

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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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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll be doing an article shortly, in the meantime here are some quotes from INSIDE Public Accounting : Bob Cedergren, MNCPA board chair added, “I can tell you from my own experience, through conversations with colleagues throughout the country and the members of the MNCPA, that we have a significant shortage of CPAs.

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Going Concern

APRIL 19, 2024

consulting partners by more than 50% compared with last year as demand for advisory services continues to slow and the firm reorganizes its business lines. The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There’s definitely an accountant shortage out there’: MBAs have become the go-to degree and companies are struggling to hire enough CPAs [ Fortune ]. 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.

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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 and advisory firm in an email said it plans to move its office from One Cleveland Center (1375 E.

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xendoo

AUGUST 2, 2021

How much does a CPA cost in 2021? Do you really need a CPA as well as a bookkeeper? . A bookkeeper may be an affordable staff position for some small businesses, though there are some distinct advantages to outsourcing these needs to an accounting firm instead. The Difference Between a CPA and a Bookkeeper.

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Going Concern

JULY 28, 2023

He graduated summa cum laude in accounting from Baruch College with numerous other academic awards and a continuing passion for wrestling, Ping Pong and handball. He was drafted into the army in 1952 and returned to the accounting firm in 1954. The question now is whether year-over-year growth of 18% will continue next year.”

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 11, 2023

Accounting firms turn to a three-tiered approach to uncover opportunities Accounting firms are severely impacted by the dynamic post-pandemic economy. Firms are faced with the external challenges of meeting new client demands, increasing compliance pressures, and tax law changes. According to Revelio Labs Inc.,

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Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2023

Firm Watch SingerLewak Grows in Pacific Northwest With Acquisition [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Los Angeles-based IPA 100 firm SingerLewak (FY22 net revenue of $89.6 million) is merging in Hearthstone CPA Group of Bremerton, Wash. Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group and an advisor on the acquisition.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Download the Digital Assets practice aid and explore other AICPA resources for blockchain and digital asset accounting and auditing at these links. companies who hold executive and senior management accounting roles.

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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

JULY 14, 2022

There’s been a “Great Resignation” in public accounting for as far back as any CPA alive today can remember, that’s just what people do. New accounting graduate numbers continue to trend down which is of greater concern than early-career accountants jumping ship from Big 4 firms at the two year mark.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2023

So customers have filed more than a half-dozen proposed class actions against the NFL’s Tom Brady, accounting firm Prager Metis and Bankman-Fried as an individual, among others. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs. Firm M&A. million).

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s relevant to us as down here as we have states currently in the act of upsetting the AICPA’s apple cart on the 150 hour rule so we can relate to and delight in national vs. state CPA drama. CPA Canada is not a regulatory body, it is a federally incorporated not-for-profit. Y’all are familiar with those.

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Going Concern

MAY 5, 2022

Supply shortages include CPAs but the accounting pipeline problem as it’s called didn’t happen because of or due to the pandemic. Here’s a 2015 AICPA article that sort of cosigns my foggy recollection : The profession’s focus on the CPA pipeline has long been a priority. It’s been happening for years.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In an article for CoinDesk , Francine McKenna took a crack at why the FTX debacle happened, and like she always does when there ’s really bad accounting at a company going through a financial crisis, who are/were the auditors: It’s not clear why FTX commissioned two different audit firms to audit its 2020 and 2021 financial statements.

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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. Which is to say, we done been knew.

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Going Concern

JULY 10, 2023

The audit, tax and advisory services firm reported a 6.4% Other leading accounting firms such as New York-based Deloitte and Ernst & Young also reported upticks in their Chicago headcounts. 12 on the list with nearly 7,000 local employees, almost an 11% swell since 2021. Deloitte now ranks No.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 7, 2023

The AICPA-NASBA initiative, called the Experience, Learn and Earn (ELE) program, is designed to help resolve some of the financial hurdles to college graduates’ pursuit of the CPA license by integrating relevant online study with work experience through a participating accounting firm. James – Senior Accountant 2.

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Going Concern

JUNE 28, 2022

Never-ending workloads, long hours, office politics, and a work environment that discourages taking mental health days are just a few of the many reasons why anxiety and depression are as familiar at public accounting firms as branded pens and infinite spreadsheets.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Michael Harlow to Lead Cannabis Practice at CohnReznick [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] New York-based IPA 100 firm CohnReznick LLP (FY23 net revenue of $920 million) has named Michael Harlow as leader of its cannabis industry practice. Both Mendlowitz and his father, also a CPA, attended the CUNY school.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

For example, the firm that employed the guy who just got the largest fine the PCAOB has ever given to an individual auditor couldn ’t get its quality control systems under control: From 2018 to 2021, SKP failed to comply with PCAOB quality control standards, including with respect to audit documentation.

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Going Concern

JUNE 12, 2023

KPMG on the UK economic forecast via The Guardian : A new report by the accountancy firm KPMG has found that the economy has enjoyed a better start to the year than it had thought, and is now expected to grow by 0.3% As CPAs, we continually face pressure from clients to keep fees “reasonable.” We tend to think that means “low.”

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Going Concern

MARCH 25, 2022

“I would have thought that accountants would be seen as boring, but effective and the perfect person to do a good job on your tax return,” Wijnand Van Tilburg, a study co-author and senior lecturer in the university’s psychology department, said in a statement last week. The SEC Wants to Stop Activism [ Bloomberg Opinion ] Recently the U.S.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

The auditor in question was Deloitte, the behemoth Big Four accounting firm with annual revenue of $65 billion through a global network that stretches from Amsterdam to Zhengzhou. According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the accountancy regulator has fined auditors £33.2m in 2021/22. in 2022/23, slightly up from £32.8m

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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, We cannot afford to lose in one.”

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Going Concern

JULY 11, 2023

This is from the business paper Pulse talking about turnover at Korean firms: According to industry sources on Sunday, the number of newly hired certified public accountants (CPAs) at the Big Four last year was 1,993, while the number of departures was 1,235. This figure remained around 0.8

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Increased levels of job-related stress have been observed through a multitude of factors, including a market shortage of entry level and experienced staff, increased compliance and reporting requirements resulting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and lingering public concern over financial scandals (Kenneth J. Smith, David J. Everly, Jr.,

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CPA Practice

JUNE 1, 2023

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. BOI is an anti-money laundering initiative enacted through the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in 2021, which mandates that BOI information is reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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