CPA Practice

MAY 23, 2024

Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, Managing Partner of AAFCPAs , is the new Chair of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). 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).

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This surge in demand for CPA services comes at a time when experienced public accountants are exploring alternative career options, and fewer graduates are entering the profession. Challenges in Public Accounting The public accounting sector faces unique challenges.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

Snodgrass —failed to obtain audit committee pre-approval in connection with providing audit and/or non-audit services to issuer audit clients, in violation of PCAOB Rule 3520, Auditor Independence , and for two of the three firms (BPM and Plante Moran) PCAOB Rule 3524, Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Certain Tax Services. 9: Blue & Co.

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Going Concern

MARCH 22, 2024

She made general manager at 29 with a CPA [ eFinancialCareers ] Many young professionals begin to eye managerial posts as they approach their 30s – but Shanny Lee (CPA, Aust.) But until a deferral is confirmed, CPAs must consider which role they will serve for clients required to file when the CTA becomes effective.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Perusing The CPA Journal as one does when one is tasked with the onerous burden of reporting on happenings in a profession in which so few things happen, I saw this discussion on CPA Evolution by Nina Terranova Dorata, PhD, CPA and Vincent J. Evaluating the CPA Evolution Initiative [ The CPA Journal ].

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

CPA Exam Friendly reminder, deadlines to apply for BEC before the new exam in 2024 are quickly approaching. CPA Exam Candidates: You Better Hurry Up and Apply For BEC Before It’s Gone Forever Also, WTF? CPA Exam Candidates: You Better Hurry Up and Apply For BEC Before It’s Gone Forever Also, WTF? Did Exam Costs go up?

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Birthdays A CPA Firm Celebrates a Century in Business [ The CPA Journal ] In today’s climate of accounting firm mergers, it is worth recognizing when a CPA firm has managed to remain independent and partner-owned for 100 years. accounting software? “Win big? researchers surveyed financial executives (e.g.,

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Withum

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Standard was originally effective for audits of employee benefit plan (EBP) financial statements subject to the ERISA for periods ending on or after December 15, 2020, but was delayed one year to December 15, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ERISA Section 103(a)(3)(C) Audits and the Auditor’s Opinion. What is Changing?

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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 ]. Accounting is difficult,” he says. It’s just a tough subject area, and you need a fifth year of college education to qualify to sit for the CPA exam.

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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. Holding up the audit this year, Duff said, is short-staffing at PMCH, as the firm competes with other accounting firms across the nation for employees.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a result, Marcum recently had to pay financial penalties to the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) because of quality control failures and violations of auditing standards during its audits of special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).

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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

Minnesota’s proposal to add a second pathway to CPA licensure that doesn’t require 150 hours of education is moving forward in the MN Senate. ” … The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, one of the organizations asserting itself in Minnesota, does not care. It prefers the status quo.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

More Predictions about the Profession’s Future [ The CPA Journal ] Writes Yigal Rechtman, CPA, CFE, CITP, CISM: The current impediments to growth are mostly driven by the perception of prospective entrants to the CPA profession. For example, every startup would benefit immensely from having a CPA among its founders.

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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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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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Going Concern

JULY 10, 2023

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. And Ernst & Young comes in at No.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Accountant charged with falsifying signatures on audit documents [ Australian Securities & Investments Commission ] Stephen Robert Allen, the sole director of K.H.N The false signatures were applied to various documents, including audit opinions, auditor independence declarations and independent audit reports and review reports.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 11, 2023

To meet the shortfall, the industry is looking to streamline accounting staffing requirements by deploying more tools, technology, and training to offset the need for accounting credentials and to tap into talent pools that are not accounting-based but can support the focus on client services and work with data to improve efficiencies.

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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. trillion to the U.S.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The firm now under contract the prepare the audit, RSM, has said city departments do not regularly reconcile accounts and complete other functions that would allow them to close the books in time to complete the current audit by June 30, and would allow them to tackle the next audit soon after the new fiscal year begins July 1.

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

The withdrawal is “catastrophic,” said Miranda Meginness, Marion’s auditor. ” Audit PCAOB reveals priorities for 2023 inspections [ Journal of Accountancy ] The PCAOB shared its list of priorities for 2023 audit inspections in a staff report released Monday. It’s hard for us to figure out how to go forward.” KPMG faces $1.4-billion

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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?

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Going Concern

JULY 28, 2023

INSIDE Public Accounting Releases Its Annual Rankings and Analysis of the Nation’s Largest, Fast-Growing Public Accounting Firms [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] “The labor shortage is a major driver behind the behavior of the IPA 100 firms,” says Charles Hylan, managing director at The Growth Partnership, IPA’s parent company.

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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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Going Concern

AUGUST 7, 2023

The program blends rigorous online learning with on-the-job professional experience for college accounting graduates, offering a less costly and more flexible way to complete the 150-hour course credit requirement to become a licensed CPA. James – Senior Accountant 2. Tyler – Tax & Accounting Intern 4. From City A.M.

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Going Concern

JUNE 12, 2023

Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 In light of all this, as a starting point, I thought it was important for taxpayers to know what public universities are spending on DEI.” Ackerman in the Sep/Oct 2022 CPA Journal was a great article.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 11, 2023

Accounting and advisory firm Grant Thornton trimmed about 3% of its ranks in June. 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.

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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. The practice aid, Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets , is intended to provide nonauthoritative guidance on how to account for and audit digital assets under U.S.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the last few years there has been a shortage of critical skills with regards to the accounting profession and especially in the output of North American and European professionals with CPA, EA and CMA qualifications. The development of technology is hastening the transformation of the accounting sector. The three primary U.S.

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Going Concern

MARCH 25, 2022

I’m just going to leave this here: Finding ‘untapped’ talent pools of CPAs [ Journal of Accountancy ] Gee I have no idea why it’s getting so hard to find CPAs hmmm…OH maybe because this is the kind of advice being handed out: “Put aside preconceived notions about what experienced CPA job seekers are looking for in their jobs.

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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.

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Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

Talent How Can the Accounting Profession Attract a Diverse Generation Z? [ The CPA Journal ] Generation Z is beginning to enter the workforce, bringing with it a demographic shift that will affect every facet of American society, including the accounting profession. My concern is that it goes beyond KPMG.”

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. in 2021/22.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 20, 2023

Practice Management How firms use stay interviews to boost retention [ Journal of Accountancy ] Job interviews have long been an essential part of the hiring process. But now, some public accounting firms are turning the lens on themselves.

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Going Concern

MARCH 1, 2024

Accountant Shortage There are 340,000 Fewer Accountants, and Companies Are Paying the Price [ Bloomberg ] Aspiring accountants essentially need five years of college to earn a Certified Public Accountant license. Audit Deficiencies by Accounting Giants Grew in Latest Inspections, U.S.

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Going Concern

APRIL 19, 2024

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. Evergrande, once one of China’s biggest property developers, ran up more than $300 billion of liabilities before it defaulted in 2021.

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