The following message is for current and aspiring CPAs: it isn’t often that anyone asks […]
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.
The Accountant Shortage is So Bad Anime Waifu Girlfriends Are Taking Up Tax Prep Now
TW: TurboTax bashing Before you get all bent out of shape over an anime dating […]
Busy Season Survival Tip #626: Save Those Paperclips
Accounting OG @twuench took a break from telling interns to get off his lawn and […]
Layoff Watch ’23: Accenture is ‘Streamlining Operations’ But Don’t Worry, It’s Mostly Back Office Staff
It’s a rare day we write about Accenture but because the firms we do write […]
Whitley Penn Finds Out New Yorkers Do Not F*** Around
On March 20, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to compel (aka […]
TIL EY Has Commoditized Space
Is there any limit to the robust and ever-growing suite of services offered by professional […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Bad Audit Haunts EY; Big 4 RTO in India; Why Can’t PwC Hire?? | 3.20.23
Hello and happy Monday. Or just Monday, I’m not here to force emotional responses. Here […]
MNCPA to Educators: “We Do Not Need New CPAs Who Have Additional College Credits; We Need More CPAs, Period.”
Minnesota Society of CPAs has sent a message to educators in the state regarding legislation […]
Accounting Firm Leaders Cite ‘Rising Salaries’ As The Second Biggest Problem Facing Their Firms
Accounting Today has published “The 20 biggest problems for firms in 2023” and no one […]
With Project Everest on Pause, Let’s Pause a Sec to Shed a Tear For EY’s Reputation As Transaction Advisors
Not a good look, you guys. Then there’s this — unconfirmed and now removed — […]
WTF Happened at SVB and Should KPMG Auditors Have Seen It Coming?
While the general investing public is asking “where were the auditors?” in regards to the […]
PSA: Do Not Suggest That We Make the CPA Exam Easier in Order to Solve the Accountant Shortage
Y’all need to calm down, I’m running out of “angry person” stock photos. With the […]