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What Private Equity Means for Accounting Firms: Thought Leaders Explore Pros and Cons

CPA Practice

Audit firms cannot be owned and operated by non-CPAs, therefore firms that accept majority outside investment, or are hoping to attract it in the future, generally must organize their audit/attest practice independently from their tax/advisory/consulting side, allowing for PE investment in the latter.

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Professionals on the Move: Feb. 2024

CPA Practice

Merlo received her Bachelors in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. Caché Heidel , Tax Senior Manager, spent more than half of her 11-year career with a Big 4 accounting firm, helping her clients launch successful IPOs, emerge from bankruptcy and complete large transactions.

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PCAOB Has Handed Out a Slew of Punishments to Audit Firms Recently

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Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug. Here is a recap of the PCAOB’s busy last two weeks of enforcement and the firms that got busted.

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Professionals on the Move: Feb. 2024

CPA Practice

Merlo received her Bachelors in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. Caché Heidel , Tax Senior Manager, spent more than half of her 11-year career with a Big 4 accounting firm, helping her clients launch successful IPOs, emerge from bankruptcy and complete large transactions.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

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Former partner Wayne Plummer told PwC partners in December that the firm had made an in-principle agreement with the Tax Office to settle on a no-admissions basis in return for a 50 per cent reduction in penalties that totalled several hundred thousand dollars. Such suggestions are false.

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America’s Choice Bookkeeping: Managing a National Clientele with Canopy's Client Portal

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." — Robert Azar, of America's Choice Bookkeeping and Tax Services. We spoke with Robert Azar of America’s Choice Bookkeeping and Tax Services about how Canopy allows him to easily manage clients and paperwork no matter where the clients live, and why his clients love using Canopy’s portal. Start your free trial today

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Why You Should Hire an Experienced Florida Accountant

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An experienced accountant can help you to navigate these twenty-first-century questions and spare you the penalties that might come your way for improper financial reporting. . A Florida Accountant Can Help to Expand Your Business. An accountant can help with that, too. This is where Xendoo can be especially helpful.

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