Going Concern

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Audit AICPA asks SEC to reject PCAOB rules that pose ‘significant challenges’ [ Journal of Accountancy ] We don’t trust the AICPA so draw your own conclusions as to why they’re really against this. . Firms must invest in training, technology, and methodological tools to maintain audit quality. Las Olas Blvd.

Rhode Island

Accounting Today

JULY 28, 2025

Alberto Guzman, partner at Coral Gables, Florida-based AbitOs, offered his own unofficial statistics when commenting "if we talk to a hundred firms, 99 will say the number one issue is staffing or people on the growth side." India actually has more accountants than the U.S., 1 Fastest-Growing Firm Crete Professionals Alliance attests. "I

Technology

Accounting Today

JUNE 12, 2025

Bangor, Maine: Paul Archer, a Florida resident formerly of Hampden and Orrington, Maine, has pleaded guilty to attempting to evade federal taxes and engaging in fraudulent transfers and concealment in a bankruptcy proceeding. Bui anticipated that the transactions would be audited.

Tax

Going Concern

JULY 11, 2025

Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | July 10, 2025 Firm Watch CohnReznick acquires Piascik Certified Public Accountants [ Consulting.us ] The deal will expand CohnReznick’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic region, adding a Richmond office to its eight locations across Metro DC, Baltimore, Charlotte, and South Florida.

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CPA Practice

JULY 7, 2025

Grant Thornton Appoints Rick Surrett as CFO, Succeeding Longtime Leader Muhammad Bhayat Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest brands of professionals providing end-to-end audit, assurance, tax and advisory services, recently named Rick Surett as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

North Carolina

Withum

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Withum is proud to share that Ryan Kelly , CPA has been recognized by the Florida Institute of CPAs with a prestigious Horizon award. Ryan, an audit manager in our Orlando office , serves privately owned and publicly traded clients in the Professional Services , Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics industries.

cpas

Accounting Today

JULY 16, 2025

In February of this year, Armanino acquired Boca Raton, Florida-based ERP and technology consulting firm Complete Business Solutions. Louis, and Blue Sky Group, a music business management team in Nashville. In 2022, it merged in Philadelphia-based Drucker & Scaccetti.

Technology

Accounting Today

JUNE 19, 2025

Orlando, Florida: Medical equipment manufacturer Roger Whitman, 76, has been sentenced today to two months in prison for evading nearly $2.4 Delray Beach, Florida: Financial advisor Stephen T. Yager must pay restitution of at least $14,447 to the IRS, the exact amount to be determined at her sentencing. in restitution to the IRS.

Tax

Accounting Today

JUNE 5, 2025

of Sanford, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. From 2016 to 2020, Carter and Carrillo owned and operated Neighborhood Advance Tax, a tax prep business with a dozen offices throughout Florida. Franklin Carter Jr., and to not filing returns.

Tax

Withum

JULY 2, 2025

Receiving notice that you are being audited by the IRS is stressful, but losing an IRS audit that you should have won is far worse. They made procedural errors in their refund claim and subsequent audit that later prevented them from asserting a valid argument in court. On audit, the IRS disallowed the Shleifers’ refund claim.

Tax

TaxConnex

MAY 8, 2025

Failure to do could result in an audit by a state and a company being assessed the tax it should have charged with no statute of limitations. Also pertaining to tech, the location of the server can determine situs, which matters for sales tax obligations in states like Utah and Florida.

South Dakota

CPA Practice

JUNE 19, 2025

Burgess received her Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Florida State University and her Master of Science in accounting and taxation from Florida Gulf Coast University. Nocco earned a Master of Accountancy from Stetson University and is a licensed CPA in Colorado and Florida.

Real Estate

ThomsonReuters

JULY 1, 2025

The firm has since scaled its user base by 450% to future-proof audit practices and enhance productivity. As firms of all sizes use agentic AI-powered solutions such as CoCounsel to yield measurable gains in efficiency, accuracy, and staff satisfaction, their competitors struggle with the same old bottlenecks.

Tax

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Audit Large Accounting Firms Will Have to Submit Financial Statements to U.S. audit watchdog also voted 4-1 on a separate rule to require hundreds of firms to publicly disclose a set of eight metrics, ranging from auditor turnover to partner involvement, workload and work experience.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Firm Watch Whistleblower says big accounting firm hid evidence that a Saudi co-defendant helped finance 9/11 [ Florida Bulldog ] So this is…a lot. Big Four firm cuts jobs in Tampa in firm-wide layoffs [ Tampa Bay Business Journal ] This confirms what we were told about PwC delaying layoffs in Florida due to Hurricane Milton.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 13, 2025

FLORIDA The Florida Institute of CPAs announced its annual Women to Watch Awards on June 12 during its MEGA 2025 event, presenting the Experienced Leader award to Kristen Brand, office managing partner of Baker Tilly in Tampa, and Emerging Leader honor to Alex Welsh, senior manager of service delivery operations at A-LIGN.

Technology

Accounting Today

JULY 25, 2025

FLORIDA Stefano Comotti was appointed chair of the global board of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Lake Mary, for 2025-26. Nomination information is available here. ILLINOIS Jennifer Witts was hired as a partner in the client advisory services practice at CohnReznick, Chicago.

Rhode Island

Going Concern

JUNE 30, 2025

PwC told some 270 audit associates last week that they were part of a compulsory redundancy round, according to people familiar with the matter, with one saying headcount in the division was too high partly because of a lack of junior staff leaving voluntarily.

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Withum

JUNE 30, 2025

Governor DeSantis aimed to relieve the tax burden on businesses by signing legislation to eliminate Florida’s business rent tax. The measure, enacted through House Bill 7031, phases out the tax on commercial leases by October 1, 2025, marking a big win for Florida’s business community.

Florida

CPA Practice

JULY 30, 2025

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Technology

Accounting Today

JUNE 9, 2025

20 years ago when I moved from New York to Florida, I moved my business down here. Dan Hood (16:56): You came in Westchester and some other Neil Fishman (16:58): Areas and you goes to area, look, even here in Florida, you go down to Miami, you go to Palm Beach, you go to Wellington, Boca, just a few places.

Washington

Accounting Today

JULY 21, 2025

Watch: "2025 Fastest-Growing Firms: Ascend doesnt grow just for the sake of growth" ) AbitOs also recognized its international client base as one of "several factors" contributing to the Coral Gables, Florida-based firms recent growth. Tampa, Florida-based Top 100 Firm Crete Professionals Alliance — the 2025 No.

Technology

Accounting Today

JULY 10, 2025

Jacksonville, Florida: Ana Juanita Andrade-Reyes, a Honduran national illegally in the U.S., By Michael Cohn 6h ago Audit IESBA, IAASB form expert groups on sustainability standards The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board set up technical groups for their standards.

Tax

Accounting Today

JUNE 26, 2025

Florida: Attorney William Kalish, Tampa, indefinite from Oct. Englander, Westlake Village, indefinite from Oct. 1, 2024; and CPA Walter W. Knauss III, Westlake Village, indefinite from Dec. Connecticut: Attorney Scott M. Schwartz, Berlin, indefinite from March 18, 2025. Georgia: Attorney Nevada M. Tomasello, Forest Park, and CPA Victor C.

Tax

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Audit Private Equity’s Ties to Companies’ Auditors Have Never Been Closer. The supplement provides audit firms with additional guidance regarding remediation, including making the most of the remediation period, the potential influence of non-technical factors on persistent quality control criticisms, and more.

audit

Going Concern

JANUARY 31, 2025

Local accounting firm expands in North Palm Beach County [ South Florida Business Journal ] Kaufman Rossin CPA + Advisors, one of Floridas largest independent accounting and advisory firms, has opened an office in Palm Beach Gardens. Moving forward, the New York team will continue to serve its business and tax clients.

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Accounting Today

JULY 31, 2025

formerly of East Hartford, Connecticut, and currently residing in Tampa, Florida, has pleaded guilty to a charge related to his theft of a U.S. By Michael Cohn 1h ago Audit Public companies lose billions to fraud every year U.S. He was also ordered to a term of supervised release. Glastonbury, Connecticut: Ernesto Rodriguez Jr.,

Tax

Withum

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Withum is proud to announce the grand opening of its new larger office in Boca Raton, Florida , located at One Boca Place, 2255 Glades Road. Growing our presence in Boca Raton is a key milestone for Withum, reflecting our expanding client base in South Florida.

Florida

Accounting Today

JULY 8, 2025

Baltimore, Charlotte, and South Florida. By Michael Cohn 2h ago Audit IAASB revises auditor fraud standard The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has revised its standard on the auditors responsibilities relating to fraud. We are very excited to have the Piascik team join CohnReznick.

Technology

Accounting Today

JULY 1, 2025

Alpine Mar acquires Elliot Melamed Alpine Mar, a firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has expanded its offerings to include assurance services by acquiring Elliot Melamed PA in Coral Springs. Alpine Mar will be able to audit and review financials. Its an exciting opportunity for our team and the communities we serve." As a result.

North Carolina

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Audit The Alleged Theft of More Than $532K from a Pa. Township Shows the Limits of Routine Audits [ Explore Jefferson ] Last summer, officials in a small Centre County township revealed that more than half a million public dollars appeared to be missing. Audit the Fed [ MacIver Institute ] Ah s**t, here we go again.

cpas

Accounting Today

JULY 18, 2025

FLORIDA Leif Novie was hired as a partner in the private client services practice at CohnReznick, South Florida. relocate offices; and more news from across the profession. DELAWARE Herbein + Co. relocated its Wilmington office to Wells Fargo Tower, effective July 21, located at 2200 Concord Pike.

Indiana

Accounting Today

JULY 11, 2025

NEW JERSEY Matt Sampson Matt Sampson was hired as a senior manager in the audit and assurance department at RRBB, Somerset. Brown Plus, Camp Hill, promoted: Amanda Moats to audit manager; and Trinity Benedict and Megan Duffy to tax senior associates. PENNSYLVANIA Maggie Havelka Schneider Downs & Co.,

Oklahoma

Accounting Today

JULY 29, 2025

Auxis was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bringing Auxis into the fold will strengthen that vision — they have the talent, tools and nearshoring model to help us deliver enhanced value to our clients." It adds over 1,400 employees, primarily located in Costa Rica and Colombia, to Grant Thornton.

Technology

CPA Practice

JULY 23, 2025

More than 300 team members who were attending a firmwide training event in Florida took time to build bicycles for local kids and families facing medical crises. Our culture at Forvis Mazars challenges us to be builders and build unrivaled relationships in our communities,” said Kevin Price, chief inclusion and sustainability officer.

Technology

Accounting Today

JULY 3, 2025

FLORIDA Karen Lake Karen Lake began her tenure as the 98th chair of the Florida Institute of CPAs, Orlando, on July 1. opens new office in Chattanooga; and more news from across the profession. opens new office in Chattanooga; and more news from across the profession.

Technology

CPA Practice

JUNE 10, 2025

Once the user enters their credentials, they are sent surreptitiously to the attacker’s server,” said Vlad Cristescu, the head of cybersecurity with ZeroBounce, a Florida company that helps businesses lower their rate of bounced marketing emails.

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