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Friday Footnotes: Anyone Wanna Work in Hollywood?; Profit-Hungry CEOs Love Gen AI; KPMG’s SF Future | 1.19.24

Going Concern

Leadership PwC Vets Finalists for Top Job as Industry Meets AI, Gen Z Era [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC’s next leader will confront the challenges of rapidly advancing technology, recruiting and training an evolving workforce, and keeping up with the needs of its core accounting clients. I’m an accountant’s dream.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Nationally Ranked Accounting Firm Welcomes New Forensic and Litigation Principal Windham Brannon , an INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm, recently welcomed Kevin Bennett as a Principal for the firm’s Forensic and Litigation Services practice in October 2023. David Winter, Ga. Denise Zaharoff, Ga.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Gen Z Ruins Accounting; EY Hammers Out Some Deets; Internal Control Controversy | 12.05.22

Going Concern

Baker Tilly is running a pilot program that explores the idea of scrapping the traditional billable hour and basing its fees on the actual projects it completes instead: “It’s not about the hour, it’s about the production, it’s about the work to get the project done,” CEO Alan Whitman told Bloomberg Tax. That’s why it’s controversial.”.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Doesn’t Regret a Return to Office; Consulting Cut Backs; AI Will Not Replace Accountants | 8.11.23

Going Concern

Accounting and advisory firm Grant Thornton trimmed about 3% of its ranks in June. Firm Watch SingerLewak Grows in Pacific Northwest With Acquisition [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Los Angeles-based IPA 100 firm SingerLewak (FY22 net revenue of $89.6 million) is merging in Hearthstone CPA Group of Bremerton, Wash.

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Slashes Partner Class; Accounting Firm Rescues Dog; Do We Still Need CPAs? | 4.19.24

Going Concern

The Big Four accounting firm is considering adding about 85 U.S. The figures include both partners and principals, which are partners who aren’t certified public accountants. However, he emphasized that securing one of them as Tether’s auditor is a high priority for the company. Currently, with a market cap of over $109.5

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Is Tops in M&A Advisory; What You Can Do With a MAcc; EY Consolidates in LatAm | 4.28.23

Going Concern

News The leak that puts a multibillion-dollar industry at risk [ Sydney Morning Herald ] A foolish attempt to help multinational companies avoid paying tax in Australia has spectacularly backfired on the multibillion-dollar professional services industry, infuriating Canberra and potentially costing these high-profile firms billions in fees.

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Friday Footnotes: Higher Salaries Lead to Higher Fees; EY Auditors Quit; Senator Rags on Greedy Accounting Firms | 1.27.23

Going Concern

Big 4 EY auditors escape potential Wirecard sanctions after leaving profession [ Financial Times ] Germany’s audit watchdog closed investigations against four current and former EY auditors involved in inspecting collapsed payments firm Wirecard after they handed back their professional licences and left the profession earlier this month.

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