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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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I’m just going to leave this here: Finding ‘untapped’ talent pools of CPAs [ Journal of Accountancy ] Gee I have no idea why it’s getting so hard to find CPAs hmmm…OH maybe because this is the kind of advice being handed out: “Put aside preconceived notions about what experienced CPA job seekers are looking for in their jobs.

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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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Widmer Roel is happy to announce that Julia Stenberg, CPA was promoted to Audit Supervisor, Brody Engen, CPA and Eric Bucholz were promoted to Tax Supervisors, and Candace Jacobs was promoted to Senior Audit Associate. We feel very strongly that those are complementary markets.” Widmer Roel made some promotions.

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

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said Stephen Rowe, associate accounting professor at the University of Arkansas and a former Big Four auditor. “It executives by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The lawsuit suggested that the accountants charged excessive commissions and took nearly 23 percent of revenue while Rihanna only received six percent.

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