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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

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Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is.

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AICPA Honors Accounting Professor with Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award

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Weirich, PhD, CPA, as the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Award for his outstanding teaching, research and service throughout his 50-year career. It is an honor to present this lifetime achievement award to Dr. Weirich. Academic in Residence and Senior Director, Academic and Student Engagement at the AICPA. “We

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Unintended Audit Consequences; The IRS Needs Experienced Accountants; PwC AI | 9.18.23

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The hiring will be for higher-graded revenue agents, which are specialized technical positions that generally focus on audits. This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations.

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The 150-Hour Rule: A Case of Quantity Over Quality

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They do so using the concept of substantial equivalency, which is defined in Section 23 of the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA). These are (1) pass the CPA exam, (2) work for one year under a licensed CPA, and (3) obtain 150-hours of education. This Act sets forth three pillars of equivalency. Quantity Over Quality?

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Least Amount You’ll Make at Big 4; Carmine Gets a Sword Show | 4.22.24

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Then, its top brass were tearing themselves apart over the demise of Project Everest, the code name given to the firm’s ambitious plan to split its vast consulting and auditing practices. EY was not so convivial this time last spring. In a Friday order by U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

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Long Read Corporate Self-Oversight [ The American Prospect ] Four auditing firms examine the books of nearly every big U.S. How AI is transforming audit [ Thomson Reuters ] In the past, auditors have heavily relied on manual processes to uncover risks in financial statements and business operations. AI Is your firm keeping pace?

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

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Professor Laura Empson of Bayes Business School retells how these audit firms were beguiled by the glamour and big fees of corporate advisory work. ” Audit PCAOB reveals priorities for 2023 inspections [ Journal of Accountancy ] The PCAOB shared its list of priorities for 2023 audit inspections in a staff report released Monday.

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