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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Consolation Prizes; Al Pacino’s Accountant Ripped Him Off | 10.21.24

Going Concern

Financial reporting data has become extremely structured and repeatable across all enterprises because it’s guided by the standards set out through generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which are governed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Everybody measures the same things, in the same way.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Getting personal

Accounting Today

Sole owner of Zion Outfitter, an outdoor retailer in Springdale, Utah, he handled the company finances and provided CPAs with information and records to prepare tax forms to submit to the IRS. From 2017 to 2022, Heaton, who pleaded guilty in February, underreported his income to the IRS. million in income tax. million in taxes.

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Friday Footnotes: Pokemon But Make It Tax; IRS Employees Get Their Jobs Back; PwC Severs Ties in Africa; | 4.4.25

Going Concern

Since 2020, some of the SECs largest enforcement actions were brought against companies engaged in accounting violations. That metric influenced how much Macy’s executives were paid in bonuses the following year.

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | February 13, 2025

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Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council Meeting Recap

CPA Practice

The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council ( FASAC ) held its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The FASB chair provided highlights on FASB activities, and the SEC and PCAOB staff members commented on current issues and activities. Council members discussed the following topics.

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Digital Innovations In Retail, ID Verification And Banking

PYMNTS

And in retail, companies in the organic mattress space are running on a tri-brid business model that covers direct to consumer (D2C), third-party retail distribution and owned retail locations. 31%: Increase in account takeovers year over year. 31%: Increase in account takeovers year over year.

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Ex-Americanas CEO says he's scapegoat

Accounting Today

Miguel Gutierrez argues he had nothing to do with the attempt to manipulate the retailer's financial accounts that led to a massive accounting scandal.