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

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The problem is, the several state boards do not audit individual college or university course concept coverage. In Florida, for example, the Board of Accountancy reviews colleges’ accounting major syllabi in order to gain insight into an institution’s stated course content coverage.

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