Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2022

. “In my view, the future of the CPA profession is at risk,” writes Yigal Rechtman, CPA, CFE, CITP, CISM in a letter to the editor published by The CPA Journal. There is another way of putting this: Accounting is a profession whose brand has not been diluted. Business methods have become increasingly complex.

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Going Concern

MAY 28, 2024

The local news in Cincinnati covered this strategic move : One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest accounting firms is being acquired by an Indianapolis company. Blue Ash-based tax, advisory and audit firm Cassady Schiller CPAs & Advisors will become part of Katz, Sapper & Miller in a transaction that will be completed May 31.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 12, 2023

post-secondary accounting degrees fell sharply in the 2021-22 academic year, according to a biennial American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) report on trends related to accounting graduation rates, the CPA Exam and hiring demand by accounting firms. The number of students earning U.S.

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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 ]. Audit Fees Rise Only 2.5%, But Audits Require Greater Effort [ CFO ]. India Launches Audit Inspections After Spate Of Scandals [ Bloomberg Tax ].

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CPA Practice

JUNE 5, 2023

State CPA Society News & Updates is a round-up of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. The Massachusetts Society of CPAs ( MassCPAs ) recently launched a scholarship to honor the legacy of current Society President and CEO Amy A.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 28, 2024

Donald Scholl, who provided management consulting and training services to hundreds of public accounting firms during the course of his more than 40-year career and created many development programs for CPAs, including the popular Management for Results, has passed away. Peg passed away in November 2022 at the age of 83.

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Going Concern

MAY 13, 2024

Deloitte inserts itself into some Oregon political drama, an extensive Willamette Week report : State Invoices Show Oregon’s Favorite Fixer Playing a Key Role in Mopping Up Measure 110 In 2022, Oregon state officials faced a growing mess. EY Canada has named a new Chair and CEO.

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Going Concern

MAY 9, 2023

This is from CNN Philippines in March : The country is facing a shortage of accountants as college enrollment for this field of study dropped while those licensed chose to work abroad, a group of certified public accountants said on Friday. Non-CPAs of course starts a bit lower, Php 12,000 to Php 15,000. The salary.

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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. That compares with the $1.6

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CPA Practice

MARCH 21, 2023

AuditClub, a collaborative “Audit Service Center” for CPA firms and companies, has introduced AuditClub One, a in order to address the talent exodus and pipeline problems prevailing throughout the profession. Accountants are leaving corporations and audit firms in record numbers, as they reevaluate what they want from their careers.

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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

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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Going Concern

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From last Friday’s Footnotes ICYMI : Deloitte is delaying offers in India, KPMG flunks audit inspections at twice the rate of other firms, PwC is hiring more minorities, and EY is putting out press releases about all the hiring it is doing in the UK. Q&A With Tetsuya Mogi , the new head of Japan Institute of CPAs.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 1, 2023

State CPA Society News & Updates is a round-up of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. = The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) recently announced that Jason Harrell will join the FICPA as Chief External Affairs Officer, effective July 17, 2023.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

At the meeting, the Board will consider issuing for public comment a proposal to amend PCAOB Rule 3502, Responsibility Not to Knowingly or Recklessly Contribute to Violations. The administration did not present a budget for Internal Audit during the hearings. Following is a summary of the key areas of comment.

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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

MAY 5, 2023

Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory.

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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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CPA Practice

JUNE 12, 2023

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)—one of the largest state associations in the nation serving the certified public accountant (CPA) community—has presented Daniel F. Rahill III, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., He spent the first five years of his career in audit and tax with Ernst & Young LLP.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Equity partners do not receive a salary but instead receive a share of profits as income, with 672 of them sharing £711m in profits in the 2022 financial year. PCAOB seeks comments on interim attestation standards [ Journal of Accountancy ]. Seven things you (probably) don’t know about internal auditing [ Accountants Daily ].

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Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

Here’s some news from the AICPA via CPA Journal : Firms had a strong fiscal 2022, but number of accounting majors drops sharply. Accounting firms had a good fiscal 2022 with median growth rate of 9.1% The AICPA looked at several key performance indicators of public accounting firms.

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Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. It’s a war,” declares Fran Randall, a partner and Richmond market leader for Forvis, one of the nation’s top 10 accounting firms.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The accounting and advisory firm in an email said it plans to move its office from One Cleveland Center (1375 E. Ninth St) to the 10th floor of 200 Public Square on Monday, Oct. What CPAs can learn from Smucker’s [ Accounting Today Voices ] J.M. Still, the results give offshore bondholders something to chew on.

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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. Top Audit Firms in Crosshairs as U.K.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

More than 150 retired EY partners have written to the accounting firm’s leadership objecting to the radical plan to split its consulting and audit businesses. KPMG blocked from Abu Dhabi audits as it elects new regional boss [ Financial Times ]. In India, the Big Four firms conduct their audit business through affiliate firms.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 11, 2023

Adjusting to a shrinking accounting talent pool Accounting and audit firms, including the SEC, find talent pipelines shrinking on both sides. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the employment of accountants and auditors to grow 6% from 2021 to 2023, with the average number of annual openings around 136,400.

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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. PCAOB Spotlight PDF here.

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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. On average, these 25 employers, which are headquartered outside the city, only saw local employment grow by 0.3% million ($540.9 million USD).

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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. billion sale of the Commanders to Harris and his group of approximately 20 limited partners.

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Going Concern

JUNE 12, 2023

Fortune talks about how ESG is last year’s acronym, this year AI is the hot topic on audit boards everywhere. Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 Ackerman in the Sep/Oct 2022 CPA Journal was a great article. Found in downtown Philadelphia.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 7, 2023

This firm in Minnesota no one’s ever heard of put out the cutest press release: DHA CPAs is happy to announce new talented professionals joining their team for accounting and financial services. James – Senior Accountant 2. . : There is also a scarcity of talent, which is putting pressure on audit fees,” she added.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 14, 2023

AICPA News is a brief overview of a recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs. AICPA Tax Executive Committee Approves Revised Tax Standards Following Comment Period In August 2022, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) released proposed revisions to the Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTSs) for public comment.

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Going Concern

JULY 14, 2022

Perhaps in other industries the tide may be turning and potential recruits will soon have to beg to be let in through the ATS gate of HR departments everywhere but we aren’t here to talk about other industries, we’re here to talk about accounting. The talent crunch in accounting is nothing new. So none, basically.

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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. CPAs Have a Branding Problem for the Younger Generation [ CPA Journal ] By Jason L.

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Snyder

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But since accountancy is a necessity for so many people, accounting blogs actually gather vast and varied audiences. Accountants, bookkeepers, and CPA’s. First and foremost, accountancy blogs are read by accountants, bookkeepers , and CPAs (Certified Public Accountants).

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

million in audit fees in 2022.) How did Deloitte, the auditing heavyweight watching over Tingo’s books, miss a scam that Hindenburg, an outsider, called out as painfully obvious? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits?

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Recent surveys by the CAQ and Illinois CPA Society have identified starting salaries, work environment (e.g., Auditors say accountant shortage ramps up work pressure: CAQ [ CFO Dive ] A shortage of accountants has intensified pressure and ramped up workloads for accounting teams at U.S. Cohen & Co.,

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