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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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Justin Chudzik (Pennsylvania), a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (majoring in accounting) and a Master of Science in Accounting, is employed with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT. Michael Paul Donnelly, Jr.

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Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23

Going Concern

[ Wall Street Journal ] A tap story from WSJ says accountants and writers are among the jobs that could be most affected by AI tools (*gulp*) Big 4 March people moves: KPMG, Deloitte, PwC make senior hires [ AccountancyAge ] Musical chairs across the pond. I can imagine it. Castillo faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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AuditClub Appoints PwC Veteran in Leadership Expansion

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He most recently held a technical accounting role at a Fortune 500 financial services company where he helped lead complex implementations of accounting standard updates issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Gyesi is a certified public accountant licensed in Georgia and Washington, D.C.,

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

Going Concern

KPMG has gone above and beyond my expectations of a Big 4 accounting firm because of their attention they give their employees. It’s a tidal wave that’s going to hit a lot of firms if they’re not paying attention.”. ICAN to attract youths to accounting profession [ Punch Ng ] Meanwhile in Nigeria…sound familiar?

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Pride; KPMG Gets Snubbed; EY Goes on a Poaching Spree | 6.3.22

Going Concern

The Financial Accounting Standards Board adopted CECL in 2016, prompted by criticism that banks had booked losses too slowly in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. That is a far broader calculation than the old rules, which were based on losses expected imminently.

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Friday Footnotes: Retired EY Partners Hate on the Split; It’s a Raid!; ‘An Alphabet Soup of Technology’ | 11.18.22

Going Concern

Bam is a chartered accountant and an outstanding South African. Big 4 affiliate firms continue to lead audit business in India [ The Economic Times ]. Dallas Attorney and Members of Accounting Firm Charged with Promoting Illegal Tax Shelter [ Department of Justice ]. Law & Order. Other Stuff.

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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

Akazoo fired its CEO and saw its stock price tumble shortly thereafter, and investors have now filed a $40 million lawsuit against the accounting firm that audited the defunct company’s financials. The SEC Wants to Stop Activism [ Bloomberg Opinion ] Recently the U.S. Mary (@AccountingAsArt) March 25, 2022.