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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Living in Mom’s Basement; OnlyFans Tax Investigations; Finance vs. Accounting | 12.12.22

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“I don’t care how messy your accounting is … you’re definitely going to notice if you find an extra $8B to spend,” tweeted Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong about FTX. “​​Even the most gullible person should not believe Sam’s claim that this was an accounting error.” Lastly, “finance or accounting?”

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State CPA Society News & Updates: Feb. 2024

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The Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (ARCPA) announced the 2024 ARCPA Student Education Fund Golf Tournament, which will take place on Monday, May 20, 2024 at the Maumelle Country Club. All net proceeds from the tournament will be used to fund scholarships to college and university accounting students in Arkansas.

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

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Timing is Everything In the complex world of small business finance and accounting, the strategic timing of business filings can be a game-changer. In addition, incorporating, of course, establishes their legal separation from the business’s liabilities sooner, which protects their personal finances from the business’s debts.

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Handling Sales Tax In-House: Job Market Challenges Continue

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According to TaxConnex’s recent market survey of 100 top finance professionals, most respondents (79%) say their growth plan for the next 12 months involves hiring employees out of state (as well as acquiring customers or otherwise increasing the number of states in which they’ll need to collect and file sales tax). Long term, U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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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. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. My buddy from undergrad works office security at one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Midtown.

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IRS Budget Battle Far From Over After Debt Ceiling Pact

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John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the tax-writing Finance Committee, described the clawback plans as a “good down payment” toward rescinding the full $80 billion. That shielded the accounts for improving taxpayer services and modernizing IRS systems from cuts, in line with traditional bipartisan backing for that spending. Another $1.4

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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners’ Snazzy Secret Meeting; PwC Talks Layoffs; Merger Mania! | 8.19.22

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We’re adding accounting firm mergers & acquisitions to the weekly news as they’re happening with such frequency and regular Footnotes readers will notice the news is now sorted by topic. The targeted unit, KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp., accounting firms, has merged with Healdsburg’s Mengali Accountancy Inc.,

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