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PwC Locks Down Top Spot in Vault’s Best Accounting Firms Ranking for 2025

CPA Practice

It’s also the day career website Vault.com typically releases its latest ranking of the 25 best accounting firms to work for. Vault’s ranking for 2025 came out Monday morning, and for the 12th straight year, PwC was named the top accounting firm in the U.S. in 2020 , 3.6% in 2021 , and 9.3% in 2020 , 3.6%

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Friday Footnotes: Inside PwC Cheating; Audit Market Monopoly; AI Anxiety | 12.15.23

Going Concern

Cheaters What went wrong at PwC Canada: Accounting firm agrees to pay $1.45-million million to settle exam cheating scandal [ Canadian Accountant ] The Canadian member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International has agreed to pay the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario $1.45

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TIGTA Does Some Digging on the Revolving Door Between the IRS and Large Accounting Firms

Going Concern

to evaluate employees moving between large accounting firms and the IRS, a.k.a The Congressional request specifically noted interest in large accounting firms. The request noted that the review should include “the extent to which large accounting firms and their employees are taking advantage of the revolving door [i.e.,

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Plenty of Other Firms Were Winners in Vault’s 2024 Accounting Rankings

CPA Practice

The two biggest headlines coming out of Vault’s rankings of the best accounting firms for 2024 were PwC taking the “Best Accounting Firm to Work For” award for the 11th straight year and Deloitte ending PwC’s 14-year run as “Most Prestigious Accounting Firm.”

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PwC Once Again Tops the Vault Accounting 25, EY Almost Didn’t Make the List

Going Concern

Prestige accounts for 35 percent of the ranking formula; culture makes up 20 percent; satisfaction, compensation, and work/life balance each account for ten; business outlook, formal training, and informal training round it out with 5 percent each. And now you know how Vault comes up with each firm’s score. Full list here.

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The danger of overheard conversations

Accounting Insight

Sitting in this space means it’s entirely possible that you might hear the telephone conversations being made or received – including who the receptionist is talking to, who they are transferring calls to and which services the caller might need, perhaps insolvency support, audit expertise or tax advice.

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BDO Says It Is No Longer Doing Business In Russia and Belarus

Going Concern

The latest top accounting firm to turn its back on Russia and Belarus is No. This will preserve all the advantages of participation in the international network, namely the right to use intellectual resources: methodology and a global knowledge base, special audit IT applications, Pogulyaev lists.

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