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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Unintended Audit Consequences; The IRS Needs Experienced Accountants; PwC AI | 9.18.23

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‘There is no work to balance’: how shrinking budgets, Covid and AI shook up life in consulting : Andrew* is a 63-year-old partner in a small consultancy in England who finds himself with too much free time and too little cash. More than the number, auditors are exiting big names, which used to be a rarity.

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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

A consulting firm struggled to find the right hybrid work model. day workweek [ Fortune ] Management consulting firm Insigniam has seemingly found that happy medium after instituting a 4.5-day Many records and documents requested by auditors were not provided by Williams and had been transferred to his personal laptop.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG’s Idea of a Fun Summer; IRS Eats Their Homework; Downsized GT Downsizes | 5.13.22

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Junior KPMG auditor ‘should not lose his home’ for misleading regulator, says tribunal [ Financial Times ] A former junior KPMG auditor should not receive a fine so large it could force him to sell his matrimonial home, a tribunal has said. ” COVID-19 has negatively impacted how auditors work [ Phys.org ] Duh?

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Friday Footnotes: IRS Chief Hoping for ‘Financial Sacrifice’; PwC Spin-Off Layoff; KPMG Unites Deals and Other Deals | 10.27.23

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IRS encourages employers to electronically file payroll tax returns [ IRS Newsroom ] The Internal Revenue Service today reminded employers that the best way to file their next quarterly payroll tax return by the Oct. Audit Party City Taps BDO As Auditor After EY ‘Going Concern’ Spat [ Bloomberg Tax ] No, it had nothing to do with us.

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