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Friday Footnotes: Why People Leave Public Accounting; Audit Workloads Up; Terrorist Clients (Literally) | 12.2.22

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Why People Leave Public Accounting [ CPA Journal ]. Writes Edward Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, ABV: There are many reasons why CPAs decide to leave public accounting firms. The following is a discussion of what I have found to be the most common reasons why people leave public accounting.

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Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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The accounting firm is embroiled in a national scandal over its use of confidential information about proposed tax laws to drum up business. The bitcoin mining company “dismissed” its previous accounting firm Marcum on May 18, appointing Deloitte to take its place. appeared first on Going Concern.

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Marcum Didn’t Let a Little License to Practice Stand in the Way of Providing Professional Services in Ontario

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Here’s what happened: Ontario public accounting licensing body CPA Ontario reached an out-of-court settlement with Marcum LLP resolving allegations of multiple instances of US Marcum partners performing work in Ontario — including issuer audits — without said partners being licensed to practice in the province.

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Withum Noped Out of Trump Media So Fast

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See: Trump Media’s accounting firm has a 100% deficiency rate from U.S. In a previously unreported development, BF Borgers has also been thrown out of the accounting profession’s own inspection programme in the US, a peer review system run by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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New SEC Climate Rule Gets a Thumbs Up From the AICPA

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A new rule approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday that will require some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks “brings much-needed clarity for businesses and investors on climate-related information and the reporting disclosures required of U.S.

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Who Had ‘Do More Fraud’ on Their Things That Could Save the Accounting Profession Bingo Card?

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But no, that’s actually what the research in “ Externalities of Financial Statement Fraud on the Incoming Accounting Labor Force ,” published in the Journal of Accounting Research , appears to have found. The phys.org write up is titled : Accounting is facing a labor crisis. . the output).

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A Closer Look at Your 401(k) Plan

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If you sponsor a 401(k) plan with a December year-end, it is important to remember that your Form 5500 and audited financial statements, if required, are due July 31 with the option to file an extension, allowing an additional 2 ½ months to file. Are you protecting this data and ensuring information is being safeguarded?

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