In what was a particularly dry day for news seeing as it was the first […]
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.
FASB Took It Easy in 2022
While the PCAOB has been on a mission to scare the pants off of auditors […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Welcome to ’23; Deloitte Gets Chilly; Stop B*tching About Busy Season! | 1.2.23
Welcome to 2023! You made it! So happy to see you. Let’s see if anything […]
ICYMI: The Ten Most Popular, Not at All Clickbaity Stories of 2022
With just seconds left in 2022 (this is scheduled to publish on 11:59 PM on […]
Deloitte Transparently Informs Us Asians and Males Have the Highest Attrition at the Firm
The 2022 Deloitte Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Transparency Report somehow flew under our radar […]
Do Looks Matter at Big 4 Firms? And If So, Do They Matter at PwC the Most?
Remember forums? The younger folks among us may not but those of us in the […]
Deloitte UK Got a 27.5% Discount on Audit Fines For Admitting They Screwed Up
That sound you hear? It’s KPMG leadership breathing a heavy sigh of relief for not […]
Unsurprisingly, Firms Did Not Totally Rat Themselves Out to the UK Audit Regulator About Exam Cheating
Exam cheating has been a hot topic in audit ever since EY got fined a […]
Wall Street Journal Addresses the Accountant Shortage, Suggests a Recession Could Fix It
I made my entrée into accounting way back in 2007, at the time my job […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Social Class and Career Progression; New GAAP Taxonomy Dropped | 12.19.22
Quick note: there will be no news brief next Monday, we are out for the […]
Big Clients Bitch to Big 4 Firms About Audit Fees, Get Pissy About Partner Pay
Across the pond, audit fees are up (22% in four years) and apparently the companies […]
Mazars and Armanino Just Abruptly Stopped Working For Crypto Clients
Two things to share today. First, Mazars has “paused” crypto work effective immediately. Reports WSJ: […]