CPA Practice

OCTOBER 19, 2023

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Kess dedicated decades of services to the CPA profession, going above and beyond to raise the bar for CPAs who provide personal financial planning services.

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

Professor Laura Empson of Bayes Business School retells how these audit firms were beguiled by the glamour and big fees of corporate advisory work. In 2020, KPMG announced plans to increase the overall representation of Black and Latinx employees by 50% in 2025. Performance-related separations (a.k.a. 2023 KPMG U.S. . KPMG faces $1.4-billion

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Cherry Bekaert

APRIL 9, 2024

Timeline for Compliance: Prepare for Reporting on 2025 Activities in 2026 Impacted companies will need to begin reporting in January 2026. You’ll need to have your reporting systems in place so you can begin collecting emission data in 2025. Although that may seem a long way off, planning and preparation should begin now.

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Cherry Bekaert

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Compliance requirements for SB 253 are as follows: Beginning in 2026 (for reporting year 2025), reporting entities are required to annually report their Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions. and professional services (CPA, consulting and wealth management firms). More guidance on this is forthcoming.

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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? Tingo paid $1.6

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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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CPA Practice

JANUARY 10, 2024

As part of its Paperless Processing Initiative , the IRS said that “[h]alf of paper-submitted correspondence, non-tax forms, and notice responses will be processed digitally” by the 2025 filing season. Digital processing will shorten response times and enable the IRS to reassign employees to other high priority areas.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 4, 2023

Practice How one small firm drastically cut its busy-season hours [ Journal of Accountancy podcast ] Johanna Sweaney Salt, CPA, CGMA, used to work 100 hours a week during busy season. Today, Johanna remains a full-time partner at the firm, and her son, Dalton Sweaney, CPA, is now the managing partner.

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2024

The whole point of hiring a big four audit firm such as PwC is to attach your financial results to a brand whose reputation is beyond question. Audit The auditor’s role in supply chain due diligence [ Compliance Week ] A recent New York Times report detailed alleged examples of migrant children working for U.S.

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