Going Concern

APRIL 22, 2024

Thomson Reuters writes about the National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG), one of the AICPA’s multi-faceted initiatives to address the accounting talent crisis. The accounting talent pipeline discussion in the press and social media has centered around the idea of modernizing the licensure requirements.

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MAY 16, 2024

One of the things you may have already given some thought to is whether or not your annual financial statements are required to be audited. Many start-up funds choose not to have an audit of their financial statements, at least initially, in order to keep costs down. So when might a fund need an audit?

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s an article from AccountancyAge on mental health in the profession : In the precise and structured realm of accounting, the topic of mental health is often an overlooked narrative. Behind the precision of financial statements and the clarity of audits, accountants confront a set of unique challenges.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Fall of Wirecard, a Tech Scandal That Rocked Germany, Reaches a Courtroom [ New York Times ]. billion, through false accounting from 2015 until Wirecard collapsed in June 2020. The electric payments company rocketed to fame in the 2010s, rising to become the country’s most valuable financial firm. Cronos Group Inc.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 9, 2023

A PCAOB inspections leader offers his insight to auditors at a conference: “The role of the financial statement auditor and the auditing profession continues to be a noble endeavor that has never been more needed and vital to our economic stability and the well-being of our capital markets,” said George Botic, CPA.

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Shay CPA

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Close your accounts. You’ve probably already thought about closing your bank accounts, but that’s not the only area where you need to get things sorted. Specifically, you should look at: Payroll accounts, including withholding, Department of Labor, and state unemployment insurance accounts. Sales tax accounts.

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Going Concern

MARCH 8, 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. District Court for the Southern District of New York said.

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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. But federal monitoring is making a comeback under new leadership. To the media!

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We managed to find some things worth mentioning anyway as we are experts in slow news weeks (698 weeks and counting!), Why People Leave Public Accounting [ CPA Journal ]. Writes Edward Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, ABV: There are many reasons why CPAs decide to leave public accounting firms.

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Going Concern

MAY 26, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The accounting firm is embroiled in a national scandal over its use of confidential information about proposed tax laws to drum up business. Have a safe Memorial Day.

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Going Concern

MAY 6, 2024

Borgers with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards in its audits and reviews incorporated in more than 1,500 SEC filings from January 2021 through June 2023. Last weekend’s weekend discussion: It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. First I’m hearing of it.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Talent As tax season approaches, accounting firms are short on staff [ Marketplace ] Oh hey! How can employers optimise working environments to support the needs of their accountancy teams and ultimately retain them, all while adding value to their organisation? The stablecoin firm released BDO’s assurance opinion on Feb. 31, 2022.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. CPA Exam Friendly reminder, deadlines to apply for BEC before the new exam in 2024 are quickly approaching. What CPAs can learn from Smucker’s [ Accounting Today Voices ] J.M.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and staffing announcements from around the accounting and tax profession. a Top 60 independent Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firm has expanded the leadership team in its Tax Advisory practice through the addition of several new hires. from Robert Morris University.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 29, 2024

Accounting Ranks First In Something Good For Once More 2. EY Is Going on a Hiring Spree in the Philippines According to a Financial Times story published this morning , RTO isn’t going so hot at the King’s EY. More on the New York non-CPA ownership bill. ” You know how much I love my ancient documents!

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 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. Accounting giant renews lease in downtown S.F. —

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Going Concern

JANUARY 20, 2023

Practice Management How firms use stay interviews to boost retention [ Journal of Accountancy ] Job interviews have long been an essential part of the hiring process. But now, some public accounting firms are turning the lens on themselves.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and staffing announcements from around the accounting and tax profession. a Top 60 independent Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firm has expanded the leadership team in its Tax Advisory practice through the addition of several new hires. from Robert Morris University.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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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MyIRSRelief

JULY 3, 2023

Businesses should be prepared to provide documentation supporting their ERC claims, including payroll records, financial statements, employment tax returns, and any other relevant records. Certified Public Accountants (CPAs): CPAs are licensed accountants with expertise in tax matters.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

million after filing false financial statements and lying to auditors. As a result, the auditor was unable to sign off on Celadon’s previous financial statements. million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the SEC charged the company with accounting fraud and internal control violations.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 26, 2023

To ensure that financial reporting is accurate and transparent, accounting needs to keep up. At the same time, these entities have an increased need for accounting transparency – and not just because it’s the right thing to do, but also because citizens are demanding it. Who needs to capitalize SBITAs? Don’t wait!

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Going Concern

JULY 24, 2023

Steven Wasserman wants everyone to know that the accountant shortage isn’t limited solely to accounting firms. I believe that early-stage companies are being more negatively impacted by the accountant shortage than large companies. Early-stage companies often have small accounting staffs. And companies.

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Going Concern

JULY 28, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. News Obituary of Jerome A. According to his family, he originally had planned to become a chemical engineer but changed to accounting because of ongoing prejudice against Jews.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

BDO USA was fined $2 million and two of the firm’s partners were fined a total of $60,000 by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for failures in connection with the 2017 audit of AAC Holdings, which through its subsidiaries provides inpatient substance abuse treatment services, the audit regulator said on Tuesday.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As we enter 2024, it’s natural to wonder what the future holds for this transformative emerging technology, especially for accountants. At the Ensuring Success Conference in Dallas , a session called “AI For Real: How Can Accountants Use This Technology?” reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S.

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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? [ In interviews with three firms, two in New York and one in Great Bend, Kan.,

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

All told there were 84 IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq between Jan. Two public accounting firms that have benefited from the crazy wave of SPACs over the past two to three years are Marcum and Withum. 1 and March 31, raising a total of $11.3 This isn’t surprising, as Marcum is the largest auditor of SPACs.

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Going Concern

MARCH 24, 2023

Journal of Accountancy ] Pandemic pressures have worn the workforce thin, and the economy is in the thick of rapid, radical change. Many practitioners in public accounting are feeling burned out. Stanton was licensed as a certified public accountant in New York in 1988 and had previously run his own firm.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 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. million, Deloitte the least at $1.75

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Going Concern

MARCH 17, 2023

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. Certainly, credit goes to all who are attempting to do something.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. At one point, Trump attorney Clifford Robert asked Bender to speak into the microphone and the accountant replied: “I am as close as I can be without kissing it.” Within weeks of Maximus’ Sept.

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Going Concern

APRIL 8, 2022

CPA firms show progress in diversity amid pipeline challenges [ Journal of Accountancy ] The AICPA finally got around to releasing their 2021 Trends report, which we’ll dissect shortly. in 2020) in the portion of new accounting graduate hires at CPA firms who are ethnically diverse. in 2018 to 34.7% in 2018 to 34.7%

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Shay CPA

MARCH 22, 2023

These notable Section 174 changes can directly impact: Taxable income The estimated taxes you owe in 2022 Income tax provisions for financial statement purposes More details to know There are special rules under Section 174 that exclude Land and Exploration expenditures. New York), this also impacts that base rate.

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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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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In an article for CoinDesk , Francine McKenna took a crack at why the FTX debacle happened, and like she always does when there ’s really bad accounting at a company going through a financial crisis, who are/were the auditors: It’s not clear why FTX commissioned two different audit firms to audit its 2020 and 2021 financial statements.

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Going Concern

MARCH 4, 2022

Pandemic has exacerbated tax-season anxiety, accountant says [ Global News ] No s**t? in Tax Season ‘Chaos’ [ New York Times ] At the Internal Revenue Service’s sprawling Kansas City, Mo., Antar (@SamAntar) March 4, 2022. Decades of Neglect Leave I.R.S. The NFT, Woman #2681, was purchased on Feb.

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