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Understanding Cash vs. Accrual Accounting

Withum

The simplicity of cash basis accounting is one of its main advantages. Moreover, cash basis accounting is not compliant with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Completes Its Punishment; Hybrid Work Should Stay in 2025; Deloitte Clutters Up the Dark Web | 1.3.25

Going Concern

Wonder CPA Firm Announces Data Breach Affecting an Unknown Number of Clients [ JD Supra ] On December 12, 2024, Wonder CPA Firm PC (Wonder CPA) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access its computer network. SEC ruling should apply to the PCAOB.

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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

According to the audit report, Butler County voters had previously enacted a one-half cent sales tax with a provision to reduce property taxes by 50 percent of sales taxes collected but, when calculating the reduction, the County Clerk did not account for the difference between estimated and actual sales taxes collected for the preceding year.

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New GASB Members Named

CPA Practice

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) has announced the appointment of Robert W. Scott to a five-year term on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Scott currently serves as the director of finance and administration for the city of Brookfield, Wisconsin.

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What is Managerial Accounting and How Does it Differ from Financial Accounting?

Snyder

No matter how large or small your business is, managerial accounting will help you gain profit. This type of accounting aims mainly at forecasting and long-term business decisions and is used to ensure your company’s financial health. So what’s managerial accounting, and why is it crucial for small business owners?

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Hackers Tried to Help This Firm Get Through Their Tax Return Backlog, Fraudulently

Going Concern

This is what they said in a consumer notification filed with the attorney general of Maine on August 7 (emphasis ours): Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC recently completed its investigation of an incident involving unauthorized access to a certain computer system in its network.

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A Firm With 55 People Finds Itself at the Center of a Data Breach Affecting 127,431

Going Concern

The notification filed with the Maine Attorney General states the breach was discovered on September 10, 2024 but the firm said in the notification that an independent review into what data had been compromised was completed on July 18, 2024. This process was completed on July 18, 2024. It doesn’t say.