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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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Don’t feel bad, MY job ranked #3 most exciting and I assure you it absolutely is not, I write about accounting after all. “I ” Climate Plan Puts SEC in Rare Role as Accounting Rule-Writer [ Bloomberg Tax ] The U.S. And here’s a bit of positive encouragement from Twitter. .

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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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employs nine female and 14 male accounting partners. The 39 percent makeup of women partners exceeds the national average of 23 percent, according to a 2019 survey by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. His obituary includes a big flex : Jim was a certified public accountant and was very proud of his profession.

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

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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. said Stephen Rowe, associate accounting professor at the University of Arkansas and a former Big Four auditor.

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