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Research: Seniors Give Better Review Comments If They Think the Staff Will Stick Around

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The paper “ Coaching Today’s Auditors: What Causes Reviewers to Adopt a More Developmental Approach? ” was published in Volume 112 of the journal Accounting, Organizations and Society and authored by Lindsay M. Brazel (North Carolina State University), Denise Hanes Downey (Villanova University), and Tammie J.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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It’s been a while since we’ve done an Accountants Behaving Badly megapost ( 381 days ago , actually), here’s some bad behavior you may have missed. Twice-Convicted Accountant Is Charged With Embezzling More Than $1.1 Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. This stock photo is incredible.

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Nixes Legal Practices; EY Looks the Other Way; Auditors Get Lectured Again | 10.14.22

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List analysis: In fight for talent, nearly all accounting firms allow remote work [ Crain’s Cleveland Business ]. In the war for accounting talent, allowing remote work is table stakes. How to negotiate a job offer [ Journal of Accountancy ]. Accounting firm Benitez & Co.’s Talent and Hiring. ” Firm Watch.

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Sales tax and nonprofits

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Sometimes nonprofits and not-for-profits must pay sales tax when they buy items, at least initially, as in North Carolina. During a sales tax audit, one of the first requests from the auditor will be for copies of all exemption certificates for any exemptions claimed on sales tax returns.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Kickback Schemes, Hiding Money From the IRS, Embezzlement Spree

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Plus, Pennsylvania accountant loves tax evasion, North Carolina CPA indicted on securities fraud charge, and Kentucky accountant gets jail time for sex trafficking. Accountant sentenced to prison for role in doctor-bribery scheme [ Press-Telegram ]. She misappropriated $384,363.28 District Court in Philadelphia.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

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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. Talent How Can the Accounting Profession Attract a Diverse Generation Z? [ Expect 2023 enforcement against auditors to focus on quality control, culture, ethics and integrity.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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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. Accounting giant renews lease in downtown S.F. —

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