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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Partner Banned; Salary Predictions; Public Accountants Have Had It | 1.23.23

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Brazilian retailer and PwC client Americanas filed for bankruptcy, its three largest shareholders said over the weekend they had not known of $4 billion in accounting inconsistencies. “We didn’t know of and would never allow any accounting manipulation in the company”, they said in a statement.

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

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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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Withum Noped Out of Trump Media So Fast

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Over the past week or so, various media outlets have been picking on Trump Media auditor BF Borgers and their 100% PCAOB deficiency rate. See: Trump Media’s accounting firm has a 100% deficiency rate from U.S. Trump for the years ending June 30, 2011 – June 30, 2020, should no longer be relied upon.”

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Least Amount You’ll Make at Big 4; Carmine Gets a Sword Show | 4.22.24

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Carmine’s post: The aftermath article goes on: Schmoozing the firm’s Japanese partners alongside Di Sibio was his successor, Janet Truncale, the EY lifer from New Jersey who, in July, takes the reins at the firm she joined as an intern in 1991. EY was not so convivial this time last spring.

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Listen Up, Young Accountants: Career Advice For Sticking Out Those Early Years

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But experts say one thing that young professionals can do, including young accountants, is to be more patient. Let’s say they’re in public accounting, and they get assigned to an engagement with a manager or client they don’t particularly like,” asked Maginnis. “Or That can be a tough fight to win.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Can’t Hire Tech; John Doe Sues the PCAOB; Auditors Can’t Find Torpedoes and Missiles | 1.20.03

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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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There Are 340,000 Fewer Accountants—and Companies Are Paying the Price

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While it’s unclear what exactly led to the mistakes in each of these cases, one major risk factor has reached crisis levels: a shortage of certified public accountants. The lack of help means current accountants’ hours and workloads can be grueling, upping the odds of mistakes and burnout. “If

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