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When Is the Right Time to Leave Public Accounting?

Going Concern

When I started in public accounting, one of the audit partner s I worked with shared the elevator metaphor: working in public accounting is like riding an elevator—the longer you stay on, the higher up you will go. Side note : this is how about half the partners in public accounting became partners.).

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

Going Concern

The bitcoin mining company “dismissed” its previous accounting firm Marcum on May 18, appointing Deloitte to take its place. Marcum had audited Riot’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years between 2018 and 2022. The post Friday Footnotes: The ERC Problem; EY Double Dips; Stress Less in Public Accounting | 5.26.23

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

Going Concern

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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Jeanne Dee Appointed to FASB Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee

Anders CPA

The role of the committee is to gather input from the not-for-profit sector on current and proposed technical agenda projects, existing financial reporting guidance and longer term or pervasive financial reporting matters affecting their organizations. in Accounting from the University of Missouri – St. She holds a B.S.

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Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice

Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company

Owners of Public Accounting firms are always telling their clients to work on their business and not in their business, yet many times do not take their own advice. It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! May 11, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT.

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Professionals on the Move – Jan. 2024

CPA Practice

PKF Mueller Joins Cherry Bekaert to Expand Chicago Market Reach Cherry Bekaery, an assurance, tax and advisory firm, recently completed an acquisition transaction with PKF Mueller , a full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in the metropolitan Chicago area.

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KPMG China’s Mishaps Result in Three Audit Partners Being Fined By the PCAOB

CPA Practice

The PCAOB found that Choi, Ma, and Dong violated PCAOB standards in connection with KPMG Huazhen’s audit of the 2017 financial statements of Tarena International, a mainland China-based education service provider listed in the U.S.

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