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Friday Footnotes: Stop Saying There’s a Shortage and Just Admit You’re Cheap, Firms; DOGE Hits the IRS; AICPA Caves on 150 | 2.14.25
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Pussies at the PCAOB Have Backed Down on Firm Metrics Rules
In November, the PCAOB approved new rules that would require firms to report various metrics: […]
Accounting Firm Managing Director Charged With Taking 1000s of Upskirt Pics of Teens Won’t Be Leaving Jail Any Time Soon
39-year-old Derek Anthony Grima (more like Grimy amirite), founder and managing director of BeFinancial Accounting […]
Ding Dong, Diversity Is Dead at Deloitte
Note: We did that headline strictly for the alliteration, not for the bad witch subtext. […]
Friday Footnotes: AI More Trusted Than CPAs; We’re Interested in Carried Interest Again; Is Consulting So Back? | 2.7.25
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
The AICPA Gets Around to Looking Into If This Whole Private Equity Thing Requires New Independence Rules
Two years ago, two years after the first major private equity investment in a top […]
A Deloitte-Managed State System Getting Jacked By Cybercriminals Will Cost the Firm $5 Million (For Now)
Late last year it was discovered that Rhode Island’s public health system RI Bridges, built […]
Friday Footnotes: RSM Partner Says UK Gov Should Sell Off Bitcoin to Pay Debts; No KPMG Law Yet; Flat Salaries For Consultants | 1.31.25
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
KPMG UK Partners Discover Layoffs Are the Secret to Record Payouts
Going Concern is often accused of sensationalizing in headlines and it’s a completely valid criticism […]
Let’s Give KPMG a Golf Clap For Finally Figuring Out How to Audit Their Way Out of a Paper Bag
On January 23 Bloomberg Tax published a surprising headline: “KPMG Slated to Post Best Audit […]
Friday Footnotes: Sage AI Has a “Minor” Issue Sharing Customer Data; KPMG Bigly Improves Audit Quality; Baker Tilly, Not Big 4 | 1.24.25
Reminder to take our 2025 Predictions for the Accounting Profession survey, it’s quick we promise. Footnotes […]