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Accounting Firms Plan Increased Tech Investment Over Next 2 Years

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Investing in technology is a key priority for accounting firms as they move into 2024, while m itigating the ongoing talent shortage and keeping pace with new laws continue to cause challenges for many within the profession. This represents an increase of 8% when compared to the 2023 survey findings.

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Someone Tell Hong Kong There Is Not an Unlimited Supply of Offshore Accountants and Auditors

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Hong Kong is suffering from “a serious talent shortage” according to an article today in South China Morning Post and The Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors (PIEAA) says accounting firms should start looking overseas. What a novel idea! We should try that here in the US. “It

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Which Firm Had the Most IPO Audit Clients in Q4 2023?

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A top midtier accounting firm ended 2023 by having the most new initial public offering (IPO) audit clients in the fourth quarter, as the number of companies going public dropped compared to the previous quarter, according to an analysis by Ideagen Audit Analytics. Overall, 2023 had 164 IPOs with nearly $24 billion raised.

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9 in 10 Accounting and Audit Firms Struggle to Find Talent

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What is the fastest-growing challenge facing accounting firms and internal audit departments today? More than 90% point to hiring and retaining skilled accountants and auditors. Responses were gathered from more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors.

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Friday Footnotes: Disengaged Team? Do This; Deloitte’s Huge India Expansion; Auditors Yelled At…Again | 3.24.23

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This article will explore how firms can transform a disengaged team and provide actionable insights firm leaders can set in motion today. Firm Watch Ex-BDO USA Workers Advance Narrowed 401(k) Plan Fee Challenge [ Bloomberg Law ] Former BDO USA LLP employees who accused the accounting firm of mismanaging their $1.2

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Once Leaders in the Cannabis Space, Canuck KPMG Decides to Ditch All Its Weed Clients

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Here’s a snapshot from 2019 that shows how much cannabis companies were paying to which auditors: A look at 40 Canadian cannabis companies and what they paid to their auditors over their past fiscal year. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.)

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2023 Has Been a Banner Year for PCAOB Enforcement

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has doled out a record $20 million in total fines to audit firms and individual auditors so far in 2023, almost doubling the previous high mark of $11 million set last year. In early 2019, the firm violated the anti-fraud provisions of U.S.

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