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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Pride; KPMG Gets Snubbed; EY Goes on a Poaching Spree | 6.3.22

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Accountant Finds Out Client Has “Skeletons In The Closet”, Gets The IRS Involved And Makes Him Lose Everything [ Bored Panda ] It was posted on Reddit so obviously it must be true. That is a far broader calculation than the old rules, which were based on losses expected imminently.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

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Akazoo fired its CEO and saw its stock price tumble shortly thereafter, and investors have now filed a $40 million lawsuit against the accounting firm that audited the defunct company’s financials. Louis also held himself out to be an accountant who prepared tax returns for pay or as a favor to friends.

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Attention, Soon-to-be-Accountants: Governments Need You

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Professional association leaders warn that accounting staff shortages are popping up nationwide, impairing financial reporting at the same time that Congress has been pushing for more transparency in financial data , which will require even more staff work. So there is a skills shortage as well as an economic disincentive.