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

Going Concern

Almost every company on Crain’s annual Accounting Firms list said they allow remote work — which by one measure might be the most commonly employed tactic in their fight for talent. Of the 35 companies that submitted data for the list, 31 said they let most Northeast Ohio employees work remotely at least some of the time.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

Going Concern

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but employment in accounting and bookkeeping services fell by 1,100 jobs. Money Diary: A Senior External Auditor On 54k [ Refinery29 ]. “I’m 27 years old and currently working as a senior external auditor at an accounting firm in London.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Denise Buettner, Ohio Frank Calise, Ariz. Shane Kamban, Ohio Joanne Kopanski, N.C. Bennett is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the American Bar Association Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute for Internal Controls and the Association for Corporate Growth. Daniel Blamer, Mich. Edward Bonaccorsi II, Mass.

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

Going Concern

The company expects each of its roughly 1,300 Orrville, Ohio-based corporate workers to be on site for 22 “core” weeks a year. Now that work is under scrutiny as regulators pursue SPAC auditors for shoddy work and craft rules to put tighter restrictions on blank check companies.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

Going Concern

The new publication includes some observations from PCAOB staff about how firms are leaning on such providers and suggests procedures for auditors to follow as they plan and perform audits. Louis also held himself out to be an accountant who prepared tax returns for pay or as a favor to friends. PCAOB Spotlight PDF here.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

Going Concern

Accountant Shortage Leaves Some US Cities Without Credit Ratings [ Bloomberg ] The municipality of Marion had planned to finance a new $10 million firehouse with a bond deal later this year, but that project and others are on pause because the city north of Columbus, Ohio, doesn’t have a credit rating.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

Going Concern

Office Hours: CPA Firms Shift Toward More In-Person Collaboration and More Square Footage [ INSIDE Public Accounting ] Three years after accounting professionals were forced home by COVID and then back to the office, at least part of the time, firms are beginning to settle into a new normal. 31 is still not finished.