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Using the Phrase ‘Scum of the Earth’ is Considered a Discreditable Act Across the Pond Apparently

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Retired accountant and generally angry dude David Forge has been kicked out of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) over several not nice emails he sent to a variety of people. Not clients, not fellow accountants, just unfortunate people caught in his cyclone of anger.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

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PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks. The graduate employee is suing PwC for damages over two alleged incidents of sexual assault by a colleague after work hours, court documents show.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Age of the Non-CPA; PwC Explains the Chevron Thing | 7.29.24

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All this time we thought it was going to be robots that take accounting jobs, it was Indians all along. Oh and reminder: the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is working on a plan to consolidate India’s 96,000 little accountancy firms into mega-firms that they think could compete with Big 4 on the global stage.

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A New Zealand Accountant Took Client Retention to a Whole Other, Insane Level

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It appears all of this (alleged) behavior stems from the accountant not wanting to lose her clients and lashing out at them when they tried to call things quits. ” The client was a bakery that ran into problems when they tried to switch to a different accountant.

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: A New Kind of Audit Quality Report; Merger Mania; Skilled Talent, Not Newbies | 5.28.24

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has published a report called Evolution of Mid-Tier Accountancy Firms. KPMG is the first Big Four firm to buck the trend and truly modernize its Audit Quality Report.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Didn’t Have a Labor Permit; Deloitte Partners Allegedly Suffer But Not Really | 9.30.24

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More from Reuters : Probe into EY Indian employee’s death finds office lacked labour welfare permit Related to this, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has established a dedicated group to recommend ways to improve work-life balance and reduce stress among Chartered Accountants.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Hired Fewer Grads; Speed Dating For Accounting Students | 2.3.25

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But it turned out that both financial documents were falsified and that the Ethos CEO had forged the signature of an auditor from a San Diego accounting firm to lend legitimacy to the asset statement. billion in assets.