PwC reports improvement in audit quality [Accounting Today] From last week, but big if true: […]
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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 […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Drunken Antics; KPMG Killing Grandma?; Social Ch-ch-change | 1.15.21
A Glass or Two of Red Helps Square the Numbers [Bloomberg Opinion] Good long read […]
Friday Footnotes: Ex-CPA Sues Dolphins; Coffey Time at the AICPA; BDO Hooks Up with MBAF | 1.8.21
Can the Dolphins win this one? Former VP sues the team in federal court. [South […]
Friday Footnotes: Accountant Bros Behaving Badly; Deloitte Partners’ Haul; CLA Has a New CEO | 12.25.20
Atlanta accountants plead guilty to $1.2B in fraudulent charitable deductions [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Brothers Stein Agee […]
Friday Footnotes: Strapped PwC Partners; Queen’s KPMG Talks to the Queen; CLA Goes Shopping | 12.18.20
PwC’s UK partners to take 10% pay cut as profits fall [Financial Times] PwC’s UK […]
Friday Footnotes: Someone Think of the Partners!; Audit Suffering; Deloitte’s Hot New Office(s) | 12.11.20
BDO will not repay £4.5m furlough money despite paying partners £137m [The Guardian] BDO, one […]
Friday Footnotes: EY Hits Back; Some CFO Drama; A New PCAOB Agenda? | 12.4.20
EY hits back at German audit watchdog over alleged misconduct [Financial Times] EY has lashed […]
Friday Footnotes: We Call That ‘Cockblocking’; A Broke Accountant; PwC Sued Over Sick Leave | 11.27.20
CPA Exam gets refresh after practice analysis [Journal of Accountancy] Emphasis on understanding business processes […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Cleans Up on Rona Work; More Trouble For KPMG; Coke in Tax Court | 11.20.20
Deloitte’s COVID ‘bonanza’: this is how much the British public has paid so far [openDemocracy] […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Commits; PCAOB Plans; WFH Tax? | 11.13.20
Things to consider for companies preparing for 2020 year-end audits [Compliance Week] The end of […]
Friday Footnotes: Another Day, Another Lawsuit; Naughty CFO Let Loose; Grant Thornton Fined By PCAOB | 11.06.20
Tax Change Needed to Level the Playing Field for Small Businesses, Minorities and Women in […]