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

Going Concern

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

CPA Practice

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.

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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

SEC accepts FASB’s 2022 reporting taxonomies [ CFO Dive ] The Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted updates to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and SEC Reporting Taxonomy, FASB has announced.