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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Unintended Audit Consequences; The IRS Needs Experienced Accountants; PwC AI | 9.18.23

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Sierra, a 23-year-old associate in New York is feeling “horrible” pressure to perform so she is not laid off. This next wave of hiring will help the IRS add key talent like tax accountants to help reverse a decade-long decline of audits for the wealthy as well as complex partnerships and corporations.

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Friday Footnotes: Fired Accountant Spills the Dirty Laundry; Scandals of Yore; Gen AI For Good | 1.26.24

Going Concern

He has extraordinary numerical skills and a meticulous eye for detail, which he applies in his work — by day, appears to be a certified accountant running his own office, but in actual fact, serves as a forensic accountant for nefarious underworld organizations. The film was a commercial success.

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