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Even PwC Is Hyping Up GTA VI Now
With 14 days to go until the release of the most anticipated game of this decade, PwC has pushed out a bit of thought leadership-slash-economic analysis titled "Vice City, everywhere:…
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…
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Settles With Investors; AICPA Proposes Outside Investor Guidance | 11.6.26
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…
Even PwC Is Hyping Up GTA VI Now
With 14 days to go until the release of the most anticipated game of this decade, PwC has pushed out a bit of thought leadership-slash-economic analysis titled "Vice City, everywhere:…
Turns Out Offshoring Isn’t a Cheap Forever Solution to Talent Problems
Well we knew this would happen eventually. An article published today in Accountants Daily is all about how small firms over in Australia are struggling to hire talent. Now, if…
CBIZ Shareholders Are Cool With the Grant Thornton Merger, the Deal is a Go (UPDATE)
Ed. note: This article was originally published on October 29, 2026. On November 2, 2026, both CBIZ and Grant Thornton announced the transaction had completed. We didn't think this deserved…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Boss Hates Work From Home; KPMG Catches Some Heat For Personnel Plans | 11.2.26
Hey. Put down the fun size candy bar and read some news. In this news briefFar Be It From the SEC to Hinder Technological InnovationGT + CBIZ 4EverKPMG Gets Some…
The Robots Want Your Emails, and the AICPA Has Concerns
Last month a pitch arrived in our editor inbox, the title of which was "Going Concern, meet the startup helping accounting firms turn old Slacks and emails into free money."…
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…
The Robots Want Your Emails, and the AICPA Has Concerns
Last month a pitch arrived in our editor inbox, the title of which was "Going Concern, meet the startup helping accounting firms turn old Slacks and emails into free money."…
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…
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The Robots Want Your Emails, and the AICPA Has Concerns
A meticulously thorough read on the TaxDome situation:
TaxDome changed its pricing, and the pitchforks came out. But the bill isn’t the only thing worth reading. The updated data terms deserve attention, too. I ran the numbers and read the fine print.
https://www.joshandtaxes.com/p/taxdome-new-pricing-ai-data-terms
Turns Out Offshoring Isn’t a Cheap Forever Solution to Talent Problems
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,…
The “New” Arthur Andersen Was Just Kidding About Holding a Press Conference to Explain WTF Is Going On
Last week kinda blew by and we sorta forgot that this mysterious new Arthur Andersen […]
Accounting News Roundup: Middle Management Stress and Diversity Denial | 03.24.17
We are all middle management Here’s a Harvard Business Review article on “Why Being a […]
Danger Lurking: Mirai and Botnet Are Terms Auditors Should Know
Uh, oh. Forget the Secret Life of Pets. What about the secret life of your […]
Talent Crisis Survey: Where Have All the Accountants Gone?
We’ve looked everywhere. In a March 6 article in The Wall Street Journal, we learn […]
Accountingfly Featured Job of the Week: Audit Manager with Perkins & Co
Accountingfly’s featured job this week is an Audit Manager with Perkins & Co in Portland, Ore. […]
Accounting News Roundup: Substantial Doubt About Sears and PwC Settles | 03.23.17
I sincerely hope PwC’s lawyers gave MF Global the right envelope. Substantial doubt Going concern […]
Which one is better for my career path?
I have two full time job offers. 1. Tax Software Company – Tax Analyst -Develop […]
Robot Auditors Won’t Have a Problem Giving Clients Bad News
Here’s something that won’t surprise anyone: A study from the University of Missouri found that […]
Project Based CPA Needed in Chicago – $50/$65 an hour
Beech Valley Solutions has a 1-2 month consulting need in Chicago for a CPA with […]
Siegfried Group?
I’m looking for a switch from the Big 4 (roughly 5 years of experience) Â and […]
Accounting News Roundup: PCAOB Transparency and a Deloitte Cafeteria Accepts Bitcoin | 03.22.17
PCAOB transparency One of the biggest gripes about the PCAOB is that their disciplinary proceedings […]