On May 20 the Houston headquarters of R&D tax credit consulting firm Alliantgroup was raided […]
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.
Are ‘Strong Leadership, Agile Working, and a People-Centric Value Proposition’ on Your List of Must Haves at Work?
UK businesses within the accounting industry are understaffed by 22% and leaders everywhere are busy […]
Exit Opportunities: Quit Auditing and Start Influencing
£3,000 ($3,600) a month. That’s how much Tanvi Shah made in audit before she decided […]
Attn Firm Leaders: No One Wants to Work at Your Stupid, Ugly Office Park
Collaboration. Culture. Fancy new open offices. The occasional free sandwich. Firms continue their desperate attempts […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Doesn’t Care; Audit Partners on Inflation; Record Payouts | 7.11.22
KPMG’s global leadership has been accused by staff of failing to act on written complaints […]
New Hires Are Making Absolutely Wild Demands Like Decent Salaries and Remote Work, Says Guy
Fresh off the ole tweet machine today we have this: New hires in accounting with […]
The Talent Crunch is So Bad Firms You’ve Never Heard of Are Offering $7000 Referral Bonuses
LaPorte who? Well now you’ve heard of them. From New Orleans City Business: “Just like […]
Big 4 Conflicts of Interest Are in Regulators’ Crosshairs, EY Tops the Independence Naughty List
There’s a story in the New York Times today about how EY “devised an elaborate […]
Some Guy in Montana Thinks Audit Firms Are Corrupt, Untrustworthy
Jim Elliott writes an opinion column for the widely-distributed Missoula Current (that’s a joke) and […]
CPAs Should Get Into Weed, Says CPA Into Weed (As a Business, That Is)
“Cannabusiness” is booming and obnoxious cutesy phrase aside, it’s a $25 billion-and-growing (heh) industry with […]
Who’s Smarter, Big 4 Accountants or Industry Accountants? A Debate
Yesterday we retweeted an observation about how the smartest people work at Big 4 firms […]
QOTD: Never Believe Anyone Who Says They’re Awesome
“I counsel people all the time — never believe anyone who says they’re awesome, believe […]