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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities |..

Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities |..

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans ..

Layoff Watch ’25: Here Comes the RIF at Deloitte

Layoff Watch ’25: Here Comes the RIF at Deloitte

Well we knew layoffs were coming to Deloitte sooner or later, just didn’t think it […]The post..

A Top Ten Firm is Frustrated Their Gen Z Staff Don’t Know How to Use Phones to Speak to Other Humans

A Top Ten Firm is Frustrated Their Gen Z Staff Don’t Know How to Use Phones to Speak to Other Humans

It’s hard to write an article like this without coming off as some kind of […]The post A Top Ten..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Crikey, Another Tax Scandal; Deloitte Is Bleeding Contracts | ..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Crikey, Another Tax Scandal; Deloitte Is Bleeding Contracts | ..

Hey people. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping pooping on my porch, and […]The post Monday..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Guy Inside Trades Because Job Doesn’t Appreciate Him; PE Eyes ..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Guy Inside Trades Because Job Doesn’t Appreciate Him; PE Eyes ..

Good morning, capital markets servants! I have some news for you. I don’t follow the […]The post..

A Top 15 Firm Across the Pond Wants to IPO, Has to Get Regulators Off Their Back First

A Top 15 Firm Across the Pond Wants to IPO, Has to Get Regulators Off Their Back First

MHA, top 15 firm in the UK (#13) and member of Baker Tilly International, is […]The post A Top 15..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: It’s Not Just You, People Really Are Getting Dumber; EY..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: It’s Not Just You, People Really Are Getting Dumber; EY..

Morning, people. 29 days to go until April 15. Got some bad news. We are, […]The post Monday..

Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | March 13, 2025

Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | March 13, 2025

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Learn Your Big 4 Lore: The Failed Merger of Ernst & Young and KPMG

Learn Your Big 4 Lore: The Failed Merger of Ernst & Young and KPMG

This article was originally published on April 9, 2015. Last update: March 12, 2025 In […]The post..

Deloitte to Tie Office Attendance to Bonuses, Some Deloitters Don’t Seem to Care

Deloitte to Tie Office Attendance to Bonuses, Some Deloitters Don’t Seem to Care

The big news this week is that if you’re in tax at Deloitte, you’ll be […]The post Deloitte to Tie..

KPMG Picks Their Next Chair and CEO, Deputy Chair

KPMG Picks Their Next Chair and CEO, Deputy Chair

As you may have heard, reigning Chair and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG US Paul […]The post KPMG..

EY Opens Up a New 22,000 Sq Ft Offshore Office in India

EY Opens Up a New 22,000 Sq Ft Offshore Office in India

Quick story on this so we can record some numbers. With Big 4 firms growing […]The post EY Opens Up ..

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | February 20, 2025

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | February 20, 2025

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What TF Is Going on With CPA Exam Pass Rates?

What TF Is Going on With CPA Exam Pass Rates?

Um, what is this? The CPA Exam remains broken. Q4 2024 Pass Rates: Core: FAR […]The post What TF Is ..

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | February 6, 2025

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | February 6, 2025

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Desperate City Will Pay a Firm to Stay Downtown; Fake PwC..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Desperate City Will Pay a Firm to Stay Downtown; Fake PwC..

Good morning, capital markets servants. Another week is upon us, let’s do this. The city […]The..

Friday Footnotes: Sage AI Has a “Minor” Issue Sharing Customer Data; KPMG Bigly Improves Audit..

Friday Footnotes: Sage AI Has a “Minor” Issue Sharing Customer Data; KPMG Bigly Improves Audit..

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What Happens to DEI at the Big Firms Now?

What Happens to DEI at the Big Firms Now?

In July 2023, a nonprofit group called America First Legal — founded by Trump senior […]The post..

KPMG Is Elbowing Its Way Into Practicing Law in the US

KPMG Is Elbowing Its Way Into Practicing Law in the US

These are lawyers according to the stock image site we use. It’s pretty funny that […]The post KPMG ..

Ohio to the AICPA: Suck It, Losers

Ohio to the AICPA: Suck It, Losers

The Ohio Society of CPAs announced yesterday that their state is leading the way in […]The post..

AICPA Sends Strongly Worded Letter Urging the SEC to Reject the PCAOB’s New Metrics Rules

AICPA Sends Strongly Worded Letter Urging the SEC to Reject the PCAOB’s New Metrics Rules

As reported by Journal of Accountancy last week, the AICPA has asked the SEC not […]The post AICPA..

PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting

PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting

The quotes you’re going to read below were shared in last Friday’s Footnotes but we […]The post PE..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Wins in Losing Clients; PwC Supports Alternative..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Wins in Losing Clients; PwC Supports Alternative..

Welcome back to the working world, everyone. I trust you all had a nice holiday. […]The post Monday ..

Turn IRS Rain into Sunshine: Tax Relief Solutions by Cash Tracks Financial #enrolledagent

Turn IRS Rain into Sunshine: Tax Relief Solutions by Cash Tracks Financial #enrolledagent

Replace feeling helpless and nervous about dealing with the IRS, with feelings of confidence and..

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | November 14, 2024

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | November 14, 2024

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Overcoming Trust Issues in Tax Professionals: Mo’s Story

Overcoming Trust Issues in Tax Professionals: Mo’s Story

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | November 7, 2024

Top Remote Accountants of the Week | November 7, 2024

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CPA Candidates Would Like to Know Why We Can Determine Presidents in a Day But Not CPA Exam Scores

CPA Candidates Would Like to Know Why We Can Determine Presidents in a Day But Not CPA Exam Scores

Asks a user on r/CPA: “The United States can count millions [of] votes in one […]The post CPA..

PwC Reports Un-Chadly Revenue For FY24

PwC Reports Un-Chadly Revenue For FY24

PwC has announced global revenue numbers for FY24 (unaudited) and like their compadres at Deloitte..

Deloitte Survey: Machines Are Taking Over; Employees to Become Even More Awkward and Uncollaborative

Deloitte Survey: Machines Are Taking Over; Employees to Become Even More Awkward and Uncollaborative

Whose job is it to provide future workers with the interpersonal skills necessary to navigate..

Friday Footnotes: Baker Tilly Did What!?; Internship Ranking Winner Same As Last Year; Pillar II to ..

Friday Footnotes: Baker Tilly Did What!?; Internship Ranking Winner Same As Last Year; Pillar II to ..

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans ..

Layoff Watch ’24: Deloitte UK Cuts Another 250 People

Layoff Watch ’24: Deloitte UK Cuts Another 250 People

FT is reporting that a group of advisory underperformers have been axed from the King’s […]The post ..

Add Armanino to the List of Top 20 Firms in Bed With Private Equity

Add Armanino to the List of Top 20 Firms in Bed With Private Equity

Saw on Accounting Today this afternoon that Armanino has “taken on a strategic minority investment” ..

Drum Roll Please! The Next CEO of the AICPA Is…

Drum Roll Please! The Next CEO of the AICPA Is…

…Mark Koziel, CPA, CGMA. Surprising, our bets were on Kimberly Ellison-Taylor. Announced by the..

Senators Want to Nuke the ‘Fraud-Ridden’ Employee Retention Credit For Good

Senators Want to Nuke the ‘Fraud-Ridden’ Employee Retention Credit For Good

On August 8, after much hand-wringing and a light tongue-lashing from former Internal Revenue..

Rudy Giuliani Tried Really Hard to Stiff a Firm for Forensic Services Rendered

Rudy Giuliani Tried Really Hard to Stiff a Firm for Forensic Services Rendered

Last year we wrote about upstate New York accounting firm BST & Co. (IPA #244 […]The post Rudy..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What Could Go Wrong with PE; PwC Abandons a Big Project | 9..

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What Could Go Wrong with PE; PwC Abandons a Big Project | 9..

Happy Monday! I’m here with some news to start your week, just like I do […]The post Monday Morning ..

You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough to Make Accounting Sound Cool

You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough to Make Accounting Sound Cool

As seen on Australian Financial Review, a university is handing out a total of $10,000 […]The post..

PwC UK Orders the Troops Back to the Office For Three or More Days a Week

PwC UK Orders the Troops Back to the Office For Three or More Days a Week

Staff and partners at PwC UK were informed today that they are expected to work […]The post PwC UK..

The King’s EY Gives Out Pay Cuts For Raises

The King’s EY Gives Out Pay Cuts For Raises

“Market slowdown” On Saturday, Financial Times reported that due to a “market slowdown,” EY UK..