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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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The American Institute of CPAs has announced the 50 winners of the 2022 Elijah Watt Sells Award. This award is granted to CPA candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, pass all four sections on their first attempt and have completed testing in 2022.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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Audit Comments Raise Concerns About PCAOB’s Proposal To Expand the Scope of Audits and the Role of Auditors [ JD Supra ] In June 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping amendments to its auditing standards. The administration did not present a budget for Internal Audit during the hearings.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

Going Concern

Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory.

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Friday Footnotes: A CPA Grindset We Can Get Behind; The Klynveld Krypto Team; Firms Still Desperate (For People) | 6.24.22

Going Concern

UPS, Dell, Others Call on SEC to Retool Climate Accounting Plan [ Bloomberg Tax ] Audit firms and companies including United Parcel Service Inc. Over on Reddit, u/Ostinato6 is cranking out a CPA Grindset series: And then there’s this. In response to the issuance of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB No.

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

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With this merger, ATA now has 240 employees and 16 locations across four states—Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi. WTD’s 47 years of expertise ranges from tax preparation and accounting services to more in-depth services, such as audits, financial statements, and financial planning.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Green Dot Gives Back; More Consulting Cuts Coming? | 6.12.23

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Fortune talks about how ESG is last year’s acronym, this year AI is the hot topic on audit boards everywhere. Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 Ackerman in the Sep/Oct 2022 CPA Journal was a great article. Found in downtown Philadelphia.

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Friday Footnotes: Accountants Are Into AI; KPMG Atlanta MP on ICE T; 150 Hour Inequity | 8.18.23

Going Concern

In total, the audit reportedly suggested that 20th Century underpaid TSG “by at least $40 million.” This is a strategy Leiter uses as a leader of the audit, tax and advisory services firm, which he joined from Ernst & Young over 20 years ago. Even auditing firms were struggling in how to quantitatively evaluate this stuff.”

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