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Friday Footnotes: PwC Slashes Partner Class; Accounting Firm Rescues Dog; Do We Still Need CPAs? | 4.19.24

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consulting partners by more than 50% compared with last year as demand for advisory services continues to slow and the firm reorganizes its business lines. The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants.

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Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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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. The reshuffle goes into effect on July 1. ‘No million over a decade.

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Are There Conflicts of Interest Between the IRS and Accounting Firms?

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The question in the title of this article is one the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently tried to answer for some members of Congress who asked the IRS watchdog to evaluate employees moving between large accounting firms and the IRS, often referred to as the “revolving door.”

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: A New Kind of Audit Quality Report; Merger Mania; Skilled Talent, Not Newbies | 5.28.24

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The local news in Cincinnati covered this strategic move : One of Greater Cincinnati’s largest accounting firms is being acquired by an Indianapolis company. Blue Ash-based tax, advisory and audit firm Cassady Schiller CPAs & Advisors will become part of Katz, Sapper & Miller in a transaction that will be completed May 31.

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CLA Picks Up Washington CPA Firm Frost & Company

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Top 10 public accounting firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) acquired Tacoma, WA-based accounting and advisory firm Frost & Company. Whether our clients need tax, audit, or advisory assistance, together we have the skills, knowledge, and breadth of services to impact our clients’ business.”

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The PCAOB Did Not Appreciate Being Left Out of a Foreign Audit Firm’s Use of Foreign Auditors

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The paper-pushers at the PCAOB have punished another audit firm for running afoul of their rules , this time it’s Smythe of British Columbia, Canada and no one involved in this story is based in the United States except for said paper-pushers. The firm used the work of PwC Malta on the Scully audits, PKF Audisur on Tower One.

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Friday Footnotes: The PCAOB-to-Practice Pipeline and Audit Quality; Ball Extension; Tim Ryan’s Replacement | 1.12.24

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The auditor in question was Deloitte, the behemoth Big Four accounting firm with annual revenue of $65 billion through a global network that stretches from Amsterdam to Zhengzhou. million in audit fees in 2022.) Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Tingo paid $1.6

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