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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Nixes Legal Practices; EY Looks the Other Way; Auditors Get Lectured Again | 10.14.22

Going Concern

KPMG and EY have also closed, according to people with knowledge of the matter, and both no longer have operational local law firm websites. List analysis: In fight for talent, nearly all accounting firms allow remote work [ Crain’s Cleveland Business ]. Accounting firm Benitez & Co.’s Talent and Hiring.

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Friday Footnotes: The Biggest PE Deal to Date; AI Is Moving Fast, Says Deloitte; EY’s Secret (and Nasty) Drinking Club | 5.31.24

Going Concern

Municipal Dumpster Fires Woonsocket city council respond to auditors abruptly quitting [ WLNE Providence ] Shout-out Mary Sahady who finally had enough of this b t and told this messy client to get bent. Woonsocket officials are hoping city auditors will change their mind, after they abruptly quit this past week. Eaton Corp.,

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Friday Footnotes: EY’s Six CEO Candidates; Deloitte UK Partner Payouts Increase Again; IIA Gets Their Way | 9.29.23

Going Concern

The London-based global accounting firm officially known as PricewaterhouseCoopers International is in talks to lease three floors at a new office building at 3155 Olsen Drive, across from Santana Row in West San Jose, the San Jose Mercury News reported, citing unidentified sources.

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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

Going Concern

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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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

Going Concern

So customers have filed more than a half-dozen proposed class actions against the NFL’s Tom Brady, accounting firm Prager Metis and Bankman-Fried as an individual, among others. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs. Other Stuff.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Denise Buettner, Ohio Frank Calise, Ariz. Shane Kamban, Ohio Joanne Kopanski, N.C. Bennett is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the American Bar Association Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute for Internal Controls and the Association for Corporate Growth. Daniel Blamer, Mich. Edward Bonaccorsi II, Mass.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

Going Concern

Many firms turn to third-party service providers to send and receive electronic audit confirmations to and from “confirming parties,” including banks, financial institutions, investment and brokerage firms, and law firms. In some cases, auditing firms may be relying too heavily on such outside companies.