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What Auditors Do

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However, my role is not just to teach the material but to excite them about accounting as a profession and auditing in particular and share my pride in the vital role auditors play in our ecosystem. In its simplest form, auditors provide an opinion on an organization’s financial statements. And people think we are just numbers people!

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PCAOB finds auditor evaluation deficiencies

Accounting Today

Seventeen percent of comment forms in 2021 and 2022 contained auditor evaluation deficiencies, according to the PCAOB.

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State CPA Societies in Action: Ohio Society of CPAs

CPA Practice

With more than 100 years of experience, The Ohio Society of CPAs represents 85,000 CPAs and accounting professionals who are the strategic financial advisors to Ohio’s leading businesses. However, there has been a slight pickup of pre-CPAs, which has been encouraging.

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MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”

Going Concern

Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation that would introduce an alternative pathway to CPA licensure and the message to these stewards of the next generation of accountants is clear: no one is trying to eliminate MAcc programs. We welcome your feedback and questions.

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Role of CPAs in the Overall Economy

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My career was spent as a certified public accountant (CPA) and it was extremely rewarding since I was able to help many clients in many different situations. The independent reports of CPAs appear in every public company’s financial statements that are presented to investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Friday Footnotes: Burner Phones For Big 4 Firms; Mandatory Unpaid Leave Rumors; CISOs Hate on CPAs | 12.1.23

Going Concern

CPA Evolution Rise of the cyber CPA: What it means for CISOs [ CSO ] Interesting read on one of the new CPA exam disciplines with a variety of perspectives from the CISO side. Some folks aren’t fans of CPAs edging in on their territory it seems. “Yeah, CPAs and the AICPA.

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Five Documents You Need If You’re Changing 401(k) Auditors

LSLCPAs

Don’t wait until the last minute to get these five documents if you’re changing 401(k) auditors. The post Five Documents You Need If You’re Changing 401(k) Auditors appeared first on LSL CPAs. Accountants really do like to make people’s lives easier.

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