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Research: Seniors Give Better Review Comments If They Think the Staff Will Stick Around

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The paper “ Coaching Today’s Auditors: What Causes Reviewers to Adopt a More Developmental Approach? Brazel (North Carolina State University), Denise Hanes Downey (Villanova University), and Tammie J. Abstract of “Coaching Today’s auditors: What causes reviewers to adopt a more developmental approach?”

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Nixes Legal Practices; EY Looks the Other Way; Auditors Get Lectured Again | 10.14.22

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PYA, a Top 100 accounting firm and one of the nation’s largest privately held healthcare consulting firms, is pleased to announce it is opening a seventh office location in Charlotte, North Carolina. A longer, meatier report from auditors was introduced over the past decade in both the US and Europe.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina ] A federal grand jury in Charlotte has indicted Mandy Deann Urban, 47, formerly of Charlotte, with wire fraud, for allegedly embezzling more than $1.1 Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. million from her employer, announced Dena J.

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New AuditClub Passes Help CPA Firms and Companies Find Talent

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AuditClub, the Audit Service Center and creator of the innovative auditors-as-a-service model, has announced new and enhanced weekly passes that allow members to subscribe to AuditClub professionals with an experience level geared to the support they need during the upcoming busy season and beyond.

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Friday Footnotes: Know Your Value; Retired EY Partners Complain; ‘Rest For Success’ | 2.3.23

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Ironically, Ergo’s auditor is Mazars, a big rival of Grant Thornton among the second tier of Irish accounting firms. Grant Thornton were auditors until McCann became Ergo’s chairman in 2015. When I went on the board here we had to resign as auditors.” When is he changing back? “Ha Ha ha,” he chuckles. Mazars do a good job.

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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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What Role Should Auditors Play in Corporate Compliance? ProMarket ] The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed an amendment to its auditing standards that requires auditors to assume a larger role in corporate compliance.

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Friday Footnotes: Remembering Legend Sid Kess; Andersen’s Doing Great; Poland Banned Deloitte From Auditing? | 9.22.23

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Audit PCAOB offers forum for auditors; SEC releases several updates [ Journal of Accountancy ] Days after issuing a proposal to strengthen individual accountability for firm violations in audits, the PCAOB has announced a livestreamed forum aimed at educating auditors on how to avoid deficiencies. Williams said in a news release.

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