CPA Practice

JUNE 10, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) doled out $150,000 worth of total fines to a Plantation, FL-based CPA firm on June 10 for violations related to quality control, auditing failures, and missing Form AP deadlines. L&L also failed to timely file Form APs for two audits.

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audit cpas Florida auditor 52

Going Concern

MAY 23, 2024

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Real Estate 57

Real Estate Account accountant accounted 57

Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hey remember the Bloomberg story last March about how staff shortages at audit firms were causing municipal credit ratings to tank ? Said the Sheridan Press today : The city of Sheridan and Sheridan County’s FY2023 audits will come in after the state-mandated deadline. The late audit was due on the 31st of December.

Wyoming 119

Wyoming audit Government Montana 119

CPA Practice

JANUARY 25, 2023

AuditClub, the Audit Service Center and creator of the innovative auditors-as-a-service model, has announced new and enhanced weekly passes that allow members to subscribe to AuditClub professionals with an experience level geared to the support they need during the upcoming busy season and beyond.

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cpa firm CPA North Carolina accounting careers 52

CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

However, this focus on numerical indicators is contributing to the decline of the CPA profession itself. A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. Has the CPA license entered a death spiral?

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Account accountant accounted Education 136

Going Concern

JUNE 6, 2024

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Real Estate 44

Real Estate Account accountant accounted 44

CPA Practice

AUGUST 4, 2023

Top 10 public accounting firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) acquired Tacoma, WA-based accounting and advisory firm Frost & Company. Frost & Company has been a full-service accounting resource in the South Puget Sound area for more than 35 years. The deal went into effect on Aug.

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cpa firm Washington CPA Real Estate 52

CPA Practice

MARCH 18, 2024

Top 500 accounting firm JHM Certified Public Accountants, based in Chattanooga, is expanding its presence in eastern Tennessee by combining with Harting, Bishop & Arrendale (HBA) in Cleveland, TN. The combined firm will operate under the name of JHM Certified Public Accountants.

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cpa firm CPA Tennessee Real Estate 52

Withum

JANUARY 30, 2024

In November 2023, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its Audit Quality Study, which found that a “significant number of employee benefit plan audits were deficient.” The study also revealed a correlation between the number of employee benefit plan audits performed by a CPA firm and the quality of the audit work.

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audit cpa firm CPA public accounting 52

AdviceForTaxpreparers

JULY 29, 2019

Accounting Jokes, Videos, Puns and Humor. by Bill Meador, CPA, JD. 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.

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tax preparation Account accountant accounted 212

Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Talent How Can the Accounting Profession Attract a Diverse Generation Z? [ Attracting and retaining these diverse young workers thus represents the next great challenge for firms.

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cpa firm CPA auditor North Carolina 98

CPA Practice

AUGUST 18, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) permanently revoked the registration of Denver-based accounting firm AJ Robbins CPA on Aug. The firm failed to conduct two issuer audits with due professional care and professional skepticism during 2018.

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cpa firm CPA auditor audit 52

Withum

MARCH 30, 2024

Withum is excited to announce that on March 31, 2024, BBD LLP (BBD); a public accounting, tax and advisory firm dedicated to serving nonprofit and government organizations headquartered in Philadelphia, will join its practice with Withum. The post BBD Joins Its Practice With Withum appeared first on Withum.

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cpa firm CPA Government public accounting 124

CPA Practice

JUNE 15, 2023

Weirich, PhD, CPA, as the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Award for his outstanding teaching, research and service throughout his 50-year career. This text has been adopted by numerous universities, CPA firms, and corporations for staff training purposes.

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Education Account accountant accounted 98

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Top 20 accounting firm Eide Bailly is growing its presence in Southern California by combining with Torrance, CA-based Raimondo Pettit Group. I am excited to see how we can excel as one firm,” said Eide Bailly CEO and Managing Partner Jeremy Hauk. 30, according to a press release.

California 59

California cpa firm CPA public accounting 59

CPA Practice

JANUARY 2, 2024

PKF Mueller Joins Cherry Bekaert to Expand Chicago Market Reach Cherry Bekaery, an assurance, tax and advisory firm, recently completed an acquisition transaction with PKF Mueller , a full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in the metropolitan Chicago area.

Illinois 114

Illinois Pharmaceutical E-commerce audit 114

Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

A group representing minority shareholders on Friday filed a complaint with Brazil’s securities regulator against Americanas SA after the retailer uncovered “accounting inconsistencies” totaling 20 billion reais ($3.89 provides insight into shifting oversight priorities and practices related to audit committee composition.

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audit Account accountant accounted 98

Withum

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Now, regulations, investors and other stakeholders want companies to prove their ESG and climate information is accurate and reliable through audits and assurance. This experience puts them at the top of most companies’ list when considering a firm to perform the third-party audit of their ESG and climate reporting.

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audit cpas Account accountant 59

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 101

Real Estate Iowa audit CPA 101

CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is supporting new bipartisan, bicameral legislation establishing the accounting profession as a STEM career pathway and supporting long-standing efforts to diversify the future accounting workforce. 1705, the STEM Education in Accounting Act. In the House of Representatives, H.R.

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Account accountant accounted cpas 104

Going Concern

JANUARY 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. AI Is your firm keeping pace? company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest.

Account 114

Account accountant accounted audit 114

CPA Practice

MAY 22, 2024

Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, has announced that he will to retire on December 31, 2024, from his role as president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs and CEO of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Melancon has served in this role for 30 years.

Louisiana 124

Louisiana cpas CPA accounting and finance 124

Going Concern

MAY 13, 2024

AT&T is coming for your recruits : AT&T Woos Accounting Students, Bypasses Big Four Training Ground AT&T Inc.’s ’s top accountant is confronting a competitive job market by rethinking the company’s traditional reliance on large CPA firms as a training ground for new hires, taking her recruiting pitch on-campus instead.

Oregon 74

Oregon Account accountant accounted 74

CPA Practice

JUNE 19, 2023

By Girard Miller, Governing (TNS) S&P Global Ratings recently withdrew its credit ratings on 64 local governments after they failed to file financial updates on time because of staff shortages and delayed audits. Meanwhile, accounting firms were always happy to fill their off-season job calendars with state and local government audits.

Government 98

Government Account accountant accounted 98

CPA Practice

MARCH 28, 2024

Donald Scholl, who provided management consulting and training services to hundreds of public accounting firms during the course of his more than 40-year career and created many development programs for CPAs, including the popular Management for Results, has passed away. The dean of consulting in the CPA arena.” “A

CPA 64

CPA Pennsylvania cpa firm cpas 64

CPA Practice

JUNE 13, 2023

Farmington, MI-based top 30 accounting firm UHY continues to grow in its home state by merging in CPA firm Baird, Cotter & Bishop PC. The firm concentrates heavily in government audits in Michigan—it has audited more than 100 local units of government over the past two years.

Michigan 98

Michigan audit cpa firm payroll 98

Going Concern

JANUARY 27, 2023

Big 4 EY auditors escape potential Wirecard sanctions after leaving profession [ Financial Times ] Germany’s audit watchdog closed investigations against four current and former EY auditors involved in inspecting collapsed payments firm Wirecard after they handed back their professional licences and left the profession earlier this month.

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auditor accounting firms Account accountant 103

Going Concern

JANUARY 30, 2023

Deloitte & Touche LLP partners and staffers failed to make financial disclosures required to ensure the independence of their audit work, according to new details from the firm’s 2018 PCAOB inspection. These escrow accounts were at the centre of the Wirecard fraud. These are skills that AI simply cannot replicate.

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Account accountant accounted cpa firm 80

Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

The headline is a bit disappointing however the article is not: Tax prep fees are rising because accounting is not a ‘cool’ career American taxpayers had to pay at least 20% more on average to get their taxes done last year — and accountants aren’t thrilled about it either. This eclipses the 4.2%

Tax 91

Tax Account accountant accounted 91

Going Concern

MARCH 1, 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. This is an accounting trick.

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audit Nebraska auditor chartered accountant 102

Going Concern

MARCH 4, 2024

BDO, the UK’s fifth largest accountancy firm, said graduates and school leavers were “strictly prohibited” from using AI-driven platforms such as ChatGPT under recently updated application guidelines. The judge said that Popular’s board and audit committee approved the capital increase without a thorough debate.

Account 57

Account accountant accounted Michigan 57

CPA Practice

JULY 31, 2023

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent hiring and promotion announcements from across the accounting space. Deatrick joined the firm in 2009. He provides accounting and assurance services to both public and privately held companies, primarily those within the construction and manufacturing sectors.

Real Estate 97

Real Estate West Virginia Manufacturing audit 97

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Although the accounting talent shortage seems like something that just popped out of nowhere and couldn’t possibly have been predicted, oh, a decade ago, I feel compelled to remind everyone that we here at Going Concern saw this coming. From Is There Really a Shortage of Entry Level Accountants? OK ready for the prophetic bit?

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Account accountant accounted accounting degree 113

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

note: if you like accounting news, which you clearly do because you are reading this, we encourage you to sign up for our newsletter for even more accounting news. There’s definitely an accountant shortage out there’: MBAs have become the go-to degree and companies are struggling to hire enough CPAs [ Fortune ].

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audit auditor Louisiana cpas 84

CPA Practice

JUNE 1, 2023

Porte Brown LLC, www.PorteBrown.com , a growing Chicagoland accounting and consulting firm, is pleased to announce its merger with RVG Partners, LLC effective June 1, 2023. In Chicago, they have definitely strengthened their position as a Top 20 CPA firm.

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accounting firms Account accountant accounted 52

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Last week, we published a letter written to Fortune by a former CPA who pivoted to driving 18-wheelers and found far more career happiness than he ever would have in accounting (good for him). Accounting and being a CPA have been the worst personal decision and professional organization I’ve been a part since passing.

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cpas cma Real Estate accounting and finance 97

CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

an accounting association of independent, certified public accounting firms that provides shared best practices, networking opportunities and access to expert resources for member firms. Founded in 1967, Haefele Flanagan is a full-service advisory, accounting, auditing and tax service firm.

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accounting firms Account accountant accounted 52