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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY’s Paying Big For the Everest Failure; PwC UK Delays Promotions | 2.12.24

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EY piled more than $700mn of extra debt on to its global operating business to deal with the costs of the failed plan to spin off its consulting arm, according to newly filed accounts. Between a wave of retirees and a drop in the number of people graduating with accounting degrees, the whole profession is struggling to staff up. “We

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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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. According to his family, he originally had planned to become a chemical engineer but changed to accounting because of ongoing prejudice against Jews. News Obituary of Jerome A.

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Friday Footnotes: Accountant Shortage Ramps Up Work Pressure; Celebrities’ Trusted CPAs; ERC Reverse Card | 12.8.23

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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. Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default. Peak W-2: What’s It Take to Be the Accountant to the Stars?

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Friday Footnotes: An Outsourcing Shortage Now Too?; Finally, Some Disruption; PwC Haters Celebrate Government Inquiry | 3.17.23

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Restoring Exam credits expired during COVID would help address CPA shortage [ AICPA ] The accounting profession is confronted with a talent shortage, and reinstating CPA exam credits that have expired since January 1, 2020, could have an immediate impact on our CPA pipeline. Scott Johnson, Ph.D., Scott Johnson, Ph.D.,

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Downsizes (Office Space); CPA CPA CPA; Some Good News on Diversity | 8.26.22

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While you’re here, allow us to pester you to sign up for our newsletter to get accounting headlines twice a week. We found Barry Melancon’s Reddit account. Do we need accounting firms? CPAs spill the beans [ CPA Canada ] Three accountants share their experience being back at the office.

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Friday Footnotes: How EY Fights Poaching; Lack of Staff Is Closing Doors; Accounting to Biglaw? | 11.25.22

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FRC to fine Deloitte £440k over 2018 audit [ Accountancy Today ]. KPMG Australia appoints first-ever head of metaverse future [ Accounting Today ]. The accounting veteran adds that a wider lack of staff is causing some to “close their doors to new business,” thus narrowing clients’ options and raising audit fees.

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