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EY Tells Staff to Get Ready for Some Cuts After the Everest Embarrassment
We are still working on a more detailed post-mortem of the Project Everest collapse and […]
KPMG Gets Sued Because Their Longtime Client Went Down in Flames
We knew this was coming. Bloomberg has reported that Silicon Valley Bank auditors KPMG have […]
An Alleged Insider Warns About ‘Chaos and Hell’ Behind the Scenes at Prometric
Spotted this on r/CPA today, thought it worth sharing because Prometric closures are awful and […]
The EY Split Is Officially DEAD
Called it! Financial Times reported moments ago: EY has called off the plan to break up […]
Just Be Glad You Didn’t Have FTX As a Client
Not long after the November collapse of crypto exchange FTX one of the first questions […]
EY Hasn’t Finished That Independent Review Into Procedures to Prevent Another Cheating Scandal
TL;DR: After getting fined by the SEC for cheating on CPE and ethics exams in […]
What Would the Accreditors Say About AICPA’s ELE Program?
By Sharon Lassar, PhD, CPA (Florida) John J. Gilbert Professor and Director of the School […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Small Firms Beg For Big 4 Knowledge; FreshBooks Leak; Tech in Lieu of Accountants | 4.10.23
It’s Monday. Yay. Here’s what’s going on. Smaller accounting firms have asked Big 4 to […]
Friday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor Independence Pitfalls | 4.7.23
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Head Regulator Said He’ll Break Out the World’s Smallest Violin For Auditors Crying About Tougher Regulation
Financial Times has reported that Financial Reporting Council head Sir Jon Thompson — who last year […]
Turnover at EY Australia Was Significantly Higher Than Competitors’ Turnover Last Year
One difficult thing about observing and reporting on the happenings at professional services firms is […]