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Friday Footnotes: Higher Salaries Lead to Higher Fees; EY Auditors Quit; Senator Rags on Greedy Accounting Firms | 1.27.23

Going Concern

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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Elevating Your Accounting Practice: The Critical Role of a Value Committee

CPA Practice

Addressing the traditional approach to scoping and pricing For too long, scoping and pricing jobs within accounting firms have been treated as an afterthought or a necessary evil. Skilled auditors, tax consultants and business advisors undercharge for their services and undermining the firm’s profitability. The result?

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Cohen & Co. to Move Into Buffalo After Acquiring CPA and Consulting Firms

CPA Practice

Top 50 accounting firm Cohen & Co. will be entering the Buffalo market when a deal to acquire Szymkowiak & Associates CPAs and its sister firm PEAR Consultants closes next month. All professionals of Szymkowiak and PEAR Consulting, which share an office in Buffalo, will join Cohen & Co. after the deal becomes final.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Embarrasses Itself (Again); Archaic IRS Tech; Partners Battle It Out | 2.27.23

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The Big 4 Accounting firm announced the independent review following the tragic death of EY worker Aishwarya Venkatachalam, 27, who fell to her death from the 11th floor of the company’s Sydney office in August last year. Yet that is what the IRS deals with every day.” From FloQast : Six in ten (63%) U.K.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC’s Turn For a Probe; Accounting Professor Does a Naughty; The IRS is Hiring | 3.11.22

Going Concern

The Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders [ Accounting Today ] AT’s annual dick measuring contest is here! LaGuardia Community College Accounting Prof. Auditors really are a class of their own. The post Friday Footnotes: PwC’s Turn For a Probe; Accounting Professor Does a Naughty; The IRS is Hiring | 3.11.22

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Accounting Firm Names: 1000+ Ideas for Modern Firms

Ryan Lazanis

In this article, you’re going to get a ton of inspiration plus a whole bunch of tips for picking amazing accounting firm names. Choosing an accounting firm name is all about branding and how you want the outside world to perceive you. Future-Proof: Remain meaningful and relevant as your accounting firm grows.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Real Reason 150 Hours Exists; KPMG Pensioners Call Partners Immoral, Despicable | 1.22.24

Going Concern

They made the intermediate accounting curriculum harder than it needed to be and used junior professors who weren't as experienced to make the class even harder. They envisioned an accounting firm where the best practitioners couldn’t wait to get in the door and clients were lining up to receive unsurpassed service.