We haven’t heard or seen anything about the Big 4 exodus being as big of […]
Deloitte Guy’s Love Life Has Become a Federal Matter
Last Friday, 42-year-old Ian Brinksman was picked up by the feds for allegedly passing top secret national defense information to another individual. Though that individual wasn't named by any reports,…
Hackers Have Apparently Stolen a Whole Lot of PwC Homework
Oh no, hackers have swiped oodles of slides! PwC has confirmed that a third-party vendor it uses for employee records has been breached after a "cyber extortion group" said they…
PwC Ekes Past EY With $60.2 Billion in Reported Global Revenue
Wow, Big 4 are really rushing out revenue numbers this year aren't they? First we got Deloitte in late September, EY two weeks later, and now PwC has just dropped…
KPMG Australia Has Made a List of Things It Probably Should Have Done Already
...such as "support whistleblowers" and "punish people who do stuff that will give Australian Financial Review an easy 9 months of negative headlines." So KPMG Australia is still in its…
EY Didn’t Do Too Bad Last Year
Shortly after Deloitte released their 2026 revenue numbers on September 24, EY had some numbers of their own, announcing $57 billion in global revenue last week. Notably, they edged out…
Friday Footnotes: IRS Employees Told Not to Deliberately Choose Mediocrity; EY Partners Give Themselves Record Pay | 10.30.26
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Deloitte Guy’s Love Life Has Become a Federal Matter
Last Friday, 42-year-old Ian Brinksman was picked up by the feds for allegedly passing top secret national defense information to another individual. Though that individual wasn't named by any reports,…
CBIZ Shareholders Are Cool With the Grant Thornton Merger, the Deal is a Go
While everyone has been distracted by Anthropic's S1, another filing slipped past: a Form 8-K filed by CBIZ on October 27. If you didn't know that Viking ParentCo, Inc. and…
Looks Like Accounting’s Private Equity Feeding Frenzy Is Chilling Out Into a Nibble
According to CPA Trendlines' CPA PE Deal Tracker, which we must say is absolutely amazing, private equity firms are no longer gobbling up accounting firms like they were. Deal volume…
Hackers Have Apparently Stolen a Whole Lot of PwC Homework
Oh no, hackers have swiped oodles of slides! PwC has confirmed that a third-party vendor it uses for employee records has been breached after a "cyber extortion group" said they…
Hackers Have Apparently Stolen a Whole Lot of PwC Homework
Oh no, hackers have swiped oodles of slides! PwC has confirmed that a third-party vendor it uses for employee records has been breached after a "cyber extortion group" said they…
Bill Gates Predicts AI Will Be Taking Clients’ Most Tedious Questions 24/7 Within a Few Years
Did you catch Bill Gates' recent chat with Ezra Klein? I didn't, thankfully my washed colleague regularly reads NYT and sent it to me via Slack. Many people are stuck…
The AICPA Wants Tax Pros to Take a Hit From Its New AI Risk CART
Rather than dropping a strongly worded letter on the topic of the IRS's position on AI in tax practice and dropping the topic there to focus on other pressing matters,…
Deloitte Survey: A Lot of People Are Using Clandestine AI at Work
As corporations everywhere shove AI down our throats and businesses wrestle with the conflict between rushing to integrate AI to not be left behind and having to pay for it…
Bill Gates Proposes a Tokens and Robots Tax
Bill Gates has written a loooong essay on AI covering all sorts of things from potential benefits to immediate concerns. Feel free to read the whole thing if you'd like,…
Finance Leaders Are Shopping for a CAS Partner, and They Brought a List
Cash flow, automation, fraud protection. Your firm can deliver all three. Finance leaders would like some help with the accounting. Not a little help, either. BILL asked 354 finance decision-makers…
Expense Management: Because Apparently Clients Will Pay You to Make Expense Reports Suck Less
Spend and expense management is one of the most in-demand CAS services—and one of the most underutilized. There’s still plenty of room to get into the game. Clients are drowning…
For Firms, Growth is Down But Profitability Is Up
That's the headline from INSIDE Public Accounting based on the results of their 2026 Practice Management Report: The report draws on survey responses from 605 North American accounting firms, spanning…
AICPA Pushes Back on IRS Suggesting CPAs Should Charge Less If They’re Using AI
Back in June the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) issued its first solid AI guidance in the form of a bulletin titled Introductory Guidelines for Responsible AI Use in…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | October 16, 2025
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Propaganda? Nah it was those pesky salary transparency websites and compensation threads.
There was so much anti accountant/CPA propaganda the last 10 years, no one got it as a major, now we are at an extreme shortage.
A large percentage of CPAS in the USA are 60+. The shortage will likely get worse in the next 5-10 years.
This may be offset a bit with good AI
CBIZ Shareholders Are Cool With the Grant Thornton Merger, the Deal is a Go
Looks Like Accounting’s Private Equity Feeding Frenzy Is Chilling Out Into a Nibble
I'm not sure what it means but I've met my 3rd bartender this year who left accounting to bartend.
Here Are Tax and Audit Salaries at Top 25, Top 300, and Regional Firms
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
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)
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
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
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…
Finance Leaders Are Shopping for a CAS Partner, and They Brought a List
Cash flow, automation, fraud protection. Your firm can deliver all three. Finance leaders would like some help with the accounting. Not a little help, either. BILL asked 354 finance decision-makers…
Expense Management: Because Apparently Clients Will Pay You to Make Expense Reports Suck Less
Spend and expense management is one of the most in-demand CAS services—and one of the most underutilized. There’s still plenty of room to get into the game. Clients are drowning…
Top Remote Accounting Freelancers: 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
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,…
Promotion Watch ’21: Marcum Adds 29 New Chairs to the Big Kids Table
Big news from the Marcum camp today, as 17 men and 12 women will now […]
KPMG UK Asks Staff to Stop Snitching to the Media When the Firm Does Something Stupid
Do y’all remember way back in February when then KPMG UK chair Bill Michael had […]
A Look at the Leaders Driving Diversity and Inclusion In the States
A number of Black CPAs have risen to the leadership level at several state CPA […]
Number of the Day: 73%
Deloitte US made national headlines last Tuesday when CEO Joe Ucuzoglu told employees in an […]
PwC Might Do Something No Other Big 4 Firm Has Ever Done Before
After years and years of PCAOB inspections of the Big 4 in which the percentage […]
Friday Footnotes: Firms Sweating Staff Losses; Who Got Fined This Time?; Accountant’s XXX Problem | 8.27.21
Staffing and COVID-19 relief programs are firms’ top concerns in 2021 [Journal of Accountancy] Finding […]
EY Is Helping Its Broke Interns Get Their 150 Credits
In the war for talent, it’s not (imaginary) prestige or ping-pong tables that will win […]
PwC Manager Believes Associates and Senior Associates Are Going the Way of the Dodo Bird
Hey, I don’t know if you’ve heard but there’s a pipeline problem in public accounting […]
EY UK Sheds Some Pounds Because An Audit Partner Messed Up Big Time
The UK’s audit cops were itchin’ to dole out some discipline today, and the butts […]
Audit Market Caps In the UK: The Financial Times Fails a Math Test
“The Glacial Pace of Audit Reform Needs To Speed Up” The Financial Times might wish to […]
Beginning October 11, You Won’t Get Into Deloitte US Offices Without a COVID Vaccine
In a firmwide email today, Deloitte US announced that the firm is strongly suggesting its […]