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Friday Footnotes: EY’s Six CEO Candidates; Deloitte UK Partner Payouts Increase Again; IIA Gets Their Way | 9.29.23

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KPMG offered video game training to some employees. After creating a video game character, players “travel” around the globe, answering questions about the firm and earning points for every question answered correctly. Players receive instant feedback and a detailed explanation of questions answered incorrectly.

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Friday Footnotes: Florida Man’s Tax Problem; Accountants Are Walking Out; BDO Assures on Tether | 2.10.23

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Audit Americanas’ $4 Billion Accounting Scandal Puts More Scrutiny on PwC’s Auditing Record [ Bloomberg ] A $4 billion accounting shortfall would typically raise alarm bells for an auditor. DeSantis Gains Control of Tax Board Overseeing Disney World [ New York Times ] Last year, at the urging of Gov.

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

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He will be starting as an investment-banking analyst for the technology, media and communications team in New York City at Lincoln International this summer. But there are other reasons,” Scully said, including that “JAG is listed as a co-defendant in a lawsuit with the district and that is a game changer.”

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Morale Is Suffering After Layoffs; Ignoring Audit Quality? | 3.11.24

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New York Times wrote a piece on people who bet on the Oscars and included this bit: Because the outcomes of sports games are unknown before the matches, allowing bets on them is considered less risky than bets on awards shows, whose results are decided in advance. He’s right on that last point tho. Who’s everybody?

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Friday Footnotes: Where the Audit Jobs Are; Big BDO Hires; A New Gig For PwC Alum | 9.9.22

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Although New York, Texas, and California dominated the number of jobs being offered for the roles analyzed, Florida was the only state to appear in the top five in each of the four positions reviewed. Supply and Demand. This would be helpful from a customer standpoint, especially if you think about integrated reporting.”.

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Friday Footnotes: Firms on India Hiring Spree; PCAOB Heads Overseas; PwC Lets You See Your Family This Summer | 5.6.22

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The 25-year-old tax accountant saw the story on the news and decided he wanted to take Ralph, a woman he’d never met, to Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Barchilon bought Ralph a ticket and they went to the game in style–in a stretch limousine. billion claim against Big Four auditor EY for alleged negligence.

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Why Are EY Clients So Stupid Sexy?

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TLDR: Boning clients and/or treating them to too many football games is an independence violation Once again EY is losing a client because someone over there just couldn’t resist banging them which leads us to wonder out loud: what is it with EY and hooking up with clients? In 2016, EY agreed to pay the SEC $9.3

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