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Friday Footnotes: RTO Isn’t Going So Great; KPMG Wins Something; What Auditors? | 5.19.23

Going Concern

Special Report: KPMG Canada beats Big Four accounting rivals in net new client gains [ Canadian Accountant ] For the second year in a row, KPMG Canada has surpassed its Big Four rivals in net new audit client gains, helping to offset the loss of a controversial company as an audit client. Chinese companies switch auditors to avoid U.S.

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Insights Into DCAA’s Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022

Cherry Bekaert

In this episode of Cherry Bekaert’s GovCon Podcast, Eric Poppe , a Managing Director in Cherry Bekaert’s Government Contracting Industry practice, is joined by Jeff Annessa , a Senior Manager in the Firm’s GovCon practice who spent 13+ years with the DCAA and held various positions such as Quality Manager, Supervisory Auditor, Field Audit Office (..)

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Details on Grant Thornton’s PE Deal; What Is ‘Presented Fairly’ Anyway? | 5.13.24

Going Concern

Sabrina Sanders, AT&T’s chief accounting officer, is targeting graduate students for the company’s two-year-old, in-house training program. She’s spent more than two decades at AT&T, steadily working her way up to the C-suite from a role as an accounting manager. Just want to add this screenshot. PCAOB Chair Erica Y.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

Going Concern

Three of the firms also joined industry efforts to designate accounting as a science, technology, engineering, and math—or STEM—field, according to federal lobbying disclosures. My buddy from undergrad works office security at one of the Big 4 accounting firms in Midtown. The sessions will begin Feb.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

Going Concern

The models can read documents and pull-out information that auditors are looking for. “It It makes doing audits much faster, eliminating some of the human error, providing move value to some of the accounting audit work that we do for our clients,” he said. I always thank her for dreaming on my behalf.” Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Fear and Loathing at KPMG; FASB? More Like SLOWB; EY, Esq. | 10.31.22

Going Concern

The story is behind a paywall but Law.com says that during a recent Law.com webinar, EY global law leader Cornelius Grossmann said a new EY company, split from its audit business, would focus on largescale clients and projects that are multidisciplinary in nature, with legal services being a key—but not dominant—component. It has to work.”

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Overcoming generative AI risks within tax

ThomsonReuters

Building trust in generative AI Transparency and accountability play pivotal roles in alleviating client concerns. Accounting firms must communicate the steps taken to ensure the security and privacy of client data. By analyzing large datasets, AI systems can help auditors and accountants detect irregularities.

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