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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23

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The number of people taking CPA exams in 2022 was just over 67,000, down from 72,000 in 2021 and short of the institute’s forecast of 74,000, according to a note in AICPA’s annual report published this month. Details shared among the AICPA’s governing council showed that even that figure was flattered by candidates from overseas.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Age of the Non-CPA; PwC Explains the Chevron Thing | 7.29.24

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All this time we thought it was going to be robots that take accounting jobs, it was Indians all along. Oh and reminder: the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is working on a plan to consolidate India’s 96,000 little accountancy firms into mega-firms that they think could compete with Big 4 on the global stage.

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A New Zealand Accountant Took Client Retention to a Whole Other, Insane Level

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It appears all of this (alleged) behavior stems from the accountant not wanting to lose her clients and lashing out at them when they tried to call things quits. ” The client was a bakery that ran into problems when they tried to switch to a different accountant.

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Friday Footnotes: Accounting AI Explodes; SOX Compliance Sux; KPMG Gets on a List | 6.17.22

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ICAN to attract youths to accounting profession [ Punch Ng ] Meanwhile in Nigeria…sound familiar? Yet despite these efforts, 42% of all respondents reported experiencing non-inclusive behaviors at work.

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Friday Footnotes: Look What You Did, PwC; No Lakehouse This Year; India Wants Its Own Big 4 | 5.3.24

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That PwC Thing Senate caravan not moving on from PwC [ The Mandarin ] Accounting firm PwC Australia has still a lot of work to do before it can move on from the tax leaks scandal, according to two members of a Senate committee looking into government procurement.

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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

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Big 4 Big Four Reshape Consulting Workforce, Strategy With Rare Layoffs [ Bloomberg Tax ] The Big Four accounting firms have leaned into their tech advisory work and data analytics services—areas ripe for revenue growth—as interest rates and the artificial intelligence boom reshaped demand for consulting services. Happy trails, Tom!