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New Tax Scam Targets Clean Energy Tax Credit
Fewer Workers Planning to Change Jobs
Oklahoma Taxpayers Get Extended Deadline Due to Storms
California Gas Tax Increases
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California Accountant Sentenced to 29 Months in Prison For Defrauding Two Former Employers
Stephanie Simontacchi, 48, was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison on July 1 for bank fraud, embezzlement of credit union funds, and tax evasion.
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AICPA Solicits Feedback on CPA Exam Exposure Draft 
The Exposure Draft is the result of two years of research conducted through a Practice Analysis to align the CPA Exam to the CPA Evolution initiative.
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Audit Partner Pulse Survey Offers Insights on Capital Markets & State of the Economy
Audit partner observations on a range of topics, including the overall health of the economy, business transformation, quality of corporate disclosures and more
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PCAOB Previews Inspection Priorities For 2022
Each year the PCAOB gives audit firms, investors, and public companies a heads up on what areas of the audit inspectors will be placing a greater emphasis on during its upcoming inspection cycle, in the hopes of improving audit quality.
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Practical Ways for Accountants to Help Address Climate Change
Sustainability impact measurement and reporting frameworks are now being actively developed and harmonized by governments, rating agencies, consultancies, and auditing bodies to enable apples-to-apples comparisons across markets and geographies.
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EY Nailed With Record $100 Million Fine From the SEC For Ethics Exam Cheating
EY will have to pay a $100 million fine after it was revealed today that hundreds of the Big Four firm’s auditors had cheated on mandatory ethics exams ...
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PCAOB OKs Changes in the Oversight of Audits Involving Outside Auditors
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) voted unanimously to amend current auditing rules and introduced a new standard on June 21 pertaining to an audit firm’s use of so-called “other auditors” who lend a hand during the course of an audit.
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PCAOB OKs Changes in the Oversight of Audits Involving Outside Auditors
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) voted unanimously to amend current auditing rules and introduced a new standard on June 21 pertaining to an audit firm’s use of so-called “other auditors” who lend a hand during the course of an audit.