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View AllDeloitte to Slash Benefits For Non Client-Facing Staff
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 17, 2026
We specifically added the non-client-facing bit in the headline soz not to scare everyone. It's rough enough out there on the front lines as it is, we don't need to…
Uh Oh, PwC Is Up to Something
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 15, 2026
By "something" we mean "aggressively enshittifying their product." Bet clients and prospective clients will just love that. Financial Times reports that their birdies are pointing to an overhaul in consulting…
Apparently Shouting “Promote Me! Promote Me!” in a Partner’s Face Can Get You Promoted at Deloitte
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 9, 2026
Over in Ireland there's a case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) right now that may be of interest to our readers, our readers being people who are all too…
AI Will Be EY Auditors’ New BFF, According to EY
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 8, 2026
While staff in tax at EY US will soon be spending more time with their flesh-based colleagues due to a return-to-office mandate that requires them in the office for an…
Once Again, a Mid-Tier Firm Beat Out Big 4 on This ‘Best Companies’ List
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 7, 2026
Fortune has released its Best Companies to Work For list for 2026 and we just realized we didn't cover it at all last year. Shrug, it's all just marketing anyway.…
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View AllFriday Footnotes: PwC Partners Are Doing Great These Days; IRS Encourages Whistleblowing | 4.17.26
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 17, 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 to Slash Benefits For Non Client-Facing Staff
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 17, 2026
We specifically added the non-client-facing bit in the headline soz not to scare everyone. It's rough enough out there on the front lines as it is, we don't need to…
Uh Oh, PwC Is Up to Something
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 15, 2026
By "something" we mean "aggressively enshittifying their product." Bet clients and prospective clients will just love that. Financial Times reports that their birdies are pointing to an overhaul in consulting…
Faced With PR Nightmare Due to Email Mistake, Becker Chooses the “Fine, Everyone Wins” Option
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 14, 2026
While I'm sure a majority of our readers got their CPA review courses for free through whatever firm hired them after graduation, for those going it alone the cost of…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Tax Day Used to Be a Big Party; A Tale of Two PwCs | 4.13.26
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 13, 2026
Good morning, brave soldiers of the spreadsheets. Set yourself a calendar reminder to check in with your favorite tax person some time later this week, see how they're doing. How…
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View AllAI Will Be EY Auditors’ New BFF, According to EY
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 8, 2026
While staff in tax at EY US will soon be spending more time with their flesh-based colleagues due to a return-to-office mandate that requires them in the office for an…
ICYMI: 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…
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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
- 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…
Survey: 1 In 10 Professionals Say They Never Go to Work Sick, Are Full of Crap
- Jason Bramwell
- October 29, 2019
I don’t know about you guys but I’ve never known a person who hasn’t come […]
EY’s Run of Bad Press Continues
- Jason Bramwell
- October 28, 2019
If all the negative headlines EY has been dealing with (and deserved) since the Huffington […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Ripping Off Olympian, Ex-IRS Employee Jailed, Stealing From Your Own Firm
- Jason Bramwell
- October 28, 2019
Plus, a Massachusetts accountant pleads guilty to tax fraud, and a Toronto accountant gets prison […]
Friday Footnotes: Firm Moves; PwC’s Future-Ready Workforce; KPMG Gets Sneaky | 10.25.19
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 25, 2019
PwC and EY accused of complicity in Thomas Cook collapse [FT] MPs have accused two […]
If You’re Waiting For Your CFE Score, You’re Going to Be Waiting a Long Time, Says CPA Canada
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 25, 2019
Show of hands, who here thought CPA Canada would, by some miracle, be able to […]
Even the Hearing Impaired Will Know How Cheesy KPMG’s Latest Lakehouse Video Is
- Jason Bramwell
- October 25, 2019
Here are some screenshots from the latest over-the-top KPMG Lakehouse video to illustrate what we […]
These Colleges Have Cranked Out the Most Public Accounting Firm CEOs and Managing Partners
- Jason Bramwell
- October 24, 2019
Last Thursday I got an email from Renaissance Capital listing the colleges that have produced […]
How Accounting and Finance Professionals Can Use Data to Gain Superpowers
- GoingConcern
- October 24, 2019
You read that right—when FP&A, accounting, tax, and audit professionals can proficiently read, work with, […]
YSK: You Can Pay NASBA To Tell You In Which CPA Exam Jurisdiction You Should Sit
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 23, 2019
Nowadays, it’s easy enough to look up CPA exam requirements by state and figure out […]
Which Big 4 Firm Had the Most IPO Audit Clients In Q3 2019?
- Jason Bramwell
- October 23, 2019
The firm that puts the EY in cringEworthY training seminars for women audited the most […]
Guess Which Big 4 Firm Houston Astros Executive and Taunter of Female Reporters Brandon Taubman Used to Work At?
- Jason Bramwell
- October 23, 2019
Houston Astros executive Brandon Taubman has made headlines in the past 24 hours for allegedly […]
