Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Michael Harlow to Lead Cannabis Practice at CohnReznick [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] New York-based IPA 100 firm CohnReznick LLP (FY23 net revenue of $920 million) has named Michael Harlow as leader of its cannabis industry practice. That compares with the $1.6 billion the company generated for all of 2022.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The London-based global accounting firm officially known as PricewaterhouseCoopers International is in talks to lease three floors at a new office building at 3155 Olsen Drive, across from Santana Row in West San Jose, the San Jose Mercury News reported, citing unidentified sources.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

BDO USA was fined $2 million and two of the firm’s partners were fined a total of $60,000 by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for failures in connection with the 2017 audit of AAC Holdings, which through its subsidiaries provides inpatient substance abuse treatment services, the audit regulator said on Tuesday.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In an article for CoinDesk , Francine McKenna took a crack at why the FTX debacle happened, and like she always does when there ’s really bad accounting at a company going through a financial crisis, who are/were the auditors: It’s not clear why FTX commissioned two different audit firms to audit its 2020 and 2021 financial statements.

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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2024

New York Times wrote a piece on people who bet on the Oscars and included this bit: Because the outcomes of sports games are unknown before the matches, allowing bets on them is considered less risky than bets on awards shows, whose results are decided in advance. He’s right on that last point tho. Who’s everybody?

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Sierra, a 23-year-old associate in New York is feeling “horrible” pressure to perform so she is not laid off. The hiring will be for higher-graded revenue agents, which are specialized technical positions that generally focus on audits. “And here we are, where this protection system is being used to exploit investors. .

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Going Concern

MAY 26, 2023

Long Read How a Pandemic-Era Program Became a Magnet for Fraud [ New York Times ] Amid the onset of the pandemic in 2020, as large swaths of the economy went into lockdown, Washington set up various programs to help keep businesses and their workers afloat. Have a safe Memorial Day. The reshuffle goes into effect on July 1. ‘No

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Going Concern

MARCH 4, 2022

Deloitte considers Russia pull out as pressure grows on western firms to exit [ Financial News ] Deloitte is considering pulling out of Russia, becoming the first Big Four audit firm to do so as pressure grows on Western companies to cut ties with the country following its invasion of Ukraine.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 16, 2024

Project Everest head cheerleader Andy Baldwin had some things to say at Davos : Breaking up EY into separate consulting and auditing companies would have increased growth potential as the company grapples with the need for capital to invest in technology and AI to stay competitive, EY’s global managing partner Andy Baldwin said on Tuesday.

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Going Concern

MARCH 22, 2024

Day will join the FASB from Ernst & Young LLP (EY), the global accounting and professional services firm, where he is a partner working in Professional Practice. Mr. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Big 4 EY considers handing retired US partners cut of proceeds from spin-off [ Financial Times ] EY has told retired US partners it is considering giving them a cut of the proceeds from a spin-off of its consulting arm, after complaints that the firm’s leadership is cashing in on a business built by previous generations. Ha ha,” he chuckles.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Three of the firms also joined industry efforts to designate accounting as a science, technology, engineering, and math—or STEM—field, according to federal lobbying disclosures. My buddy from undergrad works office security at one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Midtown.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 29, 2024

We are in the midst of a transformation, if not a revolution, whereby the role of an “accountant” is no longer confined to ledgers and balance sheets, but extends to realms previously unimagined. This is part of why New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent signing of “non-CPA ownership” into law is such a big deal.

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Going Concern

JULY 28, 2023

He graduated summa cum laude in accounting from Baruch College with numerous other academic awards and a continuing passion for wrestling, Ping Pong and handball. He was drafted into the army in 1952 and returned to the accounting firm in 1954. The IRS audit rate for large partnerships has dropped to less than 0.5%

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Partners at Deloitte in the UK and Switzerland will receive an average income of more than £1m each for the second year in a row, after the accountancy firm enjoyed another successful year. Ernst & Young Wants to Be ‘The Best on Earth at Ethereum’ Says Firm’s Blockchain Lead [ Decrypt ]. Firm Watch.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Talent As tax season approaches, accounting firms are short on staff [ Marketplace ] Oh hey! How can employers optimise working environments to support the needs of their accountancy teams and ultimately retain them, all while adding value to their organisation? The stablecoin firm released BDO’s assurance opinion on Feb.

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Going Concern

MAY 12, 2023

He will be starting as an investment-banking analyst for the technology, media and communications team in New York City at Lincoln International this summer. As a firm we have had to be proactive in our response to attracting candidates, addressing workforce planning and aligning our recruitment strategy to reflect this.”

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Check out this week’s top remote accounting candidates. The “big four” accounting firm reported revenue of A$3.4 EY Assurance teams now process over 775b lines of journal entry data each year, as part of the EY digitally transformed audit. Not finding the talent you need? billion ($2.21

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Going Concern

MARCH 11, 2022

tax authority into historic audit failures by the “Big Four” firms, and discusses the prospects for success of proposed major reforms to the audit regime. LaGuardia Community College Accounting Prof. Oh good, firms are finally turning to Reddit to figure out how to retain talent and… oh. China, U.S.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s $267 million settlement with retirees seeking higher pension benefits received early approval from a New York federal judge, paving the way for resolution of a 16-year-old class action challenging various aspects of the company’s pension plan. She has been a partner since 2006. to Yum China Holdings Inc.

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Going Concern

APRIL 21, 2023

Professor Laura Empson of Bayes Business School retells how these audit firms were beguiled by the glamour and big fees of corporate advisory work. The withdrawal is “catastrophic,” said Miranda Meginness, Marion’s auditor. Performance-related separations (a.k.a. It’s hard for us to figure out how to go forward.”

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Going Concern

APRIL 6, 2022

Starting salaries in Tax and Audit are up ever-so-slightly from 2021: Tax. Senior tax accountant: 1.4%. Tax accountant, 1-3 years’ experience: 1.6%. Entry-level tax accountant: 2.6%. Audit and assurance services. Senior auditor: 1.6%. Auditor, 1-3 years’ experience: 2.2%. Entry-level auditor: 1.6%.

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Going Concern

JULY 1, 2022

Ernst & Young IPO Will Create a Lot of Sour Grapes [ Washington Post ] Big Four auditor Ernst & Young LLP’s potential IPO of its consulting activities could trigger stock windfalls of as much as $8 million each for the consulting partners, according to the Financial Times. In time, they could cash in their stock.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and CPA.com announced its 2023 Startup Accelerator cohort at a kick-off meeting held at AICPA headquarters in New York. This year’s participants include five early-stage companies pursuing a variety of solutions in audit, accounting, tax and e-commerce.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 22, 2024

Paul-based Anton Group comes at a critical time for charter schools, which are contending with a shortage of firms capable of navigating their complex finances. Paul-based Anton Group comes at a critical time for charter schools, which are contending with a shortage of firms capable of navigating their complex finances. The Giant ??

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Going Concern

AUGUST 18, 2023

But after TSG noticed a declining return on its investments, the firm hired an independent auditor to look into how 20th Century was calculating its share, the suit says — and “what the auditors found in sampling just three of the 140+ films at issue was clear evidence of Hollywood Accounting.” PwC Will Appeal $65.5

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Going Concern

MAY 15, 2023

Armanino is named in an FTX lawsui t: The latest suit was filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco against Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC, the prominent Menlo Park firm known for early backing of Apple, Inc. The plaintiffs also asserted claims against FTX’s accounting firms, Armanino LLP of San Ramon and Prager Metis CPAS, Inc.

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Going Concern

JULY 10, 2023

New to Crain’s top 25 is New York-based KPMG. The audit, tax and advisory services firm reported a 6.4% Other leading accounting firms such as New York-based Deloitte and Ernst & Young also reported upticks in their Chicago headcounts.

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Account accountant accounted CPA 97

Going Concern

MARCH 8, 2024

District Court for the Southern District of New York said. The accounting firm’s former executive director has already served her eight month prison sentence and supervised release term. When conducting the fiscal year 2021 audit of Tingo, Inc., KPMG has built up a large business auditing U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has reportedly sent a letter to KPMG, Wells Fargo’s auditor, questioning why the accounting firm did not catch the fake accounts that resulted in $185 million in fines for Wells Fargo. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Edward Markey (D-MA), New York Post reported. “We

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Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

“That train departed the station in March of 2020,” says Brandon Smith, chief human resources officer at LMC in New York City. In interviews with three firms, two in New York and one in Great Bend, Kan., Expect 2023 enforcement against auditors to focus on quality control, culture, ethics and integrity.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Although New York, Texas, and California dominated the number of jobs being offered for the roles analyzed, Florida was the only state to appear in the top five in each of the four positions reviewed. BDO bolsters audit practice with 600 new trainees following watchdog’s damning criticism [ City A.M. Supply and Demand.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 20, 2023

Practice Management How firms use stay interviews to boost retention [ Journal of Accountancy ] Job interviews have long been an essential part of the hiring process. But now, some public accounting firms are turning the lens on themselves.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

EY fired auditor for not approving illegal transactions, says a new lawsuit [ Reuters ] Ernst & Young LLP has been sued by a former partner who says she was forced out of her job for refusing to sign off on client transactions that violated tax and securities laws. Accounting Firm M&A. PwC HK, KPMG to host U.S.

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Going Concern

APRIL 22, 2024

Then, its top brass were tearing themselves apart over the demise of Project Everest, the code name given to the firm’s ambitious plan to split its vast consulting and auditing practices. According to the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification data, EY entry-level accountants and auditors earn $54,000 a year and up.

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Going Concern

MARCH 17, 2023

Johnson continues, “If accounting firms want to venture deeper into the world of financial planning or wealth management, I suspect they would not be able to find enough CPAs with the necessary skill set to easily step into the role. The best financial planners or wealth managers will set themselves apart with outstanding soft skills.”

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Going Concern

JANUARY 26, 2024

Long Read Corporate Self-Oversight [ The American Prospect ] Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. But federal monitoring is making a comeback under new leadership. AI Is your firm keeping pace? company, in a process riddled with conflicts of interest. million from the federal government.

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