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View AllA KPMG Senior Director Got Beat Up By a Guy Who Stars in Reacher
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 25, 2026
Oh my God it feels like it's 2010 all over again with that headline. Thanks to the algorithm for putting this item in my feed since no one saw fit…
KPMG Picked an Aussie to Rule Over the Global Empire [UPDATED]
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 18, 2026
Ed. note: This article was originally published on March 5, 2026. It was updated on March 18 after KPMG made a public announcement confirming Gary Wingrove as Global Chairman and…
Deloitte Runs a Photo Competition??
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 17, 2026
Wait, what is this? Deloitte Italy and Fondazione Deloitte [Deloitte Foundation] are handing out tens of thousands of euros in a photo competition centered around the subject of "proximites." Why?…
EY Is Now Paying a $10k CPA Bonus
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 10, 2026
Anyone in the mood for a bit of good news? Here goes: EY is doubling their CPA bonus for early career new hires who can manage to pass all four…
Layoff Watch ’26: PwC Goes on a Rampage Across Talent Acquisition
- Going Concern News Desk
- February 26, 2026
Respectfully, what is going on over at PwC? It feels like people have been getting cut left and right for months if not years. For today, we've got scoop on…
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View AllFriday Footnotes: EY Socks Away a Bunch of Money For Future Fines; Can You Leave at 5 and Still Make Partner? | 3.27.26
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 27, 2026
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. While you're here, subscribe to our newsletter to…
The Top 20 Firm That Kicked Off PE Madness in 2021 and Its PE Firm Announce They’ll Keep Kickin’ It
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 26, 2026
EisnerAmper (#15 on the INSIDE Public Accounting Top 100 with $1.023 billion in revenue) and TowerBrook Capital announced yesterday that they've completed a continuation vehicle transaction which basically means TowerBrook…
A KPMG Senior Director Got Beat Up By a Guy Who Stars in Reacher
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 25, 2026
Oh my God it feels like it's 2010 all over again with that headline. Thanks to the algorithm for putting this item in my feed since no one saw fit…
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Most Likely to Get Tax Scammed
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 24, 2026
It's not boomers. TLDR What's happening: McAfee's 2026 Tax Season Survey shows 1 in 4 Americans surveyed have fallen for some kind of tax scam and young people are particularly…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: One EYer Was Very Determined to Cheat; How Can You Not Know You Don’t Get Overtime? | 3.23.26
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 23, 2026
Hey, news lover. Here's what I was able to scrape up from our corner of the internet to get you nice and informed on this fine Monday morning. In this…
Technology
View AllICYMI: According to This AI CEO You Won’t Have to Go to Work in a Year
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- February 24, 2026
Commence to fantasizing about what you'll do with all that glorious free time when you lose your job to AI in 12-18 months because that's the confident prediction made by…
Another Early AI Accounting Startup Just Bit the Dust
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- February 18, 2026
TIL that early AI accounting platform Botkeeper has died. I found out via this CFO Brew article which pointed to a post on Botkeeper's own site. Turns out r/accounting was…
KPMG Brings Cheating Into the AI Age By Using AI to Cheat on AI Exams
- Going Concern News Desk
- February 17, 2026
The image is upside down because Australia. This story sounds like a joke but we assure you it is not. KPMG Australia has expanded KPMG's storied cheating repertoire by being…
KPMG Brings AI Talking Points to a Fee Negotiation, Inadvertently Opens a Pandora’s Box Filled With Stingy Clients
- Going Concern News Desk
- February 10, 2026
As reported by Financial Times on February 6, included in Friday's edition of Footnotes, and widely chuckled at by public accountants both current and former across the world since, KPMG…
Hackers Set Out to Ruin Tax Season Early For One Old-Ass Firm
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 29, 2025
'Tis the season. For alleged data breaches, that is. Cybernews is reporting that a Russian ransomware group called Lynx claims to have gotten its hands on a whole mess of…
Practice Management
View AllTop Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | October 16, 2025
- Liz Branch
- October 16, 2025
Struggling to Find Remote Accounting or Tax Talent? We’ve Got You Covered.If your firm or internal team is having a tough time sourcing qualified remote tax and accounting professionals, you're…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | October 2, 2025
- Liz Branch
- October 2, 2025
Struggling to Find Remote Accounting or Tax Talent? We’ve Got You Covered.If your firm or internal team is having a tough time sourcing qualified remote tax and accounting professionals, you're…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | September 25, 2025
- Liz Branch
- September 25, 2025
Struggling to Find Remote Accounting or Tax Talent? We’ve Got You Covered.If your firm or internal team is having a tough time sourcing qualified remote tax and accounting professionals, you're…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | September 18, 2025
- Liz Branch
- September 18, 2025
Struggling to Find Remote Accounting or Tax Talent? We’ve Got You Covered.If your firm or internal team is having a tough time sourcing qualified remote tax and accounting professionals, you're…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | September 4, 2025
- Liz Branch
- September 4, 2025
Struggling to Find Remote Accounting Talent? We’ve Got You Covered. If your firm or internal team is having a tough time sourcing qualified remote tax and accounting professionals, you're not…
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View AllHere Are Tax and Audit Salaries at Top 25, Top 300, and Regional Firms
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 11, 2025
Recruiting firm Brewer Morris has released its 2025 US CPA salary guide and should you want to read the whole thing you can request it from them here. Perhaps you,…
Friendly Reminder Not to Work Yourself to Death For This Profession
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 26, 2025
Saw this on the bird app yesterday and thought its message would be worth passing along what with 20 days remaining until April 15 and nerves as strained as ever…
Accounting Firm Abruptly Nopes Out of Tax Season Early (UPDATE)
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 20, 2025
Ed. note: An earlier version of this article's headline stated the sheriff is investigating. The Alexander County Sheriff's Office informed us they are not investigating, only fielding calls from the…
This Deloitte Office Has Eliminated Trash Cans at Desks to Make Staff Get Up Off Their Asses
- Going Concern News Desk
- November 7, 2024
Boston Business Journal wrote an article about Deloitte's new office in Boston and for some reason they chose to lead with this: You won’t find trash cans at the desks…
The IRS Decided to Troll Tax Pros For 10/15
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 15, 2024
We realize the decision to run maintenance on IRS systems likely isn't made by anyone who understands deadlines but surely someone who does could inform the IT department of these…
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View AllTop Remote Accounting Freelancers: February 3, 2024
- Liz Branch
- February 3, 2024
Looking to staff up for a season or hire a freelancer for a project? Accountingfly is ready to partner with you! Gain full access to a pool of highly skilled…
10 Essential Project Management Principles for Accounting Firms
- GoingConcern
- October 5, 2023
Every accounting firm struggles with project management, with smaller practices that are rapidly expanding taking the brunt of the damage. As your firm adds new clients, takes on more work,…
6 Ways Email is Secretly Destroying Your Accounting Firm
- GoingConcern
- September 21, 2023
Email: The word itself sounds innocent, doesn't it? Kind of like "snail mail," but faster, sleeker, and without the slimy trail. But don't be fooled—email is secretly a sinister beast,…
Don’t Grow Your Accounting Firm Out of Business! Break Up With These Unscalable Practices Now
- GoingConcern
- September 7, 2023
Business growth is always a high priority for accounting firms, especially small-to-midsize practices. Take care, though, because growth can be a double-edged sword. If your firm expands too quickly or…
The SEC Charges and Then Trolls Crypto Exchange Binance
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- June 6, 2023
Who needs an entire article about the SEC filing 13 charges against crypto exchange Binance […]
PwC Chair Basically Threatens AI Will Replace You If You Don’t Come Into the Office
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- June 5, 2023
For two years now, PwC UK chairman Kevin Ellis has been trying to get people […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Names Names in Tax Scandal; ‘Your Own Everest’ | 6.5.23
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- June 5, 2023
Hello and welcome back to another fabulous week. Here’s what’s going on. PwC Australia has […]
Friday Footnotes: More Bad News for PwC; Firm Leader Says AI Will Get People Back in the Office | 6.2.23
- Going Concern News Desk
- June 2, 2023
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Bonus Season Is Not Looking Good at the King’s KPMG
- Going Concern News Desk
- June 2, 2023
According to reporting across the pond (including this story from City A.M. we shall be […]
Promotion Watch ’23: EY Promotes 966 to Partner, Missing Last Year’s Record of 1033
- Going Concern News Desk
- June 1, 2023
Undeterred by the embarrassment of Everest’s implosion, EY proudly announced today that 966 people have […]
Kill the Audit Industry, Says Ex-Auditor
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- June 1, 2023
In the WaPo opinion pages yesterday one Duncan Mavin, who got his start in the […]
KPMG Gets Sued, Accused of Allowing Pirate-Like Activity at Credit Suisse
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 31, 2023
Discountenanced Credit Suisse stockholder Gregory Stevenson is suing 29 of Credit Suisse’s current and former […]
Promotion Watch ’23: The Baker Tilly Partner Bench Is Now 44 People Deeper
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 31, 2023
Tomorrow, 44 people will ascend to partner status at Baker Tilly, a slight decrease from […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Celebrates Defunding the Agents the IRS Wasn’t Gonna Be Able to Hire Anyway
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 30, 2023
Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act allotted a whole bucket of cash to the IRS ($80 […]
Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: CPA Numbers Are Abysmal; PwC Blocked Government Inquiry | 5.30.23
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 30, 2023
This would have been your Monday news brief but we’re assuming at least a couple […]
