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Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23

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[ Wall Street Journal ] A tap story from WSJ says accountants and writers are among the jobs that could be most affected by AI tools (*gulp*) Big 4 March people moves: KPMG, Deloitte, PwC make senior hires [ AccountancyAge ] Musical chairs across the pond. Murrell was arrested on Wednesday morning by police investigating the SNP’s finances.

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Finance Directors’ Tax Toolkit

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Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Menzies are often appointed by the Finance Directors of large companies and groups to work alongside their existing auditors. Menzies is a leading UK firm of accountants, finance and business advisers. R&D). Why Menzies?

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How to enhance the audit experience

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Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Even so care is needed in the implementation of any changes to ensure SMEs are not the victims of unintended consequences, this has been given a cautious welcome by some auditors. The key to driving value from the audit process is enhancing the overall experience.

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Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Overview of change for auditors: The changes to the standard require a much more granular based risk identification and assessment process, which means that auditors will have to significantly revise their audit approach in order to meet these comprehensive requirements.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: Getting Roofied at KPMG?; PwC: ‘Burnout Should Be a Concern’ | 9.5.23

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Stout served as the exclusive financial advisor to BDO and led the ESOP structuring, financing process, and execution on behalf of the company. Stout also served as the sole debt placement agent on a term loan financing led by Apollo-managed funds to facilitate the ESOP. The transaction closed on August 31. The company posted a £37.6m

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Partners Banging the Client Again; Turnstile Data Shows Staff DGAF About RTO | 1.29.24

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has hired KPMG LLP to vet its financial statements almost three months after its auditor of 28 years quit amid a tumultuous period for the food storage container business. Tupperware hired the Big Four auditor on Jan. 5 letter from district administrator Joe Phillips to Chief Auditor Joris Jabouin. Randy bunch, those EYers.

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Friday Footnotes: Retired EY Partners Hate on the Split; It’s a Raid!; ‘An Alphabet Soup of Technology’ | 11.18.22

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Bam is a chartered accountant and an outstanding South African. Meanwhile, Deloitte affiliates are at number 3 with 141 clients and Grant Thornton Bharat LLP associates have taken the fourth spot with 87 audits, as per the study of auditors of all listed companies. After 1,600 auditors combed through DOD’s $3.5