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Friday Footnotes: Remembering Legend Sid Kess; Andersen’s Doing Great; Poland Banned Deloitte From Auditing? | 9.22.23

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Former employee of Chattanooga accounting firm speaks out [ Local 3 ] A former employee of Croft and Frost is speaking out following the accounting firm’s shutdown that cost him and his coworkers their jobs. The 2023 Forum on Auditing in the Small Business Environment and on Auditing Broker-Dealers is set for Oct.

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Prager Metis Merges in Goldsmith Molis & Gray

CPA Practice

Top 60 accounting firm Prager Metis has expanded its presence in North Carolina by combining with Asheville-based Goldsmith Molis & Gray, a full-service tax, accounting, payroll, and consulting firm. New York-based Prager Metis has one other North Carolina office location in Charlotte.

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Tax Partner Matters More Than Firm on Business Taxes

CPA Practice

When it comes to a corporation’s relationship with its accounting firm, the firm itself is less important than the partner who leads its engagement team in lowering its tax rate, according to a new study from Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. The answer is that it’s the partner that matters much more than the accounting firm.”

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Dean Dorton and VonLehman to Combine on Jan. 1

CPA Practice

Dean Dorton, based in Lexington, KY, and VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm, based in Fort Wright, KY, announced their marriage on Tuesday. The firm will operate as Dean Dorton and provide accounting, business advisory, and professional services to clients from offices in North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.

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Citrin Cooperman Adds Coleman Huntoon & Brown

CPA Practice

Top 25 accounting firm Citrin Cooperman has acquired Coleman Huntoon & Brown (CH&B) PLLC, a Chapel Hill, NC-based tax, accounting, and business consulting firm. The New York-based firm also picks up its first office location in the Carolinas as part of the acquisition.

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Doeren Mayhew Acquires Small CPA Practice in Michigan

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Top 60 accounting firm Doeren Mayhew said on Wednesday it has acquired Michael Sorrentino’s practice of Button Eddy & Sorrentino, a CPA firm based in Farmington Hills, MI. million during its most recent fiscal year, has eight offices in four states: Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina ] A federal grand jury in Charlotte has indicted Mandy Deann Urban, 47, formerly of Charlotte, with wire fraud, for allegedly embezzling more than $1.1 Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. million from her employer, announced Dena J.