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

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Each received the same set of questions, aimed at measuring what share of crypto’s upper echelon employs a third-party auditor and has an independent board. Around half of the businesses surveyed currently engage an independent auditor to assess their finances, the findings showed. Chinese companies switch auditors to avoid U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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Day Named Technical Director of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [ FASB ] The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on March 20 announced the appointment of Jackson M. What Role Should Auditors Play in Corporate Compliance? Movers and Shakers Jackson M.

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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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Two senators cited an EY report prepared for lobby group Master Builders Australia (MBA) and released during the May federal election campaign as evidence that dodgy modelling had been used to exaggerate the economic cost of disbanding the Australian Building and Construction Commission. After 1,600 auditors combed through DOD’s $3.5

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

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China’s Shift Away From Big Four Auditors Has EY Most Exposed [ Bloomberg ] Among the four biggest global accounting firms, Ernst & Young is likely to be the most exposed to Beijing’s crackdown on US-linked auditors, as it stands to lose about a 10th of its China revenue. 1, 2024, the Financial Accounting Foundation said.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

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in accounting [ Accounting Today ] The biggest gains occurred in the health care, leisure and hospitality, social assistance and construction industries. The professional and business service sector added 19,000 jobs, including 2,700 in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services.

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How the CPA, CMA and EA Credentials Have Become Global Designations

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Rather than being constrained towards a single country, accounting credentials such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Enrolled Agent (EA) and Certified Management Accounting (CMA) are quickly turning into global designations. . This has facilitated a rapid growth in interest shown for such accounting qualifications.

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