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ATA CPAs + Advisors Merges in Memphis Firm Whitehorn Tankersley & Davis

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Top 200 accounting firm ATA CPAs + Advisors has expanded its presence in western Tennessee after combining with Memphis-based Whitehorn Tankersley & Davis PLLC on Jan. With this merger, ATA now has 240 employees and 16 locations across four states—Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

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State CPA Society News & Updates: Feb. 2024

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State CPA Society News & Updates is a selection of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. All net proceeds from the tournament will be used to fund scholarships to college and university accounting students in Arkansas. Farber, CPA – UHY LLP Teresa J.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Living in Mom’s Basement; OnlyFans Tax Investigations; Finance vs. Accounting | 12.12.22

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Today we learn that Arkansas is not being hit with the accountant shortage as bad as other states : In Arkansas, the decline is not as severe. Whether there are any problems on the performers’ tax return filings—or indeed whether there are any commonalities—remains to be seen.” Lastly, “finance or accounting?”

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Friday Footnotes: EY on the Private Equity Offer; KPMG Tries to Stop Partner Poaching; Taxing the Metaverse | 9.8.23

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Little Rock housing authority will provide auditing firm with range of requested documents [ Arkansas Advocate ] HUD assessed Little Rock’s federally-funded public housing authority’s physical condition, financial condition, management and use of its capital fund and gave it 40 points out of a possible 100.

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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 would have thought that accountants would be seen as boring, but effective and the perfect person to do a good job on your tax return,” Wijnand Van Tilburg, a study co-author and senior lecturer in the university’s psychology department, said in a statement last week. Louis worked as a Tax Examiner for the IRS from 1985 to 1994.

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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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News The leak that puts a multibillion-dollar industry at risk [ Sydney Morning Herald ] A foolish attempt to help multinational companies avoid paying tax in Australia has spectacularly backfired on the multibillion-dollar professional services industry, infuriating Canberra and potentially costing these high-profile firms billions in fees.

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

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Kimble CPAs, a 14-person firm in the West End, last month became part of Alexandria-based KWC. Big Four Firms Test Audit Safeguards as Consultancy Booms [ Bloomberg Tax ] US regulators, alarmed that the outsized influence of that advisory work could undermine the job of auditors, are closely monitoring firms’ business deals.

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