Firm Management
KSM to Join Forces With Cincinnati Firm Cassady Schiller
Katz, Sapper & Miller is expanding into Ohio as it is set to add Cassady Schiller, one of the largest CPA firms in Cincinnati, on May 31.
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Jason Bramwell is senior staff writer for CPA Practice Advisor. He has nearly 25 years of professional writing experience, the last nine covering the accounting profession. He most recently was a staff writer and editor at Going Concern, and he previously spent five years as a staff writer and editor at AccountingWEB. He can be reached by email at jbramwell@cpapracticeadvisor.com.
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Firm Management
Wolf & Company Adds Treehouse Technology Group
As part of the transaction, Boston-based Treehouse Technology Group brings to Wolf its prized data analytics tool InsightOut.
Technology
IRIS Acquires Utah-Based Swipeclock
Swipeclock is known for its cloud workforce management solutions, such as WorkforceHub and ApplicantStack, for SMBs.
Firm Management
Baker Tilly to Acquire Top 100 Firm Seiler in California
The deal is the Chicago-based top 10 firm's first since it announced receiving a large private equity investment in February.
Firm Management
Outgoing PwC Boss Already Has a New Gig Lined Up At Citigroup
Tim Ryan, who was to officially step down as PwC US senior partner on June 30, will reportedly leave the firm a month earlier to join Citi.
Auditing
KPMG Leads in IPO Audit Clients for Q1 of 2024
The Big Four firm audited eight of the 46 IPOs, tops among the 20 different firms with at least one IPO audit client in the first quarter.
Taxes
IRS Adds Security Protections for CAF Program, Transcript Requests
The risk a compromised CAF number presents to practitioners and taxpayers is prompting these additional security measures.
Technology
Rightworks Unveils Two New Security Offerings
The solutions help accounting firms and small businesses create a WISP to achieve regulatory compliance and resolve security gaps.
Accounting
CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline
From evolving CPA licensure models to better starting pay, the profession can do several things to attract new talent, a new NPAG report says.
Auditing
PCAOB Replaces Old Quality Control Rules With a New Standard
The new quality control standard will require audit firms to annually evaluate their QC systems and report the results to the PCAOB.
Auditing
New PCAOB Rules Would Push Auditors to Assemble Final Documentation More Quickly
As part of a new standard adopted May 13, the time period to assemble a final set of audit documentation would be cut from 45 to 14 days.
Firm Management
PwC Admits 158 to Partnership
The class of 2024, which includes 88 partners and 70 principals, is significantly smaller than last year’s class of 258.