CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Sidney Kess, a nationally renowned tax lawyer and accountant, author of hundreds of tax books on financial and estate planning, educator, and a friend to many in the profession, passed away on Sunday at the age of 97. He also had been a senior consultant to top 25 accounting firm Citrin Cooperman. 18 and 19.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2023

“When you have a massive financial collapse like FTX, there are going to be many, many institutions—and perhaps individuals—who allegedly profited improperly along the way,” said Samuel Issacharoff, a New York University law professor. 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints released [ Journal of Accountancy ]. Firm M&A.

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BuildYourFirm

MARCH 26, 2020

Would you leave a safe and comfortable controller position at a large company to start your own CPA firm? Guest Bio: Luke Gheen, MBA, CPA, Certified Tax Coach. CPA in 2011 to help business owners simplify their accounting, save substantial money in tax, and grow their wealth long-term. Listen to Episode 006.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 15, 2023

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Midyear sales tax. The Tax Foundation released its “State and Local Sales Tax Rates, Midyear 2023” report of the 45 states (and the District of Columbia) that collect statewide sales taxes and the 38 states where local sales taxes are collected.

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Withum

MARCH 10, 2022

New York City was certainly no exception, and perhaps no industry has been impacted as severely as the live theatrical entertainment industry. Continuously providing additional guidance regarding this new program, New York has officially set forth new Agreed Upon Procedures (AUPs) to be performed by a pre-qualified CPA firm.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Daniel Garigen, who holds a 40% stake in Dansa D’Arata & Soucia CPAs LLP, has accused managing partner Eric Soucia of financial and workplace misconduct in a lawsuit filed this month in New York Supreme Court that seeks to force Soucia to give up control of the company.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 9, 2024

Reid, with offices in Long Island, New York City, and Boca Raton, FL, is a full-service tax and accounting firm founded in 1992. Reid will provide tax and advisory services to its clients. Reid will provide tax and advisory services to its clients.

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CPA Practice

MAY 10, 2024

KSM Announces Appointments for Five New Leadership Roles Katz, Sapper & Miller (KSM) recently announced the appointments of Erin Eberly, Jason Patch, Mike North, Mike Lee, and Jamie Ellis to newly created roles overseeing the firm’s tax, audit, and advisory practices, its industry groups, and its operations.

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Withum

AUGUST 15, 2023

Over the last two years, the New York City Musical and Theatrical Tax Credit Program has been a leading force in helping the live theatrical industry recover from the devastating effects of COVID-19 and get back to where it was before the pandemic. million if the tourism industry in New York City was deemed to fully recover.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Top 20 accounting firm Armanino, based in San Ramon, CA, said on Tuesday it is merging with Garden City, NY-based CPA and advisory firm Janover. Garden City will be Armanino’s second location in New York; the firm has had an office in New York City since 2021.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Bonadio Group, a top 50 accounting firm based in Pittsford, NY, is merging in a top 400 CPA firm—Dallas-based Howard LLP. We look forward to building on the successes of our firms’ combined 90-plus years of experience and are excited about the benefits our clients and employees will gain from this.”

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

CLA is a firm that is built to last, bringing innovative strategies to client service and a culture that focuses on the wellness of our colleagues, who are treated as family members.” I’m excited to welcome the SobelCo team members to the CLA family as we continue to expand our reach into New Jersey, New York, and surrounding areas.”

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

CPA Exam Friendly reminder, deadlines to apply for BEC before the new exam in 2024 are quickly approaching. CPA Exam Candidates: You Better Hurry Up and Apply For BEC Before It’s Gone Forever Also, WTF? CPA Exam Candidates: You Better Hurry Up and Apply For BEC Before It’s Gone Forever Also, WTF? Did Exam Costs go up?

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Big 4 Big Four Lobby Congress on Accounting Pipeline, AI, Crypto [ Bloomberg Tax ] PwC spent the most at $3.27 The Big Four firms targeted a portion of their millions in Capitol Hill spending last year on a pivotal problem facing the industry: shoring up a dwindling supply of qualified accountants. Tax Betting on the Super Bowl?

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and staffing announcements from around the accounting and tax profession. Schneider Downs Boosts Tax Team Schneider Downs & Co., Hailey Adams , Tax Manager, has been in public accounting for over 9 years, primarily focusing on tax-exempt organizations.

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Going Concern

MAY 31, 2023

“With their leadership, I look forward to our continued journey creating the advisory CPA firm of the future, today.” Ackerman, CPA Assurance – Real Estate and Construction (Washington, D.C.) Badani, CPA Assurance – Financial Services (Irvine, California) Ashley R. Maguire, JD, CPA Tax (Tampa, Florida) Shabinaaz F.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

TAG Alliances Welcomes Ray Polantz of Cohen & Company as New Advisory Board Member TAG Alliances, a leading multidisciplinary alliance of independent professional services firms, recently appointed Raymond Polantz, Tax Partner at Cohen & Company as its newest Advisory Board member.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 15, 2024

Financial terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but the Financial Times reported today that Grant Thornton has agreed to sell “a majority stake” to New Mountain Capital, an investment firm headquartered in New York City. accounting firm by revenue, with more than $900 million coming from H&F.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 8, 2024

Top 30 accounting firm UHY has entered Massachusetts by merging with Wayland-based CPA firm Paresky Flitt & Co. The combination expands Farmington Hills, MI-based UHY’s presence in the Northeast, as the firm has 10 offices throughout New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.

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Going Concern

MARCH 22, 2024

PwC chairman refuses to share tax leaks scandal investigation with Australian parliament [ The Guardian ] PwC’s global chairman, Bob Moritz, has refused to comply with a request from the Australian parliament to share a copy of an investigation used to contain the tax leaks scandal to Australia. This S**t Is Still Going On?

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2024

Hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, look at Datamatics , a digital technologies, operations, and experiences company that enables hundreds of global enterprises to go “Deep in Digital” to enhance their productivity and customer experience to create a sustainable competitive advantage. All the work is done on your network.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

CLA is a firm that is built to last, bringing innovative strategies to client service and a culture that focuses on the wellness of our colleagues, who are treated as family members.” I’m excited to welcome the SobelCo team members to the CLA family as we continue to expand our reach into New Jersey, New York, and surrounding areas.”

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and CPA.com announced its 2023 Startup Accelerator cohort at a kick-off meeting held at AICPA headquarters in New York. This year’s participants include five early-stage companies pursuing a variety of solutions in audit, accounting, tax and e-commerce.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and staffing announcements from around the accounting and tax profession. Schneider Downs Boosts Tax Team Schneider Downs & Co., Hailey Adams , Tax Manager, has been in public accounting for over 9 years, primarily focusing on tax-exempt organizations.

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Going Concern

JULY 7, 2023

Fixing the Crisis in Accounting [ The CPA Journal ] Related to the above post: Individuals, companies, and professional organizations need to be more intentional in getting young people excited about joining the accounting profession. No mention of the boring nature of likely tasks such as control testing and cranking out returns.”

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

New York-based CPA firm Grassi announced on Thursday it has established an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) for its more than 450 employees. In addition, the top 60 accounting firm said it is shifting to an alternative practice structure “ensuring the firm’s independence and strength.”

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

BDO’s culture attracts KPMG auditing veteran from New York [ Australian Financial Review ] An inability to easily visit family in New Zealand during the COVID pandemic led to auditing veteran Fiona Narielwalla moving to Sydney after almost a decade in New York. From the press release: CBIZ, Inc.

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Withum

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That strike was during tax season, and I spent three weeks in federal service to get the mail delivered. Traveling in Manhattan was very easy with the subways, plus I had some free time to work on tax returns. I also worked late into the night on tax returns. Nothing was a chore and I enjoyed it all.

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Going Concern

MAY 26, 2023

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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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

New York-based CPA firm Grassi announced on Thursday it has established an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) for its more than 450 employees. In addition, the top 60 accounting firm said it is shifting to an alternative practice structure “ensuring the firm’s independence and strength.”

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Going Concern

MAY 19, 2023

GC ] Benjamin Wann, CMA, CSCA, MBA, PMP, CPA wrote a little something about the thing we all love to hate. How the tax leaks scandal forced PwC out of the shadows [ Australian Financial Review ] A brutal news cycle shredded any hope PwC had that this would be a circuit breaker. ICYMI I Love Accounting. So I Had to Leave. [

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

PwC Retirees Get Early Approval for $267 Million Pension Deal [ Bloomberg Tax ]. Hungary’s State Audit Office has picked PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic partner Ferenc Biro to lead a new anti-graft body to be launched by mid-November as part of efforts to regain access to European Union funds locked up over corruption risks.

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Going Concern

MAY 15, 2023

” For nearly the past two decades, prospective CPAs in Virginia have had to undertake 150 hours of education before becoming licensed. But a declining CPA pipeline has accountants asking: Is the 150 now a barrier to becoming a CPA? Is it time to reimagine how we prepare CPAs for an increasingly evolving profession?

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Going Concern

JUNE 23, 2023

The CPA Journal ] Generation Z is beginning to enter the workforce, bringing with it a demographic shift that will affect every facet of American society, including the accounting profession. That train departed the station in March of 2020,” says Brandon Smith, chief human resources officer at LMC in New York City.

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

The Bonadio Group , a nationally ranked Top 50 CPA firm and the largest independent provider of professional services in Upstate New York, has announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) Parrinello as Chief Growth Officer and Kristen Clark as Chief Risk Officer, along with over a dozen additional appointments of industry veterans into key strategic (..)

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RitaKeller

JULY 18, 2022

What if no one is willing to pay New York City wages for people who work in Idaho?” Also, some questions for firm owners. CPA firms have survived during the last couple of years by being able to utilize remote workers. Qualified people will prepare your tax returns (and many other tasks) for much less money.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

It’s just a tough subject area, and you need a fifth year of college education to qualify to sit for the CPA exam. India Launches Audit Inspections After Spate Of Scandals [ Bloomberg Tax ]. The 2020 and 2021 FTX US audits were performed by New York City-based firm Armanino, according to documents viewed by CoinDesk.

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