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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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The Asian country recently urged state-owned enterprises to phase out Big Four contracts and hire locally instead in a bid to rein in foreign accountants amid what it called data security concerns. KPMG, PwC and Deloitte got less than 4% each, according to data from the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants analyzed by Bloomberg.

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

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Justin Chudzik (Pennsylvania), a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (majoring in accounting) and a Master of Science in Accounting, is employed with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT. Michael Paul Donnelly, Jr.

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Friday Footnotes: RTO Isn’t Going So Great; KPMG Wins Something; What Auditors? | 5.19.23

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Special Report: KPMG Canada beats Big Four accounting rivals in net new client gains [ Canadian Accountant ] For the second year in a row, KPMG Canada has surpassed its Big Four rivals in net new audit client gains, helping to offset the loss of a controversial company as an audit client.

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AICPA News – June 2023

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Justin Chudzik (Pennsylvania), a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (majoring in accounting) and a Master of Science in Accounting, is employed with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT. Michael Paul Donnelly, Jr.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG’s ESG Conflict; PwC Fails to Deliver; FASB Turns Attention to AI | 3.3.23

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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital to Restate Some Results on Accounting Issues [ CoinDesk ] Marathon Digital (MARA) said it will need to restate portions of its audited 2021 results and currently unaudited quarterly reports from 2022 after an inquiry from the U.S. billion accounting. The error accounted for $3.5

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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Partner Scammed By Other Deloitte Partner; Big 4 Legal Grows; A $3.5 Billion Error | 2.17.23

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The revelation that Mr Endow reportedly ran the fund working as a partner at the firm, one of the world’s largest accounting and consulting firms, has raised concerns across the firm’s partnership. Those creditors include the UK tax authority, HMRC. Neither KPMG nor the official receiver would confirm the size of the settlement.

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