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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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in accounting [ Accounting Today ] The biggest gains occurred in the health care, leisure and hospitality, social assistance and construction industries. The professional and business service sector added 19,000 jobs, including 2,700 in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services. billion ($2.21

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Friday Footnotes: An Outsourcing Shortage Now Too?; Finally, Some Disruption; PwC Haters Celebrate Government Inquiry | 3.17.23

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On top of a strong background in finance, both fields require extensive knowledge of tax law, and those are just the beginning of the hard skills needed to excel. Clearly, the inquiry is directly related to recent Tax Practitioner Board reports [about PwC],” one senior consulting insider at a rival firm said.