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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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PwC offers cutting edge AI technology with ContractPodAi [ ERP Today Magazine ] PwC has entered into an alliance with ContractPodAi, allowing the firm to offer a cutting edge AI-powered legal contract management platform. and overseas” seeking further explanation about the auditor’s opinion. If Your Job Exposed to ChatGPT?

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

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PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks. The findings provide invaluable insights the CPA profession and its stakeholders cannot ignore while trying to counter the persistent decline in the number of individuals pursuing the CPA credential.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG UK Pay Freeze; PwC Canada Layoffs; EY Bailing on Office? | 11.24.23

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Bonuses will also be cut, with staff in KPMG’s 2,900-strong tax and legal arm receiving 55 per cent of the full amount that could have been paid, an insider said. Internal audit is not a mandated profession within Australia so the law does not require people who practice as internal auditors to be members of an association.”

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PCAOB Has Handed Out a Slew of Punishments to Audit Firms Recently

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MSPC CPAs These five firms were fined and sanctioned by the PCAOB for violating auditing rules and standards related to communications with audit committees. was fined $75,000 for auditor independence violations during six audits of three company employee benefit plans. 11 for breaking various auditing rules. Snodgrass, Mancera S.C.,

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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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The international firm has cited legal professional privilege over a report by law firm Linklaters, but provided more information about the scope of the investigation and the conduct of those it mentions. Atlas CPAs and Advisors undercut the Utah-based auditing firm by $12,000. What Role Should Auditors Play in Corporate Compliance?

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Details on Grant Thornton’s PE Deal; What Is ‘Presented Fairly’ Anyway? | 5.13.24

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We moved the requirements addressing the engagement partner’s responsibility for due professional care into a separate paragraph to highlight the important role engagement partners play and to help draw a distinction between the responsibilities applicable to all auditors and those that are incremental for engagement partners.

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FTB Audit Representation by California State Taxing Authority

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During the audit, the CA FTB auditor is looking to find anything on your tax return in the case of an individual or the review of your books & records in the case of a business. This makes it necessary for CPAs, lawyers, enrolled agents to constantly update their knowledge to be able to help their clients.