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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

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More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. There were about 1.65

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Talent-Strapped Down Under Deloitte and EY Are Importing Staff

Going Concern

We all know outsourcing is big these days — accounting firms might be sending a third of their work overseas and some seniors are overseeing an entire team of offshore associates — but what about insourcing ? We’re talking about talent-strapped Big 4 firms bringing the offshore talent to them. In the U.S.,

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY’s Paying Big For the Everest Failure; PwC UK Delays Promotions | 2.12.24

Going Concern

Someone you know spoke to NPR’s Marketplace for this story: Some accountants are turning away new customers this tax season Tax filing season is here and if you’ve been putting off finding a CPA, good luck. That’s been happening across the industry, according to Adrienne Gonzalez, who edits the accounting blog Going Concern.

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EY Reports a Rise in Naughty Behavior Now That People Have Returned to the Office

Going Concern

The death DM’s headline mentions is potentially relevant to bullying and harassment at the firm. 27-year-old senior auditor Aishwarya Venkatachalam told a friend before she died in August that things weren’t going so great at EY Sydney. We’ll take their word on that. ” Ms. . ” Ms.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

Going Concern

Check out this week’s top remote accounting candidates. Check out this week’s top remote accounting candidates. The “big four” accounting firm reported revenue of A$3.4 Despite receiving the completed and accurate tax returns from the accounting firm, Patrick did not file them with the IRS.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

Going Concern

So customers have filed more than a half-dozen proposed class actions against the NFL’s Tom Brady, accounting firm Prager Metis and Bankman-Fried as an individual, among others. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs.

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

Going Concern

Many firms turn to third-party service providers to send and receive electronic audit confirmations to and from “confirming parties,” including banks, financial institutions, investment and brokerage firms, and law firms. In some cases, auditing firms may be relying too heavily on such outside companies.