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This Snow Storm is Definitely Going to Screw Things Up For CPA Candidates
A doozy of an ice and snow storm is expected to hammer parts of the […]
Eight Years After Carillion Went Tits Up, Audit Reform is Dead
In 2023, KPMG took a £3.5 million fine from UK audit regulators at the Financial […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What Makes People Leave Public Accounting; Indian Big 4 Manager Goes Off | 1.19.26
Happy MLK Day, all. Never forget: This will be a brief brief as we technically […]
Friday Footnotes: The World Discovers Sexy Accountants Do Exist; Ex-IRS Employee Did Something Really, Really Dumb | 1.16.26
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IRS and SBA Employee Allegedly Ran Pandemic Fraud Ring Right Out in the Open on Instagram
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office put out a press release announcing charges against one […]
Audit Firm Runs Afoul of PCAOB Rules By Taking Same As Last Year Way Too Literally
Today in PCAOB enforcements we have a fresh case involving Southfield, Michigan firm Zwick CPA, […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Wait, WHO Got a DoJ Subpoena??; EPA Breaks a Long Clean Audit Streak | 1.12.26
Good morning, capital markets servants! Hope everyone’s settled in now that we’ve had a full […]
Friday Footnotes: Offshore Staff Figured Out They’re Underpaid; The IRS Has Set a Date For Filing Season 2026 | 1.9.26
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Layoff Watch ’26: Deloitte’s Cutting Tax People. Yes, in January
Sure as hell didn’t expect our first layoffs of 2026 to come this early and […]
EY Decided Not to Move From Its Global HQ in London
While we work on a story about Deloitte’s soon-to-be new home in New York City, […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Is Not Going Away (Sorry); Tax Preparers Wanted, No Experience Necessary | 1.5.26
Welcome back to the working world, you. I saw someone on Reddit saying yesterday was […]