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Friday Footnotes: Remembering Legend Sid Kess; Andersen’s Doing Great; Poland Banned Deloitte From Auditing? | 9.22.23

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Both Mendlowitz and his father, also a CPA, attended the CUNY school. Summing up Sid: The ultimate CPA and friend to all [ Journal of Accountancy podcast ] Plenty of CPAs can say they learned something from Sid Kess, who died last week at age 97. It’s free and provides CPE; advance registration is required.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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Mr. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St. ” Complying with the Corporate Transparency Act [ CPA Journal ] By now, CPAs should be aware of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), passed in 2021 and effective January 1, 2024. Louis, Missouri.

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Friday Footnotes: Know Your Value; Retired EY Partners Complain; ‘Rest For Success’ | 2.3.23

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Ironically, Ergo’s auditor is Mazars, a big rival of Grant Thornton among the second tier of Irish accounting firms. Grant Thornton were auditors until McCann became Ergo’s chairman in 2015. When I went on the board here we had to resign as auditors.” The number of non-CPA professionals employed by the St.

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Friday Footnotes: An Outsourcing Shortage Now Too?; Finally, Some Disruption; PwC Haters Celebrate Government Inquiry | 3.17.23

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“A proposal like this could allow for the reinstatement of credit for more than 15,000 CPA candidates and re-open the door for those candidates to complete their journeys to becoming licensed CPAs. The best financial planners or wealth managers will set themselves apart with outstanding soft skills.”

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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The whole point of hiring a big four audit firm such as PwC is to attach your financial results to a brand whose reputation is beyond question. Audit The auditor’s role in supply chain due diligence [ Compliance Week ] A recent New York Times report detailed alleged examples of migrant children working for U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: Why Private Equity Loves the Profession; A Very Naughty KPMG Employee; WTF PwC Guy | 4.5.24

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Finance ] Aitzarelys Negrón, certified public accountant (CPA) and founder of Strategies and T.E.A., At that firm, I was an external auditor for almost five years, and in the final year, I was working in our Financial Accounting Advisory Services group.” The 2021-22 audit was due to the state on Oct. Watch this space.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Shrinks Its Audit Practice; Andersen Going Public; Someone’s Losing a CPA License | 8.23.24

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Audit Clients in Response to Shortfalls [ Wall Street Journal ] Ernst & Young said it is cutting ties with many U.S. public companies as audit clients, a move to revamp its audit practice and improve the quality of its work. Eighty-four public companies exited EY as audit clients between Jan. EY Sheds U.S.

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