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New Tech for Accounting Firms Get Spotlight at 2024 Conferences

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As of this writing, I’m particularly anticipating the CPA Practice Advisor Mashup event at AICPA Engage, where I’ll present a version of Tech Update, which is the motivation for this column. Quantum computing – The new generation of computing is anticipated to arrive by 2030.

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ChatGPT Can Pass the CPA Exam But Here’s What It Can’t Do (Yet)

Going Concern

No doubt, as time goes on, AI will get better and more positions may be replaced by AI but do you, the accountant, have to worry about your job? Haven’t they been saying for at least ten years now that 95% of accountants will be replaced by 2030? Over time, she gets faster and better at inputting the data with a little practice.

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Carbon Accounting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Cherry Bekaert

Authors: Gabriela Payne, CPA On September 14, 2023, California’s Legislature approved a landmark Senate Bill 253/Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which is expected to have global impacts on corporate climate accountability. As the Firm has helped clients, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have emerged.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Better Be Ready to Get Regulated Hard; A Firm Playing Hot Potato With a Data Breach | 5.6.24

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Borgers with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards in its audits and reviews incorporated in more than 1,500 SEC filings from January 2021 through June 2023. The notification followed an investigation by BerryDunn, according to the letter.

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RSM US Reaches Revenue of $3.7 Billion in FY 2023

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Simultaneously, we have been positioning our firm to meet the future,” he continued. “In In January 2023, we launched a new global strategy for 2030, uniting all 57,000 people at RSM around the world. Among RSM’s core service lines, consulting comprised 38% of the firm’s revenue, followed by tax at 33%, assurance 28%, and other 1%.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Consulting Pay Freezes; AI, Audit, and You; KPMG Mega Merger? | 11.6.23

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public-sector consulting business of Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for an undisclosed price and rebranded it as Guidehouse. governance overhaul efforts, a bid to give partners there a greater voice in firm strategy, following the failed separation of its audit and advisory businesses earlier this year.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Every Day Is Fools’ Day For Some Accounting Employers; McKinsey Now Paying People to Leave | 4.1.24

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The scope and scale of Microsoft’s Copilot effort is a “shocking signal” of the potential the company sees in large language models, the machine-learning technology that underpins GenAI, said Jason Staats, CPA, a former accounting firm head in Portland, Ore., who founded and runs the accounting technology community Realize.

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