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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners Are Split on the Split; PCAOB Further Annoys Auditors; Recruiting Events Are Back! | 3.31.23

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Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.

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Friday Footnotes: Remembering Legend Sid Kess; Andersen’s Doing Great; Poland Banned Deloitte From Auditing? | 9.22.23

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People Ken Miller set to retire after more than three decades of service [ Virginia Tech ] After more than 35 years of dedicated service to Virginia Tech, Ken Miller has announced his retirement. Miller was appointed vice president for finance in April 2020 and also serves as the university treasurer. That compares with the $1.6

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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Check out this week’s top remote accounting candidates. The “big four” accounting firm reported revenue of A$3.4 Patrick, now a resident of Cody, Wyoming, co-owned a media brokerage firm with her husband and hired an accounting firm to prepare business and personal tax returns for 2012 through 2014.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC’s Head of Reputation Quits; KPMG’s New Commercial; EY Split Still on the Menu | 6.9.23

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PwC’s tax scandal victims pile up [ Australian Financial Review ] It was Wednesday evening when the full cost of PwC Australia’s position began to dawn on the firm’s senior employees – the kernel of true believers on the brink of realising their life ambition to become partners at Australia’s biggest accounting firm.

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4 Ways Finance and Accounting Pros Can Adapt Now to Working With Generative AI

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No matter how you might feel about generative AI’s recent and rapid rise in the workplace, it is a wave of change that all accountants must embrace at some level. And 51% reported that they expect their firms to start using the technology within the next six to 12 months. Saah earned a finance degree from Virginia Tech.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Identical Twins Head to Deloitte; TWO PwC Leaks; VA Tackles 150 | 5.15.23

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Virginia Society of CPAs is tackling the question “ is 150 too many? ” For nearly the past two decades, prospective CPAs in Virginia have had to undertake 150 hours of education before becoming licensed. But a declining CPA pipeline has accountants asking: Is the 150 now a barrier to becoming a CPA? of New York.

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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. Ardoino stated, “None of the Big Four firms are willing to audit us.”

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