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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Sucks at Auditing; Accounting Headaches; KPMG Partner Banned | 7.25.22
Some headlines to get you started on this fine Monday: KPMG partner banned from accounting […]
Friday Footnotes: New Managers Share Wisdom; KPMG Praised??; PwC Creeps Leave | 7.22.22
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Pittsburgh Man Acquitted of Manslaughter In the Death of Deloitte Consultant
A jury in Honolulu reached a not guilty verdict on July 11 in the manslaughter […]
EYers Are Waking Up to Overdrafts This Morning Due to a Serious Payroll Snafu (UPDATED)
We’re learning this morning that folks at EY will not be getting lunchtime DoorDash today, […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Grant Thornton’s ‘Serious Failings’; PwC Won’t Split; IRS Zoom Calls? | 7.18.22
In an interview with the Financial Times, PwC’s Bob Moritz said that keeping audit and […]
Friday Footnotes: Sleazy PwC Partner Leaves; No You Can’t Claim a Boob Job; PCAOB Scholars | 7.15.22
PwC partner accused of rating female staff leaves firm [Australian Financial Review] A PwC partner […]
The KPMG Australia Cheaters Have Been Disciplined, Much Slapping of Wrists All Around
Back in May Australian Financial Review reported that 12 of the 422 KPMGers who took […]
FRC Asks Large Audit Firms What They’re Doing About All This Cheating
Financial Times is reporting that across-the-pond regulators at the Financial Reporting Council have written a […]
Benevolent Overlords of the CPA Exam Seeking Comment on Proposed 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints
The CPA Evolution project continues to chug along as we inch closer and closer to […]
CPA Firms That Referred Clients to Alliantgroup Have Been Subpoenaed, Asked to Turn Over 11 Years of Client Data
On May 20 the Houston headquarters of R&D tax credit consulting firm Alliantgroup was raided […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC Partner$; The Ketamine Accountant; Deloitte Mexico Missed Some Stuff | 7.8.22
Wirecard’s former top accountant admits forging documents for KPMG special audit [Financial Times] Wirecard’s ex-head […]