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Specializing an Accounting Business: What and How?

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Management accounting. Financial Accounting. To analyze and report (usually to management who may or may not be ‘financially literate’) on financial transactions that impact business performance. Forensic Accounting. Here are some examples: Specialization. Description. Corporate Finance.

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From Chaos to Clarity in Financial Investigations

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Particularly in cases involving white collar crime, securities fraud, Ponzi schemes, or other fraud recoveries, the trail of financial documentation is often very long. A forensic accountant needs to examine the financial documents and piece together the evidence in a way that attorneys, judges, and juries can understand.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

Going Concern

Outlier.org, Urban Assembly, and New York City Public Schools Launch Program to Bring Financial Accounting to High School Students [ PR Newswire ] The incomparable Kelly Richmond Pope of DePaul University is the course’s lead lecturer. Other Stuff How a Federal Fraud Investigation Inspired This CPA to Become a Founder [ Inc.

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

Going Concern

Shawver will serve as the new chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board panel devoted to private company accounting concerns, FASB’s parent organization announced Friday. 1, 2024, the Financial Accounting Foundation said. How does a city plow through millions of dollars and not know how?

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AICPA News – July 2024

CPA Practice

Standing Ovation Honors The AICPA’s Standing Ovation program recognizes young CPAs, age 40 and under, who exhibit exemplary professional achievement in personal financial planning, business valuation and forensic accounting, and information management and technology assurance.

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Guide to accountant responsibilities

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Types of accountants and niche practice areas There are, of course, various types of accountant jobs and areas of specialty.  However, there are several important developments to be aware of as the industry continues to evolve.

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Friday Footnotes: Baker Tilly Did What!?; Internship Ranking Winner Same As Last Year; Pillar II to Be a PITA | 10.25.24

Going Concern

As 9/11 victims await a federal judge’s decision on whether Saudi Arabia should be dismissed as a defendant in their massive civil action, “serious” allegations have emerged that a global accounting firm covered up evidence that a co-defendant “was involved in financing the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”