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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY and PwC Get a New Scandal; Stop Trying to Make Sexy Accountants Happen | 1.16.24

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Accountants from EY and PwC are braced for questioning by the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal, which is expected to turn its attention to the embattled institution’s external auditors later this year. The ABS forecast that Australia would require 338,362 accountants by 2026 – almost 10,000 extra a year.

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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. Regulation: Many of the world’s most far-reaching climate regulations require assurances from pre-approved third-party auditors.

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Extending Outsourcing Contracts Can Alleviate Shortage of CPAs

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Projections indicate that demand for accountants and auditors will increase by 13% between 2021 and 2031, with an estimated 136,400 job openings between 2021 and 2023. Annual Replacement Employment for accountants and auditors in the US was 114,730 between 2020-2021, projected to rise to 129,627 by 2025-2026.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

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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. These issues were apparently not glaring enough for the company’s auditor, however.” Tingo paid $1.6 in 2021/22.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Can’t Hire Tech; John Doe Sues the PCAOB; Auditors Can’t Find Torpedoes and Missiles | 1.20.03

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“There’s a war for talent,” said Phil Whitman, CPA, CEO and president of Whitman Transition Advisors LLC, a consultancy that provides recruiting, M&A advising, and other services for accounting firms. In 2020, it said the process would be complete by 2026.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Semper Fi-nancial; EY Gets a D in Auditing; Deepfake CFOs Are a Thing | 2.26.24

Going Concern

And I’m also feeling a lot of guilt in looking back… — Brenda Cannon, CPA (@bsuecannon) February 23, 2024 The Marines have achieved the seemingly impossible : The U.S. During this two-year audit, the Marine Corps had independent third-party auditors from Ernst and Young vet the value of all its assets listed on financial statements.

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Friday Footnotes: If There’s AI in Your Job, There May Be More Money; Audits Make Clients Anxious; Who You Calling an Unsexy Sector!? | 5.24.24

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“Considering we have a state budget just over $50 billion and the multiple errors we identified were in excess of $718 billion, it’s clear this additional level of review is vital to ensure we have accurate financial reporting,” Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said in a statement announcing the report. for 2026 Form 1040s.

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