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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The EY Executive Who Never Was; Deloitte Doesn’t Get in Trouble | 10.9.23

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Both CPAs, Mike Gibson is a retired audit partner and his wife Kristy worked at EY too, now she runs a recruiting firm. Shareholders needed to be able to trust financial reports that have been signed off by an auditor, the association’s chief executive, Rachel Waterhouse, told the inquiry on Friday. “We

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

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Bill would let private CPAs, not state auditor’s office, audit state agencies [ Radio Iowa ] Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, IA seems to think letting CPA firms audit government books instead of the state auditor will fix the accountant shortage somehow? Year-on-year growth of 16.4%, including 13.3%

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Says Stop ERC Fearmongering; Deloitte Cussed Out For ‘Grueling Culture’; Worst Books Ever | 2.23.24

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Q: What advice would you give your student working on their first project as qualified auditor? Bowers CPAs & Advisors Makes a Pair of Rochester Moves [ Central New York Business Journal ] Syracuse–based Bowers CPAs & Advisors says it has acquired a Rochester accounting firm and has also relocated its Rochester office.

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Friday Footnotes: Firms Make Progress on Diversity; EY Growth Plan; PIZZA PARTY! | 3.8.22

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Polymetal International’s Auditor Deloitte Resigns Citing Russian Operations [ MarketWatch ] Polymetal International PLC said Friday that its auditor Deloitte LLP has resigned with effect from April 7 as it won’t be able to carry out the audit process as most of the company’s assets and operations are in Russia.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

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The NYT report’s focus was that private auditors from large firms failed and consistently missed child labor law violations. Auditors moved quickly and left before children arrived for overnight shifts, or they were not sent where minors worked. Fifty-one percent oppose the proposal, compared with 43% who are in favor. Education Sen.

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