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

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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

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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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Friday Footnotes: A Billion Dollar AI Audit Startup; Oops, All Independence Violations!; Bipartisan Tax Vote | 2.2.23

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PwC said on Monday that it had identified 129 breaches of independence rules affecting 74 clients and PCAOB inspectors had found a further one themselves while inspecting audit work in 2022. The figures were included in an update to PwC’s audit quality report, published on its website.

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

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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

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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

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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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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Picks a Global Chair; Guy Cusses Out KPMG | 10.30.23

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PwC has picked the head of its international advisory business, Mohamed Kande, to be its next chair, putting the Big Four accounting firm in the hands of a consulting partner. Kande’s selection by PwC’s global board was revealed to the firm’s partners on Monday, according to people familiar with the internal message.

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