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Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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Long Read How a Pandemic-Era Program Became a Magnet for Fraud [ New York Times ] Amid the onset of the pandemic in 2020, as large swaths of the economy went into lockdown, Washington set up various programs to help keep businesses and their workers afloat. The reshuffle goes into effect on July 1. ‘No

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

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Related: PwC settled ‘false LPP’ penalties days before bid to suppress emails [ Australian Financial Review ]: The Tax Office signed a confidential settlement with PwC in March involving the firm’s false claims for legal professional privilege over 150 documents related to tax advice to a multinational client.

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

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Big 4 ‘Shadow’ culture at consulting giant PwC led to tax-leaks scandal: Ziggy Switkowski [ News.com.au ] Consulting giant PwC has been savaged in an independent review that exposed the firm’s “shadow” culture contributing to its infamous tax leaks scandal.

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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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Talent Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing [ Wall Street Journal ] For Connor Verrett, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor at Washington & Lee University who expects to graduate this month, that roadblock was among the factors he considered in eschewing an accounting career. “It

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Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections

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According to trusty ole Bob, starting pay in each of the 10 public accounting roles included in the 2022 salary guide is expected to rise by an average of between 1.4% Starting salaries in Tax and Audit are up ever-so-slightly from 2021: Tax. Senior tax accountant: 1.4%. Entry-level tax accountant: 2.6%.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

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Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. Entry-level CPAs in advisory practices are making $11,000 more than CPAs starting out in audit and tax, and $20,000 more than non-CPAs in advisory. He worked for Kimberly-Clark Corp.

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The SEC Only Gives Out Wrist-Slaps to the Big 4 When They Break Independence Rules On Providing Non-Audit Services to Audit Clients

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The big news in the accounting profession yesterday afternoon from Dave Michaels of the Wall Street Journal was that the SEC is investigating the Big 4 and other public accounting firms on whether the consulting and non-audit services they sell to clients is conflicting with their independence as the auditors of said clients.

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