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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

Going Concern

Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Didn’t Screw Up the Oscars; Deloitte India Doubles in Size; ‘Sham Audits’ | 3.13.23

Going Concern

PwC is the accounting firm that tabulates the votes. Infamously, in 2017, a PwC accountant handed Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway the wrong envelope, resulting in the “La La Land”/“Moonlight” best picture fiasco. “The Each partner is stationed in the Dolby Theatre’s wings during the ceremony with a full set of winners’ envelopes.

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

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Nearly all firms in the survey raised fees. Accountingfly is connecting audit professionals at all experience levels with forward-thinking firms for strictly REMOTE audit roles.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

Going Concern

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.

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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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AICPA News – June 2023

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AICPA & CIMA Now Offers New Learning Tools for Accounting Professionals The AICPA & CIMA recently announced the offering of anew online learning platform to help accounting and finance professionals improve and update their skills to take advantage of a digital accelerating business environment.

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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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Sayantani Ghose filed a complaint in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday claiming EY punished her for exhibiting “professional skepticism,” even after the accounting firm had paid tens of millions of dollars in fines and settlements over its auditors’ alleged misconduct in recent years. Accounting Firm M&A.

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