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PCAOB Busts Two Audit Firms for Not Complying With Reporting Rules

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BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisors and a former partner of the firm were respondents in a disciplinary proceeding brought by the Auditors Disciplinary Board of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy. The proceeding resulted in a monetary penalty given to BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisors.

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AICPA Recognizes Top 2022 CPA Exam Performers with Elijah Watt Sells Award

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Kaarin Kontio Evens (Minnesota), a graduate of Macalester College with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Science in chemistry from University of Wisconsin, Madison (with additional business coursework at Augsburg University), is employed with Lottsa Tax and Accounting Services in Minneapolis, MN.

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New Zealand Xero Awards 2022: Congratulations to our finalists

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Small Accounting Partner of the Year. Crux Advice & Accounting. Generate Accounting . Medium Accounting Partner of the Year. Bizdom Chartered Accountants. Chapmans Chartered Accountants. Connected Accountants. Large Accounting Partner of the Year. Bizdom Chartered Accountants.

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Does Accounting Education Belong in the University Curriculum? 

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Similarly, members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, do not have to go to university to become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant in the UK. ICAEW has 165,000 members in 147 countries. Just because a candidate does not have to go to school does not mean they won’t choose to do so.

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In KPMG Australia Cheating Scandal, Apparently Cheaters *Do* Win

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From Australian Financial Review : Chartered Accountants ANZ has belatedly ruled that only 12 of the 422 members from big four consulting firm KPMG who took part in systemic exam cheating will be put through the professional body’s individual disciplinary process.

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Professor Accuses Professional Accountant Body of Hoarding Fines Like Smaug Hoards Gold

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It appears the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has finally pushed Sheffield University’s Richard Murphy over the edge. The Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield’s Management School issued a new report chastising the group for hoarding funds.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

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Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is hoarding the funds paid to it as a result of fines , writes Richard Murphy on his blog Funding the Future. It is time for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to put the fines paid by to [sic?]

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