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

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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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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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Victoria Saravia Bazoberry (New York), a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accountancy, is employed with KPMG LLP in New York, NY. Sells, one of the first CPAs in the U.S., was active in the establishment of the AICPA and played a key role in advancing education within the profession.

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Friday Footnotes: New Managers Share Wisdom; KPMG Praised??; PwC Creeps Leave | 7.22.22

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What new managers wish they’d known [ Journal of Accountancy ] “Having responsibility doesn’t mean I can’t be a little firm with my team. Of the 12 audits reviewed at BDO, four (33 percent) were found to have required significant improvements. USF sues former accountant who embezzled $12.8

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AuditClub Appoints PwC Veteran in Leadership Expansion

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Brian Yujuico has been named vice president and senior chief auditor at AuditClub, the Audit Service Center and creator of the innovative auditors-as-a-service model. In this newly created role, Yujuico, a Certified Public Accountant, will oversee day-to-day activities of the growing team of chief auditors, crew and cadets.

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UK Accounting Watchdog Ramps Up Fines

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’s accounting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has now levied more fines in two days than it has in the entirety of 2017, according to Bloomberg reports on Tuesday (June 19). Parliament committee found, adding that the FRC identified issues with Carillion accounts in 2015, but failed to act on them.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

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VCs Target AI Accounting Startups as Companies Look to Control Spending in Uncertain Economy [ Wall Street Journal ] It’s finally happening! World-wide, startups making AI-powered accounting software amassed $233.3 Let the robot takeover commence! Now, that candidate may test in each of those locations.

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Friday Footnotes: Look What You Did, PwC; No Lakehouse This Year; India Wants Its Own Big 4 | 5.3.24

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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. Treasury has today released two consultation papers on the adequacy of current settings.