Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The numbers don’t lie: of 658,267 actively licensed CPAs in 53 of the 55 licensing jurisdictions, less than 1% are Black (2020 data), a number that has remained largely unchanged in 40 years. It wasn’t until 2015 that a woman became CEO of a Big 4 accounting firm for the first time. CPA firms are white.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

At WilkinGuttenplan, she focuses on the real estate industry and high-net-worth individuals. The AICPA Leadership Academy was designed to strengthen and expand the leadership skills of promising young professionals while they network with a peer group of talented and motivated CPAs.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Cleveland-based top 15 accounting firm CBIZ acquired Erickson, Brown & Kloster, a full-service tax, accounting, and business consulting firm located in Colorado Springs, on Feb. We look forward to working with CBIZ to better serve the community our firm has supported for multiple generations.”

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“The job security and the ability to have a comfortable life motivated me at first,” said Khokhar, who served as a senior accountant at two construction firms and senior auditor at an accounting firm. But once I started, had some work and life experience, I realized there are better options out there.”

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Going Concern

JANUARY 26, 2024

News Pride Toronto repaying over $505K after federal grant controversy [ CBC ] Pride Toronto is repaying just over $505,000 in grant funding after an accounting firm found the organization could not prove that it completed several projects despite receiving $1.85 million from the federal government.

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Going Concern

MAY 6, 2022

The 25-year-old tax accountant saw the story on the news and decided he wanted to take Ralph, a woman he’d never met, to Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The authors posit that one significant factor driving the gender gap in the accounting profession originates with the Uniform CPA Examination.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 25, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The accounting industry is in a state of transition. The influx of private equity, labor shortages, and remote/hybrid work have all impacted accounting firms to varying degrees.

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