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Friday Footnotes: Behemoth Big 4 Firms Get Behemothier; Audits Get Harder; Eliminate Clients! | 11.11.22

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The next generation of accountants and auditors is in demand, but Ben Lansford, an accounting professor and director of the Master of Accounting program at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University explained why some are hesitant. Many auditors responding to the FERF study noted an increase in effort by their teams (68%).

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

Going Concern

Investigators say Williams’ work came under suspicion when the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and an independent auditor were unable to reconcile his reports on the court’s finances for the year 2020. Many records and documents requested by auditors were not provided by Williams and had been transferred to his personal laptop.

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