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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

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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. The PCAOB inspected four EY Canada audits — three in which the firm was the principal auditor — and found deficiencies in two (50% with Part I.A deficiencies).

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Friday Footnotes: Screw the Office; Auditor Sues EY For Doing Her Job; IRS Levels Up | 9.16.22

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EY fired auditor for not approving illegal transactions, says a new lawsuit [ Reuters ] Ernst & Young LLP has been sued by a former partner who says she was forced out of her job for refusing to sign off on client transactions that violated tax and securities laws. Accounting Firm M&A. PwC HK, KPMG to host U.S. Marvin & Co.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. While you’re here, subscribe to our newsletter to get the week’s top stories in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. The gap widens again at the upper levels. Pajamas forever!

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Culture Gets Slammed Again; Audit Leads the Way in AI; Small Firm Gripes | 11.10.23

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Note: We’re skipping Footnotes next Friday to unveil a surprise. Footnotes will return as scheduled on November 24.

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Friday Footnotes: Accountants Are Into AI; KPMG Atlanta MP on ICE T; 150 Hour Inequity | 8.18.23

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The accounting firm said it will challenge the finding. “We This is according to a recent survey conducted by accounting firm network Moore Global. PwC Will Appeal $65.5

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Friday Footnotes: A (Fake) Day in the Life at Deloitte; DYNAMIC Merger For Grant Thornton; CPA Awareness | 12.9.22

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Financial advisory company AlixPartners was chosen for the task and is led by former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief accountant Matt Jacques, according to a Dec. Accounting, tax audit, and business advisory firm BDO is investing €5m in a new office as it creates 100 new jobs. 7 report from the Wall Street Journal.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Green Dot Gives Back; More Consulting Cuts Coming? | 6.12.23

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Funny enough Reddit is completely down this morning so I can’t confirm r/accounting is MIA. KPMG on the UK economic forecast via The Guardian : A new report by the accountancy firm KPMG has found that the economy has enjoyed a better start to the year than it had thought, and is now expected to grow by 0.3%

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