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- Deloitte’s DEI Goals Ended Up Slightly More Expensive Than Anticipated
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View AllEY Is Rolling Out Nebulous New Rewards
- Going Concern News Desk
- September 1, 2026
After EY's 2026 compensation and promotions left more than a few EYers feeling shafted, the firm is reaching into its pockets in what it's calling "a bold shift in how…
Deloitte’s DEI Goals Ended Up Slightly More Expensive Than Anticipated
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- August 26, 2026
Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a False Claims Act resolution with Deloitte, who have agreed to pay the United States $21.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the…
After Consulting Takes a Double-Digit Revenue Hit, KPMG Australia Cuts Workforce By 5 Percent
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 25, 2026
As of the end of July, the rumor was that KPMG Australia would be letting go of as many as 1,000 people and a few dozen partners as it cleans…
Compensation Watch ’26: EY Raises and Promotions Feel Marginally Less Bad This Year
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 23, 2026
Promotion time has rolled around at EY and that means users gathered at r/Big4 to share their numbers. There are, as of press time, 637 comments (we let it sit…
EY Is Giving Audit Interns 8 to 12 Months to Prove They’re Useful
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 20, 2026
While intern season is wrapping up and interns are shedding tears over a lack of feedback while they sweat it out waiting for return offers that seem to take longer…
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View AllMonday Morning Accounting News Brief: Some Messy Stuff Coming Out From Under KPMG’s Rug; Baby Consultants Expected to Show Their Faces | 8.31.26
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- August 31, 2026
Yo. Got a few things for you this morning. In this news briefThat's Some Real Dirty DirtWell, There's the Reputational Damage Too Ya KnowChilly Days For Consulting AheadEY Thinks WFH…
Friday Footnotes: Salaries Are Slipping at the Staff Level; PwC International Not Off the Hook in Evergrande Lawsuit | 8.28.26
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 28, 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…
Deloitte’s DEI Goals Ended Up Slightly More Expensive Than Anticipated
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- August 26, 2026
Yesterday the Department of Justice announced a False Claims Act resolution with Deloitte, who have agreed to pay the United States $21.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the…
India’s Still Talking About Making Their Own Consulting Firms to Compete With Big 4
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 26, 2026
It's been almost ten years since prime minister Narendra Modi first floated the idea of India homebrewing their own consulting firms to compete on the global stage against the real…
After Consulting Takes a Double-Digit Revenue Hit, KPMG Australia Cuts Workforce By 5 Percent
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 25, 2026
As of the end of July, the rumor was that KPMG Australia would be letting go of as many as 1,000 people and a few dozen partners as it cleans…
Technology
View AllBill Gates Proposes a Tokens and Robots Tax
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 27, 2026
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,…
Firms (and Some Guy Obsessed With China) Have Weighed in on the PCAOB Turning an Eye to AI
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- August 12, 2026
The comment period for PCAOB Release No. 2026-005 Request for Public Comment on PCAOB Standard Setting has closed and when all was said and done, it racked up an unremarkable…
Audit Leaders Currently in the “Throw AI at the Wall and See What Sticks” Phase
- Going Concern News Desk
- August 11, 2026
Gartner has released some numbers on AI usage they harvested from audit professionals and the headline figure shouldn't surprise anyone: only 7% of those surveyed report they aren't using AI…
EY’s Latest Data Breach Comes With a Fun New Game: Guess the Client (UPDATE)
- Going Concern News Desk
- July 30, 2026
Ed. note: This article was originally published on July 23, 2026. It was updated on July 30, 2026. Just as EY was moving on from the 2023 MOVEit data breach…
Big 4 Firm With AI Quotas Unironically Explains Why AI Quotas Are Such a Terrible Idea in Latest Survey
- Going Concern News Desk
- July 9, 2026
KPMG has released its AI Quarterly Pulse Survey for Q2 2026 and we're gonna have to be real with you, it's all over the place. Not the survey itself, just…
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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
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- 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…
Rumor Mill: PwC Canada Strongly Encouraging Tax Staff to Work Less So They Don’t Have to Fire You
- Jason Bramwell
- June 3, 2020
PwC of the Canadian variety is apparently asking forcing its tax staff to volunteer agree […]
PwC’s Latest PCAOB Inspection Report Is Fairly Unspectacular, Part II
- Jason Bramwell
- June 3, 2020
Let’s keep plowing through this pile of 2018 PCAOB inspection reports and take a look […]
Exclusive Interview: Spreadsheets Reveal Why They’re Terrible at Tax, Audit, Finance, and Accounting Analytics
- GoingConcern
- June 2, 2020
We’ve been trying to track down Spreadsheets for a long time. We scoured the Negative […]
Grant Thornton’s 2018 PCAOB Inspection Report Is Not As Good As 2017’s, Not As Bad As 2012’s
- Jason Bramwell
- June 2, 2020
Monday morning we got an email that the PCAOB had dropped six 2018 inspection reports […]
Deloitte’s 2018 PCAOB Inspection Report Shows They’ve Gotten a Lot Better At This Thing Called Auditing
- Jason Bramwell
- June 1, 2020
So the PCAOB did a thing today. Everyone’s favorite audit regulator released the 2018 inspection […]
PwC Poaches Someone From Deloitte and Issues a Press Release, Part I
- Jason Bramwell
- June 1, 2020
Last week we told you guys about Deloitte Ireland helping a longtime PwC tax director […]
Here Are 6 Reasons Why the SEC Whistleblower Program Is Successful
- Matt Stock and Jason Zuckerman
- May 30, 2020
In response to the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in July 2010, […]
Keeping Cash Flowing In Turbulent Times
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 29, 2020
“Cash flow is top-of-mind for most clients,” reads an April 3, 2020 article in the […]
KPMG Pay Cuts Are Probably Not Going to Be Well-Received Outside of Australia
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 29, 2020
Not that long ago, I stuck a link to this story in a Friday Footnotes […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Gift to ID Thieves; FU China; EBITACV-19? | 5.29.20
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 29, 2020
NASBA proposes changes in CPA requirements [Accounting Today] The National Association of State Boards of […]
