Going Concern

MAY 13, 2024

AT&T is coming for your recruits : AT&T Woos Accounting Students, Bypasses Big Four Training Ground AT&T Inc.’s ’s top accountant is confronting a competitive job market by rethinking the company’s traditional reliance on large CPA firms as a training ground for new hires, taking her recruiting pitch on-campus instead.

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Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 12, 2022

note: fans of accounting headlines are encouraged to sign up for our newsletter to get headlines delivered to your inbox twice a week. How to follow up after a job interview [ Journal of Accountancy ] You aced the job interview. Another factor is that many finance specialists retired during the pandemic, exacerbating the shortage.

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Going Concern

MAY 19, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. ICYMI I Love Accounting. GC ] Benjamin Wann, CMA, CSCA, MBA, PMP, CPA wrote a little something about the thing we all love to hate. So I Had to Leave. [ So I Had to Leave. [

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 31, 2023

After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Build ChatGPT into Excel [ Journal of Accountancy ] Note that this process currently works in Microsoft Excel 365, Microsoft Excel 365 for Mac, and Excel for the web. I can imagine it.

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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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Withum

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are the trusted providers of most companies for financial auditing and have been supporting the assurance of non-financial ESG and climate information for decades. Regulation: Many of the world’s most far-reaching climate regulations require assurances from pre-approved third-party auditors.

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

By Paula Laurenti, Key Accounts Manager at SAPRO. accounting profession is facing a severe shortage of certified accountants. Projections indicate that demand for accountants and auditors will increase by 13% between 2021 and 2031, with an estimated 136,400 job openings between 2021 and 2023. pre-pandemic to 62.1%

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here we are again talking about the accountant shortage. Mark Maurer at Wall Street Journal wrote today about a young man named Omer Khokhar who realized after six years in accounting that he was done. The article title: “Job Security Isn’t Enough to Keep Many Accountants From Quitting.” ” Ruh-oh.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. And take our 2024 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey ! Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Big 4 EY considers handing retired US partners cut of proceeds from spin-off [ Financial Times ] EY has told retired US partners it is considering giving them a cut of the proceeds from a spin-off of its consulting arm, after complaints that the firm’s leadership is cashing in on a business built by previous generations. Ha ha,” he chuckles.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 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. public accounting firms, however, turnover has continued to increase.

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AdviceForTaxpreparers

JULY 29, 2019

Accounting Jokes, Videos, Puns and Humor. by Bill Meador, CPA, JD. If you are going to be an accountant then you have to be able to laugh at yourself. I put together this post to bring together any funny and entertaining accounting and tax videos, puns, jokes, pictures, etc. Accounting and CPA Puns.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 29, 2024

Accounting Ranks First In Something Good For Once More 2. Grant Thornton Gets Downgraded to a Tier 2 Firm, That’s Probably a Good Thing 1. NYSSCPA CEO Calvin Harris, CPA said in a column for CPA Journal : But the winds of change have long been upon us. ” You know how much I love my ancient documents!

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In case you missed it and weren’t reading accounting news on the weekend which I sincerely hope you weren’t because that makes me sad for you if you were: FORVIS may be announcing a big merger soon. And EY news from elsewhere: the Texas Board of Accountancy has fined EY $3 million for cheating. Good morning and _ Monday.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

To counter this perception, the accounting profession could be rebranded as a foundational force of social stability and progress, and not just as “a job” with long hours and low return on investment (ROI) on education. For example, every startup would benefit immensely from having a CPA among its founders. A narrow focus on numbers.

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Going Concern

APRIL 12, 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. While the average mean salary for accountants in the U.S.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In Australia, EY is still bungling this one up : EY accidentally leaked the personal details of current and former employees while trying to launch a massive review into the firm’s workplace culture. Yet that is what the IRS deals with every day.” From FloQast : Six in ten (63%) U.K. From FloQast : Six in ten (63%) U.K.

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CPA Practice

MAY 18, 2023

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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Ryan Lazanis

APRIL 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence in accounting is currently transforming the industry. Table of Contents What is AI in Accounting? Can AI Replace Accountants? Benefits of Artificial Intelligence How is AI Used in Accounting? In fact, ChatGPT wrote the above description: Can AI Replace Accountants?

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 28, 2023

If you’re a tax firm leader looking to differentiate yourself from the competition, providing your clients with insight into their ESG data is a great way to set your firm apart. Let’s take a look at some best practices accounting firms can use to help clients overcome the challenges of ESG data collection and management.

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Going Concern

APRIL 29, 2022

ICYMI | The CPA Evolution Project Realigns the Professional Certification and Challenges Accounting’s Viability as a Stand-alone Major [ The CPA Journal ] Accounting—at least as an independent field of study—is becoming obsolete in today’s technology- and analytics-focused world. Less work for EY auditors?

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Going Concern

MARCH 22, 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. Look no further, Accountingfly’s top remote accounting candidates of the week are here.

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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. AI Is your firm keeping pace? company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest.

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Going Concern

MARCH 1, 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. This is an accounting trick.

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Going Concern

MAY 5, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. Pajamas forever!

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Going Concern

APRIL 1, 2024

Business Insider wrote about the accountant shortage, specifically Tupperware griping in regulatory filings that it can’t find enough people (again): The accountant shortage is so bad that companies are delaying filing key mandatory reports. Here are some things I’m pretty sure are true.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 13, 2024

A Minnesota legislative committee advanced a bill in the state Senate on March 7 that would add an alternative pathway to CPA licensure while also maintaining the 150 credit-hour option. It has instead created artificial barriers for Minnesotans to become CPAs. This is harming smaller organizations that can’t find CPAs.

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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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Going Concern

JANUARY 5, 2024

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. And take our 2024 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey ! Comments are closed on Friday Footnotes and the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief by default.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 18, 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 said it will challenge the finding. “We is facing labor agitation on two fronts. It’s posting big losses from its streaming businesses. PwC Will Appeal $65.5

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Miller, a veteran finance executive who was lured to EY from the commodities trading firm Cargill, had been lined up to become chief financial officer of the consulting business if the spin-off had gone ahead. Both CPAs, Mike Gibson is a retired audit partner and his wife Kristy worked at EY too, now she runs a recruiting firm.

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Going Concern

JUNE 7, 2023

For some time now municipalities have felt the crunch from the accountant shortage and unlike public accounting firms feeling the same, these entities don’t have the luxury of turning down work to ease it nor can they overwork their people with no overtime. Glad you didn’t ask!

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