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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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You gotta pay the piper,” Romeo Razi, a certified public accountant based in Las Vegas, tells CNBC Make It. The Use Of AI By Financial Executives And Their Auditors [ Forbes ] Artificial Intelligence (AI) is starting to have the capabilities to improve both financial reporting and auditing. “Win big? 1, 2024.

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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. Louis also held himself out to be an accountant who prepared tax returns for pay or as a favor to friends. PCAOB Spotlight PDF here.

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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. employs nine female and 14 male accounting partners. There’s not any sort of regulation around who can be an auditor ,” Rood said. “My

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

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Financial details of the transaction weren’t disclosed in the news release or in announcements on the Moss Adams website and in a trade publication. Regulator Requires Audit Firms, Individual Auditors to Apply to Join New Register [ Wall Street Journal ] The U.K. Audit: U.K. ” Oh, Reddit.

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