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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

Going Concern

Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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Carbon Accounting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Cherry Bekaert

Carbon Accounting and Reporting is a critical component of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and ideally should be handled by a CPA or accounting firm. Carbon accounting is a quantitative, compliance-heavy reporting exercise that requires detailed recordkeeping that must be verifiable.

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Ensuring Climate ESG Auditing Excellence: How Your Trusted Accounting Partner Makes the Difference

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In fact, a Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) analysis found that 90% of US companies that trusted their non-financial auditing to a publicly traded auditor used the same firm for their financial auditing. Firstly, auditing has always been one of the cornerstone services of accounting firms.

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Private Equity 2023 Year-in-Review and 2024 Outlook: Clearer Skies Emerge for Private Equity Amidst Challenges

Cherry Bekaert

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. Since TowerBrook’s investment into EisnerAmper, the first in the public accounting sector, other private equity firms have followed suit.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

Going Concern

EY’s new boss shuffles leadership roles and plans cost cuts [ Financial Times ] EY’s new boss Janet Truncale has set out her leadership team for the Big Four accounting firm, moving an architect of its failed split from his executive role and signalling plans to cut costs across the global firm.

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