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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners Are Split on the Split; PCAOB Further Annoys Auditors; Recruiting Events Are Back! | 3.31.23

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Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. John King and Frank Mahoney, senior U.S.

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Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Profession

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According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. students completing bachelor’s degrees in accounting declined from 57,500 in 2012 to 52,500 in 2020, a decrease of nearly 9%. Many courses taken to fulfill the requirement do not directly pertain to accounting or auditing.

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Listen Up, Young Accountants: Career Advice For Sticking Out Those Early Years

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Let’s say they’re in public accounting, and they get assigned to an engagement with a manager or client they don’t particularly like,” asked Maginnis. “Or But too often, young CPAs flee public accounting for what they believe are the greener pastures of industry and miss out on that learning and development.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Morale Is Suffering After Layoffs; Ignoring Audit Quality? | 3.11.24

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We’ll be doing an article shortly, in the meantime here are some quotes from INSIDE Public Accounting : Bob Cedergren, MNCPA board chair added, “I can tell you from my own experience, through conversations with colleagues throughout the country and the members of the MNCPA, that we have a significant shortage of CPAs.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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At the meeting, the Board will consider issuing for public comment a proposal to amend PCAOB Rule 3502, Responsibility Not to Knowingly or Recklessly Contribute to Violations. A number of accounting firms,1 public companies, professional membership associations and other key stakeholders raised concerns.

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

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The withdrawal is “catastrophic,” said Miranda Meginness, Marion’s auditor. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on Thursday morning saw the Central Bank appear to discuss the Insurance Compensation Fund and an unauthorised breach of its own credit limits to the tune of €738m over the last October bank holiday.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Green Dot Gives Back; More Consulting Cuts Coming? | 6.12.23

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Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 In light of all this, as a starting point, I thought it was important for taxpayers to know what public universities are spending on DEI.” Found in downtown Philadelphia. Not that football, guys.

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