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Accountants Behaving Badly: Egg Accountant Finally Cracked, and Lots of Embezzlement

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listed Chinese biotechnology company to carry out a “brazen” $400 million accounting fraud. Ex-Hillandale Farms accountant admits to $6.8 Weston, a former accountant at Hillandale Farms, engaged in the scheme with his late secretary and bookkeeper — known in court records only as VP — to steal $6.8

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The Value in Providing Specialized Accounting Services for Niche Markets

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As accounting continues to evolve from the traditional services to a model that favors value-added contributions, the number of companies offering targeted services for specific niche markets should continue to proliferate. But the accounting profession isn’t alone in this evolutionary process. By Adam Powell, CPA.

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Friday Footnotes: An Outsourcing Shortage Now Too?; Finally, Some Disruption; PwC Haters Celebrate Government Inquiry | 3.17.23

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Restoring Exam credits expired during COVID would help address CPA shortage [ AICPA ] The accounting profession is confronted with a talent shortage, and reinstating CPA exam credits that have expired since January 1, 2020, could have an immediate impact on our CPA pipeline. Certainly, credit goes to all who are attempting to do something.

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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

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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. And take our 2024 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey ! Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default.