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What was new in September for state sales and use taxes

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Arkansas , Massachusetts , New York , Texas and Tennessee were among states that recently beat year-over-year or projected sales tax revenues. Auditors reported problems with the Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers. Blue bayou.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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Artificial Intelligence: The long-awaited saving grace of the accounting profession [ The Arkansas Traveler ] According to research by Chartered Accountants Worldwide, accountants are consistently rated among the most trusted professionals alongside doctors and nurses, with around 80% of people trusting them to navigate the business world.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

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The new publication includes some observations from PCAOB staff about how firms are leaning on such providers and suggests procedures for auditors to follow as they plan and perform audits. The gunman – identified as Jeremy Spicer of Arkansas – shot and killed his boss and wounded an accountant. PCAOB Spotlight PDF here.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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Auditors slapped Amazon with some $12.5 The Foundation found that the five states with the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are Louisiana (9.56%), Tennessee (9.55%), Arkansas (9.45%), Washington (9.38%) and Alabama (9.29%). million in taxes, penalties and interest for the first three months of 2016.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Is Tops in M&A Advisory; What You Can Do With a MAcc; EY Consolidates in LatAm | 4.28.23

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The setback for auditor partners is especially severe when their ICOs are somewhat subjective and when they focus on more important clients, according to the study published last month by academics at the University of Arkansas, Colorado State University and the University of Kansas.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Eff You, Pay Us; Let’s Complain About Auditing Again; RIP to a Real One | 8.14.23

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In this environment of increased scrutiny of auditors, audit firms must double down on a culture of integrity and ensure that they have quality control systems in place to enforce compliance. There’s not any sort of regulation around who can be an auditor ,” Rood said. “My My guess is that changes … but that doesn’t exist today.”

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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners’ Snazzy Secret Meeting; PwC Talks Layoffs; Merger Mania! | 8.19.22

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Regulator Requires Audit Firms, Individual Auditors to Apply to Join New Register [ Wall Street Journal ] The U.K. said Stephen Rowe, associate accounting professor at the University of Arkansas and a former Big Four auditor. “It Audit: U.K.

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