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Friday Footnotes: Higher Salaries Lead to Higher Fees; EY Auditors Quit; Senator Rags on Greedy Accounting Firms | 1.27.23

Going Concern

Big 4 EY auditors escape potential Wirecard sanctions after leaving profession [ Financial Times ] Germany’s audit watchdog closed investigations against four current and former EY auditors involved in inspecting collapsed payments firm Wirecard after they handed back their professional licences and left the profession earlier this month.

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

Going Concern

Consulting Consulting industry Big Four sees Great Resignation drag to close [ Consultancy.uk ] A slowdown in attrition at the UK’s top consulting firms is leaving fewer opportunities for new talent to advance. economy, including employment, labor income, and tax contributions to federal, state, and local governments.

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Cohen & Co. to Move Into Buffalo After Acquiring CPA and Consulting Firms

CPA Practice

With a team that has decades of previous experience working as government tax auditors, the tax consulting firm specializes in state residency services and audit defense for ultra-high-net-worth individuals. PEAR’s tax consulting work complements much of Cohen & Co.’s

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Friday Footnotes: PwC’s Turn For a Probe; Accounting Professor Does a Naughty; The IRS is Hiring | 3.11.22

Going Concern

—PwC Becomes Latest Subject of Investigations [ Bloomberg Tax ] Paul Brehony of Signature Litigation LLP looks at the growing number of investigations by the U.K. tax authority into historic audit failures by the “Big Four” firms, and discusses the prospects for success of proposed major reforms to the audit regime.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Embarrasses Itself (Again); Archaic IRS Tech; Partners Battle It Out | 2.27.23

Going Concern

In an article titled “Interactive Auditor-Client Negotiations: The Effects of the Accumulating Nature and Direction of Audit Differences” a team of researchers further examined what happens during these discussions and how the negotiations can affect the magnitude of audit adjustments made to financial statements.

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Accounting Firm Names: 1000+ Ideas for Modern Firms

Ryan Lazanis

Financial Consulting Associates Accounting Auditing Venture Professional Tax Consultants Etc. Lengthy names can be challenging to remember, pronounce, and fit into branding materials. Picture yourself as a customer and tell me if you’ll find these names appealing and interesting.

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Sales Tax Issues for Online Retailers

Withum

The states are mailing out notices or letters to question a retailer’s business activities in the state to determine if there is nexus for sales tax purposes. Also, many states are hiring more sales tax auditors to audit more companies and identify related vendors who may not comply with sales tax.

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