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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

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News Pride Toronto repaying over $505K after federal grant controversy [ CBC ] Pride Toronto is repaying just over $505,000 in grant funding after an accounting firm found the organization could not prove that it completed several projects despite receiving $1.85 million from the federal government.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

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KPMG has gone above and beyond my expectations of a Big 4 accounting firm because of their attention they give their employees. Omoniyi Osunsanya, has said the district will attract youths in secondary schools, tertiary institutions, and graduates to the accounting profession. “We

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Where SMEs Stand At 2016’s Midpoint

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SMEs worry about unpaid invoices , a figure released by small business accounting firm Xero last week suggests. 19% of SMEs turn to Google for accounting advice , the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) found. 52% of U.K. days every month chasing down late payments.