Spotted on the former bird app yesterday: A woman agreed to work for our firm. […]
Author: Adrienne Gonzalez
Adrienne is a 15-year veteran of the accounting industry, if by "veteran" you mean "vulture prowling the periphery of the profession waiting for something exciting to happen."
She has been spewing vitriol on Going Concern since the site was founded in 2009. A former CPA review employee, she has sat through more FAR classes than any CPA exam candidate ever could -- even one who has failed FAR seven times -- and can still recall most of the mnemonics all these years later.
F in the Chat For All the Clients Losing Their CPAs to Higher Fees This Year
An incredible phenomenon is underway, one that many tax pros have been begging their compadres […]
Grab the Barf Bag, Leadership Is Talking About ‘Purpose’ Again
With all the AI buzz dominating headlines these days, we almost forgot how much firms […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Real Reason 150 Hours Exists; KPMG Pensioners Call Partners Immoral, Despicable | 1.22.24
Here we are again, Monday. Saw a few things floating around this weekend, perhaps we’ll […]
We Get to the Bottom of Why the 150 Hour Rule Doesn’t Require Specific Courses
TLDR: Scroll to the bottom, it’s the second-last paragraph. Traipsing haphazardly across the internet as […]
PwC Is Dropping Diversity Targets After the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
Article originally published on January 18, 2024. Updated March 7, 2025. Two days after MLK […]
Accounting Ranks First In Something Good For Once
It’s possible this is just clickbait and thinly veiled advertising for remote recruiters (*sweats nervously*) […]
Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY and PwC Get a New Scandal; Stop Trying to Make Sexy Accountants Happen | 1.16.24
Yo. It’s another week. Yay. In case you’re wondering why this is a Tuesday news […]
Former Longtime Core Business Services Staff Is Suing EY for All the Discriminations
TL;DR A 57-year-old Black woman is suing EY for race/gender/age discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and failure […]
Stat of the Day: 42% of Firms Are Turning Down Work Because There’s No One to Do It
That’s according to preliminary results from the CPA Trendlines Outlook 2024 Emerging Issues, Opportunities and […]
Condoms Are Tax Deductible If You Blow Dudes For a Living and Other Tax Advice for SWs
Washington Post published an intriguing piece on Friday entitled “The prostitute nudging sex workers to […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Tax Fees Up, Coolness Still Down; | ‘Lavish’ ERC Mill Hit With a Lawsuit | 1.8.24
We’re now a week into the new year, is it starting to feel like it […]