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Friday Footnotes: Great, KPMG Got the Whole Big 4 in Trouble; Pentagon Brings in Agentic AI to Address Their Audit Problems | 6.12.26
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Crowe Told Its People Private Equity Might Be Coming So They Didn’t Have to Find Out Through a WSJ Article (UPDATE)
Ed. note: This article was originally published on October 9, 2025. It was updated on […]
The IRS Is Holding a Few In-Person Hiring Events
Anybody looking for a job? The IRS is hiring, for real. We first saw this […]
The One Firm Willing to Audit Madison County’s Books Just Said “On Second Thought, Hell Nah”
All across the country, municipalities are scrambling to catch up on late audits that have […]
It Appears Baker Tilly Bought a 103-Year-Old Firm Just to Get a Better Address
So this is interesting, depending on how interested you are in the happenings of PE-backed […]
FRC To Determine Whether Missing a £30 Million Overstatement Was, In Fact, Bad Auditing
The Financial Reporting Council announced today that they’re officially investigating PwC UK’s 2024 audit of […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What’s KPMG Got to Do With the NBA Finals; PCAOB Chairman Is Just One of the Guys | 6.8.26
Hey. I dug up some news to start your week. Hey Knicks Fans, Know Your […]
Compensation Watch ’26: Deloitte Salary Numbers Are Out and Some People Are Salty
Compensation threads were once a yearly tradition here at Going Concern many, many, many years […]
Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Partner Thinks Regulation Is Stupid; KPMGers No Longer Get to Go Home Early on Summer Fridays | 6.5.26
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Everything is Shrinkflating These Days, Even the Number of Elijah Watt Sells Award Winners
Alternative headline for this article: You’re Not Going to Believe This But KPMG Is the […]
So Do We Or Don’t We Have an IRS Commissioner?
In an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee described as “testy” in at least one […]