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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Gets Tattled On; KPMG Kuts; We Want Jobs! | 2.5.21
Deloitte in hot water in China after an employee makes a PPT exposing alleged accounting […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Of Course One of the Capitol Insurrectionist Dummies Is a CPA
The owner of McAuliffe CPA Enterprises in Mineola, NY, took a field trip down to […]
Your Naughty CEO and CFO of the Day
By making false statements and omissions to external auditors, which resulted in the improper recognition […]
Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
Like father, like son. On Nov. 5, 2013, Cleo Reed was sentenced to 30 months […]
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants Poaches Someone From the Maryland Association of CPAs and Issues a Press Release, Part I
OK, as many of you know by now it’s not just someone, it’s our good […]
Turns Out the Guy Who Just Brought Wall Street to Its Knees Is an Accounting Grad Because of Course He Is
By now most of you — yes, even the dad-joke-slinging boomers who hang around here […]
Your Naughty Corporate Controller of the Day
When I first started writing for Going Concern as a freelancer in October 2017, I […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC Touts Audit Quality; Big 4 Doing Less Lobbying; EY Australia Goes CEO Shopping | 1.29.21
PwC reports improvement in audit quality [Accounting Today] From last week, but big if true: […]
Here’s Another Reminder That Accounting Firms Used to Be Pretty Racist Back In the Day
Those of us who grew up post-civil rights take for granted just how bad things […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: DOJ Has Been Busy Busting CPAs For a Variety of Crimes
Plus, a Louisiana tax preparer who pleaded guilty to four counts of tax fraud will […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Lucrative Hookup; Big 4 ‘Hiring Spree’; Smoke Up, CPAs | 1.22.21
Partner capital account reporting gets transition penalty relief [Journal of Accountancy] The IRS provided transition […]