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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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The Conflict Surrounding Work-Life Balance in Public Accounting Firms [ CPA Journal ] For years, the public accounting sector has been characterized by high employee turnover. In the past few decades, public accounting firms have implemented work-life balance practices as part of their attempts to curb excessive turnover.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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This was the brave part of the statement PwC boss Kevin Burrowes made on Wednesday as he announced another 366 partners and employees would be cut at the embattled firm to right-size the shrinking business. a company obtains milk from a dairy farm processor; the auditors audit the processor but not the dairy that supplies the milk).

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Says Stop ERC Fearmongering; Deloitte Cussed Out For ‘Grueling Culture’; Worst Books Ever | 2.23.24

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Patrick, now a resident of Cody, Wyoming, co-owned a media brokerage firm with her husband and hired an accounting firm to prepare business and personal tax returns for 2012 through 2014. 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: Rettig Is Out at IRS; KPMG and Deloitte Suck at Auditing; Desperate For Accountants | 10.28.22

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Iowa addresses accountant shortage, expands eligibility for state jobs [ KCRG ]. Accountants and auditors with the Office of Auditor of State no longer need a four-year degree. They are talking about audit firm resignations, not auditors quitting just before the finish line. Our newsletter is always on time.

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Friday Footnotes: Screw the Office; Auditor Sues EY For Doing Her Job; IRS Levels Up | 9.16.22

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Sayantani Ghose filed a complaint in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday claiming EY punished her for exhibiting “professional skepticism,” even after the accounting firm had paid tens of millions of dollars in fines and settlements over its auditors’ alleged misconduct in recent years. Accounting Firm M&A.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

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Jeri Beckham, Texas Joan Bengford, Iowa Velma Bjorgum, N.D. Jody Ehlers, Iowa Erick Enriquez, N.J. James Gobeli, Iowa Melissa Gourgues, La. Johnny Welborn, Texas Denise Zaharoff, Ga. Top 100 Katherine Allen, Colo. Dee Ann Aydelott, Mo. Teresa Barton, Utah Farooq Bawa, Ill. Kathleen Beard, Kan. Daniel Blamer, Mich. Meg Hall, Ga.

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Wealth Management Firm Buys BerganKDV in ‘First of Its Kind’ Deal

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A wealth management firm, which had more than $210 billion in combined assets under management and advisement as of Dec. 31, 2022, went shopping recently and bought itself one of the 100 largest accounting firms in the U.S. Yesterday’s] deal is a first of its kind in the accounting profession!