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EY Consultant Discovers One Weird Trick to Never Work in Banking Again, Or Big 4 For That Matter
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KPMG May Have Gotten Big 4 Into Big, Big Trouble in Australia
Just as everyone was starting to chill out a little about the PwC tax scandal in Australia, Deloitte up and scammed the government with an AI report and then KPMG…
In New AI Guidelines, IRS Politely Suggests You Not Make Up Sources Like Deloitte Did
The IRS sent out a bulletin yesterday and we're going to write about it because for once it's not about tedious tax stuff that our audience doesn't have the patience…
The Big 4 Model Might Be Cooked
For nearly 17 years now, this website you're reading has been meticulously documenting the accounting profession, Big 4 in particular and often through the lens of younger staff coming through…
Activist Investor Tells CBIZ They Need More Acquisitions in Their Life
The last we checked in on happenings at CBIZ, we reported some info provided via the tipline that the firm had ended its employee stock purchase program which allowed employees…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Cool It on the Scandals, Students Are Watching; Quarterly Reporting Proposal Overwhelmingly Opposed | 7.6.26
Happy post-Independence Day! Hope everyone had a good holiday and still has all their fingers today. Getting back to business, a few things happened while you were sweating your nuts…
The SEC’s Quarterly Reporting Proposal Is Catnip for Comment Letter Writers, Investors Not So Much
As you may have heard (or may have seen via our three previous stories about a big proposed change to quarterly reporting that started with a Trump shower thought and…
EY Consultant Discovers One Weird Trick to Never Work in Banking Again, Or Big 4 For That Matter
Have you ever been tempted to poke around a bit too hard in material that you've been given access to as part of your fancy Big 4 job? Allegedly, 21-year-old…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Insists Candidates Enjoy Their AI Avatar; Guy at Deloitte’s Grandma Has Something She Can Put on the Fridge | 6.29.26
Hey you. Got a little assortment of news here for you. In this news briefThe Accounting Job Market Is...Great?EY's AI Avatar Gets Glazed16-Year-Old Accountant Gets National PraiseSometimes Disciplinary Matters Work…
Big 4 Firm With AI Quotas Unironically Explains Why AI Quotas Are Such a Terrible Idea in Latest Survey
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…
Beware This Hot New Scam: LinkedIn Job Hunt Takes a Sharp Detour Into Attempted Bank Emptying
Saw this post on r/accounting and while I know some of you feel a certain type of way about using Reddit for "content" it felt important to pass along to…
In New AI Guidelines, IRS Politely Suggests You Not Make Up Sources Like Deloitte Did
The IRS sent out a bulletin yesterday and we're going to write about it because for once it's not about tedious tax stuff that our audience doesn't have the patience…
Deloitte Made the Creepy Digital Librarian From The Time Machine But For Golf
Have you seen the 2002 movie The Time Machine? If you haven't then the reference in the headline isn't going to make a lick of sense. Lucky for you YouTube…
KPMG Redefines Excellence in the Age of AI By Using AI to Pump Out Dubious Citations in This Now-Removed Report
GPTZero, the folks who brought you this glorious takedown of an EY Canada report stuffed with completely made up sources, are back at it again and this time they've caught…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | October 16, 2025
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Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | 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
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
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
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Big 4 Firm With AI Quotas Unironically Explains Why AI Quotas Are Such a Terrible Idea in Latest Survey
Copilot cleans a spreadsheet in 90 seconds. Startups are building AI that acts as a "modular CFO." So what does AI actually change for the CPA, and what will clients expect three years from now?
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Activist Investor Tells CBIZ They Need More Acquisitions in Their Life
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)
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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…
Top Remote Accounting Freelancers: February 3, 2024
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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,…
6 Ways Email is Secretly Destroying Your Accounting Firm
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
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…
Impatient CPA Exam Candidates Won’t Be Pleased With the 2017 Score Release Schedule
A tip came in earlier today noting that the 2017 CPA exam score release schedule […]
Will my big 4 internship offer get revoked?
Hello! I am a senior accounting student at a Big 4 target school. This semester, […]
What Does ‘Getting Involved’ at a Non-Profit Really Mean?
People are taught: “One way of getting new business is getting involved at a non-profit.” […]
Accounting News Roundup: Deep Dive on IRS Phone Scams and ‘Anti-GAAP’ Metrics | 01.06.17
IRS phone scams Although large raids in India have more or less put IRS Scams, […]
Centenarian CPA Recalls a Time When PwC Wasn’t So Committed to Diversity
Here's a great story about Aaron Blecker, a 105-year-old Great Neck, New York resident who's had a pretty good run. And yep, he's an accountant.
Accountingfly Featured Job of the Week: Accounting Tax Manager with Pershing Yoakley and Associates
Accountingfly's featured job this week is an Accounting Tax Manager with Pershing Yoakley and Associates […]
Insider Trading Legal?
One of the big changes I'm hoping for under President Trump is the elimination for […]
Accounting News Roundup: Accounting Firms and Higher Ed; Undeserved Vacation and Bonuses | 01.05.17
Firms and schools Yesterday, I mentioned an article that pointed out that the Big 4 […]
Accounting News Roundup: Another SEC Apprentice Competitor and Big 4 Isn’t for Everyone | 01.04.17
Trump's SEC Apprentice The SEC Apprentice competition is still going on and a new name […]
EY Counts the Votes for the Golden Globes, You Guys
Look at that, another year gone by. As many of us try to get back […]
Accounting News Roundup: Dated Accounting Systems and Kamp KPMG | 01.03.17
Dated accounting systems I'm sure some of you working on in-house accounting teams have to […]