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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks. Michael Shaub of Texas A&M University talks about the PCAOB’s new standards in Bloomberg Tax. Shout-out to NPR for continuing to stay on top of the accounting shortage.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

Going Concern

FT dropped this over the weekend : Candidate numbers for US accountancy exams drop to lowest in 17 years New figures from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants showed the shortage of CPA candidates that has plagued the profession in recent years worsened in 2022, dashing hopes for a quick rebound from the pandemic.

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Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) Help sheet

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Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. The Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) is a regime where large companies / groups are required to appoint an individual to act as their SAO and the SAO must certify each year whether there are “appropriate tax accounting arrangements” in place. What is the SAO?

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Professor Accuses Professional Accountant Body of Hoarding Fines Like Smaug Hoards Gold

Going Concern

It appears the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has finally pushed Sheffield University’s Richard Murphy over the edge. The Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield’s Management School issued a new report chastising the group for hoarding funds. In 2019, the FRC fined PwC £4.55

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HMRC Powers if you deliberately evade tax

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Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. If you don’t declare or don’t pay the tax you owe to HMRC, it’s likely you will receive significant penalties and in some cases be criminally prosecuted. What should I do if I am concerned about PDDD or MSD?

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What’s the difference between accounting and bookkeeping?

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Much like those people who don’t understand the difference between Aussie rules, league and association football and call them all footy, a number of small business owners use the terms accounting and bookkeeping interchangeably. An easy start is to say that an accountant can be a bookkeeper but a bookkeeper isn’t an accountant.

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R&D Tax Relief Changes

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Research and Development (R&D) tax relief is a highly valuable relief to promote and reward attempts by companies to achieve advances in scientific or technological fields or appreciable improvements in associated processes. Tax saving increases by up to £2.80

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