Going Concern

JANUARY 27, 2023

Big 4 EY auditors escape potential Wirecard sanctions after leaving profession [ Financial Times ] Germany’s audit watchdog closed investigations against four current and former EY auditors involved in inspecting collapsed payments firm Wirecard after they handed back their professional licences and left the profession earlier this month.

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Going Concern

APRIL 16, 2024

Over the past week or so, various media outlets have been picking on Trump Media auditor BF Borgers and their 100% PCAOB deficiency rate. See: Trump Media’s accounting firm has a 100% deficiency rate from U.S. Reviewers found multiple instances of the firm failing to meet professional standards in its audit work.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 20, 2023

Practice Management How firms use stay interviews to boost retention [ Journal of Accountancy ] Job interviews have long been an essential part of the hiring process. But now, some public accounting firms are turning the lens on themselves.

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2024

EY’s new boss shuffles leadership roles and plans cost cuts [ Financial Times ] EY’s new boss Janet Truncale has set out her leadership team for the Big Four accounting firm, moving an architect of its failed split from his executive role and signalling plans to cut costs across the global firm.

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Going Concern

APRIL 22, 2024

Carmine’s post: The aftermath article goes on: Schmoozing the firm’s Japanese partners alongside Di Sibio was his successor, Janet Truncale, the EY lifer from New Jersey who, in July, takes the reins at the firm she joined as an intern in 1991. EY was not so convivial this time last spring.

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Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 19, 2022

note: trying out a little something new for this week’s Footnotes. We’re adding accounting firm mergers & acquisitions to the weekly news as they’re happening with such frequency and regular Footnotes readers will notice the news is now sorted by topic. Firm M&A: Eisner adds Minn.-based

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