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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Capping Busy Season Hours FTW; Open the Books on Audit Firms? | 4.15.24

Going Concern

In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. Right now, they don’t.

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Cloud-Based Accounting: Sage Intacct’s Modern Solution for Businesses

Cherry Bekaert

Accounting , fondly known as the ‘language of business,’ tells the story of how a business is performing. 1) Fast-forward to present day and the fundamental concepts performed by modern bookkeepers and accountants remain, but functionality and performance look vastly different in the age of all things digital.

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Guide to accountant responsibilities

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: What are the roles and responsibilities for accountants? Accountant vs. CPA vs. tax preparer: What are the differences? GAAP and AICPA What issues should accountants be aware of in the profession? How can accountants be more efficient? Accountant responsibilities extend far beyond number crunching.

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Working in the Big Four seems to be more limited to just like, CFO or chief finance type roles.” The accountancy sector is no exception. Investment banking was more versatile, he said.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

Going Concern

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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Professionals on the Move – October 2023

CPA Practice

and Volta, and acting CFO and CTO at Uber, along with his operational experience across finance functions leading international expansions, fundraising, and spearheading IPOs, make him perfectly suited to advance the KPMG brand in this space. Chong-Tee Ong is Chairman of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore.