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Friday Footnotes: Why People Leave Public Accounting; Audit Workloads Up; Terrorist Clients (Literally) | 12.2.22

Going Concern

The following is a discussion of what I have found to be the most common reasons why people leave public accounting. Audit committee disclosures increase, right along with workload [ Journal of Accountancy ]. The Pentagon Can’t Count: It’s Time to Reinvent the Audit [ War on the Rocks ].

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Friday Footnotes: PwC in Trouble?; A Backwards Accountant; Audit Committee Musical Chairs | 1.13.23

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Audit Committee Composition Changing Amid Expanded Scope and Emerging Risks, According to New Report from Deloitte and the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) [ PR Newswire ]. provides insight into shifting oversight priorities and practices related to audit committee composition.

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Paul Munter to Take Over as SEC Chief Accountant

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As chief accountant, Munter will continue to lead the Office of the Chief Accountant and serve as the principal advisor to the SEC on accounting and auditing matters. I look forward to continuing to support work that improves the quality of financial reporting and auditing domestically and internationally.

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Friday Footnotes: Opinions!; EY’s Blockchain Aspirations; KPMG Junior Reprimanded | 9.30.22

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Unlike anybody else, we’re actually building tools and applications in this space, so we built, for example, our own blockchain audit platform, where we can do on-chain and off-chain transaction reconciliation,” said Paul Brody,blockchain lead at EY. Rehmann merges in Vestal & Wiler [ Accounting Today ]. Accountant Life.

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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The Asian country recently urged state-owned enterprises to phase out Big Four contracts and hire locally instead in a bid to rein in foreign accountants amid what it called data security concerns. KPMG, PwC and Deloitte got less than 4% each, according to data from the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants analyzed by Bloomberg.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Doesn’t Regret a Return to Office; Consulting Cut Backs; AI Will Not Replace Accountants | 8.11.23

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This has been a very successful decision with KPMG doubling in size since then assisting our growing client base in areas including audit services, advisory and business and tax advisory.” Auditors today disclose critical audit matters. billion sale of the Commanders to Harris and his group of approximately 20 limited partners.

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