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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

More generally, accounting talent pool concerns are pressing even for accounting firms , as enrollment rates of accounting students continue to fall. The accounting education pipeline is drier than ever even as accounting degrees require many additional course hours. million accountants and auditors in the U.S.

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The Difference between Bookkeeping and Accounting

SMBAccountant

There are different types of accountants which specialize in different areas. Auditors provide opinions on the accuracy and reasonableness of financial statements. Forensic accountants research financial transactions to uncover fraud. Managerial accountants work to collect and compile data used to make management decisions.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG UK Pay Freeze; PwC Canada Layoffs; EY Bailing on Office? | 11.24.23

Going Concern

Generally, taxpayers fall within the contours of reasonable cause if they can show that they exercised ordinary business care and prudence—for example, with respect to a filing obligation or regarding an item claimed on a tax return. Taxpayers who use tax professionals can sometimes also show reasonable cause—i.e.,

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | May 23, 2024

Going Concern

Struggling to find remote accountants, CAS experts, auditors, or tax professionals for your firm or internal team? With our Always-On Recruiting service, access a pool of skilled remote accountants without any upfront costs. Accountingfly can help!

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Finance Directors’ Tax Toolkit

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Menzies are often appointed by the Finance Directors of large companies and groups to work alongside their existing auditors. We also offer an IXBRL accounts tagging service which can either form part of our overall tax compliance offering, or can be provided as a stand-alone service.

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

Going Concern

This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations. These new employees will be focused on higher-income and complex tax areas like partnerships, not average taxpayers making less than $400,000.”

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

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Investigators say Williams’ work came under suspicion when the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and an independent auditor were unable to reconcile his reports on the court’s finances for the year 2020. Many records and documents requested by auditors were not provided by Williams and had been transferred to his personal laptop.

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