Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There’s another article about the accountant shortage today and this time it’s in Insider. Kachelmeier has seen accounting majors decline between 20% to 40% over the past few years at his school and like many in the profession he believes that the key to fixing the shortage lies in pitching accounting to young people.

Sports

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But experts say one thing that young professionals can do, including young accountants, is to be more patient. Let’s say they’re in public accounting, and they get assigned to an engagement with a manager or client they don’t particularly like,” asked Maginnis. “Or That can be a tough fight to win.

accounting careers

Going Concern

MARCH 21, 2023

Was ChatGPT sent to us from the future to rescue the industry from the pipeline crisis by filling open accounting jobs with cyborgs and sentient machines? Accounting is ridiculously rules-based: assets = liabilities plus equities; debits = credits; cash in > cash out, etc. It isn’t just another game, it’s a different sport.

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.

accounted

Going Concern

DECEMBER 13, 2022

billion, through false accounting from 2015 until Wirecard collapsed in June 2020. But two years ago its auditor, EY, declared it could not find nearly 1.9 The two others charged in the case are Oliver Bellenhaus, who headed a Wirecard subsidiary in Dubai, and Stephan von Erffa, the company’s chief accountant. Cronos Group Inc.

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CPA Practice

MAY 15, 2024

The technologies used in professional accounting firms continue to evolve and shape how practices function, from client service, to staffing issues, and overall management and growth. Thank you to the more than 5,500 readers who participated in voting this year. Now, on to the results! WINNER: TheTaxBook – Tax Materials Inc.

Technology

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. public accounting firms, however, turnover has continued to increase.

Real Estate

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

As pressure continues to mount on the so-called Big Four corporate auditors in both Australia and the U.K., Grant Thornton is expected to divest Sports Direct as a client next month amid rising concerns over the company’s accounting practices, with the auditor separately announcing plans to take a “line by line” review of its clients.

auditor

Going Concern

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Barring any huge incident like an accounting firm getting raided by the FBI on Christmas Day, there will not be any breaking news. One key reason: PwC is trying to compete for top talent amid a dwindling number of accounting majors. Tips are still welcome , nay, encouraged , and we’ll be monitoring the tipline. and Mexico.

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Withum

AUGUST 2, 2024

According to a federal indictment and a guilty plea, Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, unlawfully transferred more than $16 million from Ohtani’s bank account at a bank in Arizona to pay his gambling debts to an illegal bookmaking operation. During the account setup, Mizuhara translated for Ohtani.

Gambling

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Talent The new math in recruiting at accounting firms [ Puget Sound Business Journal ] You have to scroll way too far down in this article to see a mention of salary. It’s part of a larger trend of accounting firms trying to find young talent as the industry wrestles with staffing shortages.

Technology

Going Concern

MAY 24, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. ICYMI: Here are the five most-read posts on Going Concern this week.

audit

Going Concern

JUNE 9, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. More is being asked of accountants, auditors and financial service providers than ever before. Ever-changing tax legislation and standards add ongoing complexity to the profession.

audit

Going Concern

JULY 26, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. The multinational accounting firm promoted Carr to partner in 1999.

Oklahoma

Going Concern

JUNE 13, 2024

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Real Estate

Going Concern

JUNE 22, 2022

yes, “journalism” When the pandemic hit in early 2020, Bramwell and I applied our expertise (for once) and wrote a remote work guide for those of you suddenly thrust into the pantsless WFH life (which was pretty much all of you knowing how remote-averse accounting firms had been up until March 2020). Sport sandals.

accounting firms

Going Concern

JUNE 12, 2023

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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Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Gifts that are specifically for meals or entertainment such as a gift certificates to a restaurant or tickets to a sporting event, even if you don’t accompany the client, are only 50% deductible and should be reflected as meals and entertainment in your accounting.

Entertainment

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

Haba told PYMNTS the tokens that will be made available will take into account each country’s rules and regulations. Amid Andra’s other investing criteria: The target companies must have a valuation that sports a minimum of half a billion dollars in (implied) market cap, and double-digit growth every quarter for the last few years.

Technology

CPA Practice

JUNE 20, 2024

These developments have been thoroughly discussed in our recent Accounting Technology Lab podcasts. The number of private equity buyers on the floor at AICPA Engage and Scaling New Heights was stunning, as we spotted PE employees in their sports jackets wandering the floors or sitting in meetings. trillion), with another $3.5

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

JULY 29, 2019

Accounting Jokes, Videos, Puns and Humor. If you are going to be an accountant then you have to be able to laugh at yourself. I put together this post to bring together any funny and entertaining accounting and tax videos, puns, jokes, pictures, etc. Accounting and CPA Puns. Short Accounting and CPA Jokes.

tax preparation

Going Concern

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Peak W-2: What’s It Take to Be the Accountant to the Stars?

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CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. Has the CPA license entered a death spiral?

accounted

Going Concern

MAY 17, 2023

High school students in the state of New York have the chance to participate in the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession program this summer, the deadline to apply is Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:59pm which you can do at this link. From New York State Society of CPAs: COAP helps you explore what you can do in the accounting field.

New York

Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

We’ll be doing an article shortly, in the meantime here are some quotes from INSIDE Public Accounting : Bob Cedergren, MNCPA board chair added, “I can tell you from my own experience, through conversations with colleagues throughout the country and the members of the MNCPA, that we have a significant shortage of CPAs.

audit

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Happy National Leave Your Accountant the F**k Alone Day , everyone! The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

Colorado

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For CPAs, accountants, and auditors, busy season sucks. In our research for this article, a public accounting firm revealed that it spent up to 30% of its time collecting documents in a typical engagement. One way to get there is to remind yourself that, as the auditor, you have the power in these situations. “It

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

We’re referring to transport, of course – and tourism , sporting events and one-off gatherings that are now shuttering. In accounting terms, that means eyeing possible write-downs of assets, and “write-ups” of liabilities. In one example, perhaps an extreme one, government takeovers may be in the offing.

Hospitality

Going Concern

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Hope you all are getting some good rest and merriment in the coming days, we’ll be on a low posting schedule next week with a few new things here and there should you be one of those weirdos who reads accounting news on holidays. Big Four Accounting Firms Overhired. The accounting firm is laying off dozens of U.S.

Georgia

Going Concern

APRIL 22, 2024

A retirement celebration that I’ll carry with me forever,” the sports fanatic told his 300,000 followers on LinkedIn. Thomson Reuters writes about the National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG), one of the AICPA’s multi-faceted initiatives to address the accounting talent crisis.

auditor

Going Concern

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Big Four accounting firm told employees last week that it would embark on a reorganisation of areas of the business affecting about 2,700 staff and partners, adding that it was part of its “new vision to become the pre-eminent firm”, according to a document seen by the Financial Times. Yeah, that doesn’t sound good.

accounted

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Telegraph on why EY dropped UK grocery chain Asda: EY has quit as auditor to Asda amid one of its senior partners starting a romantic relationship with billionaire chief executive Mohsin Issa, The Telegraph can reveal. Filings show she resigned as a partner the day after EY resigned as Asda’s auditor.

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