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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Watch That Utilization; PwC CEO Doesn’t Know His Own Salary | 2.19.24

Going Concern

Fun President’s Day fact: although the third Monday in February is meant to recognize the birthdays of both first president George Washington and original hipster Abraham Lincoln, only Washington’s birthday — February 22 — is officially recognized in federal law ( 5 U.S. Everyone’s out buying mattresses.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Embarrasses Itself (Again); Archaic IRS Tech; Partners Battle It Out | 2.27.23

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“IRS tech is so ‘archaic’ the agency struggles to find people to work it” from The Washington Post : The Internal Revenue Service, which funds nearly everything the federal government does, uses information technology that is creaking with old age. Yet that is what the IRS deals with every day.”

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

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Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. The report says CPAs are generally paid more than non-CPAs, but the pay gap between the two shrinks when moving from entry-level to the manager level. “We

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Friday Footnotes: AI Trash Talks Big 4 Firms, Academics Apologize; EY Partner Took $700k in Naughty Money | 11.3.23

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How will AI affect accounting jobs? Thomson Reuters ] While 51% of accounting professionals believe that ChatGPT and generative AI should be applied to tax, accounting, and audit work, opinions are divided about the usefulness of AI tools. Former Citi call center in Gray purchased by accounting firm [ WCYB ] What firm?