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- The SEC’s Quarterly Reporting Proposal Is Catnip for Comment Letter Writers, Investors Not So Much
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- 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
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…
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…
Layoff Watch ’26: EY Trims Some Newbies in Audit
Seeing multiple posts about audit Staff 1s getting let go from EY this week, it's unclear how many are affected and if other service lines should brace for impact as…
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…
Friday Footnotes: Amateur Forensic Accounting Not Appreciated By Local Parks Department; KPMG Getting Dogged | 6.26.26
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…
Top 20 Firm Eide Bailly Gets on the Private Equity Train
The private equity train may have slowed a bit in accounting but it's still choo-chooing along with another big deal coming on the heels of Crowe's $3 billion deal with…
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…
KPMGers Are Maliciously Complying With The Firm’s AI Usage Requirements By Generating Fluff
On May 4, Business Insider published an article about KPMG's new AI dashboard. They've been publishing several articles in recent weeks about KPMG's AI initiatives actually, like the tax simulation…
Starbucks Kills Off Its Automated Counting AI Tool After Just 9 Months Because It Sucked at Counting Beans
While people outside of the accounting profession continue to smugly insist that accountants will be out of work in 12 months 18 months two years five years any day now…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | 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
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
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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Interesting if true. Unfortunately our best tipsters have been laid off or left in the last 3 years so we have no one to ask quick 😞
Hearing that PWC is moving its staff to consumption based usage on “premium” models in July, which includes all Opus and Sonnet models and GPT 5.5.
North Carolina Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners Makes a Persuasive Argument Against Paper
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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…
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,…
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…
Should More Accounting Firms Use ‘Blind’ Methods to Improve Their Diversity?
I like the idea of blind recruiting that this WSJ story discusses. Not knowing a […]
Accountingfly Featured Job of the Week: Senior Audit Accountant With Squire, Lemkin + Company
Accountingfly's featured job this week is for a Senior Audit Accountant with Squire, Lemkin + […]
CGMA Twitter Account Figured ‘Accountants Want Raises’ Was Stating the Obvious
No superfluous tweets here! 25% of #finance and #accounting employees would like to be rewarded […]
Accounting News Roundup: PwC Settles With Madoff Feeder Fund Investors; Audits and Russian Roulette; Shooting Down Merger Lawsuits | 01.07.16
PwC in $55 million settlement with Madoff feeder fund investors [Reuters]PwC audited Fairfield Greenwich Group, […]
What Career Questions Do You Have for Facebook’s Controller?
In this day and age, few companies have the visibility and prestige of Facebook. Yes, […]
#BusySeason Has Arrived
It's only January 6, so it's still too early for #busyseasonproblems, but it won't be […]
A 3rd big 4 switch
Here's the issue. I love auditing (I know, hard to believe). I work for a […]
Accounting News Roundup: DVA Relief; Fraudulent Invoices; One Hour of Work for Yourself | 01.06.16
Banks Get Relief on Accounting Headache [WSJ]The FASB must've heard the bellyaching in the Wall […]
Meet This Firm: Adam Shay CPA
Meet This Firm is a series of video interviews featuring the best accounting employers across […]
New Year’s Resolutions That Will Make Busy Season Less Awful
Happy New Year, y'all! I spent New Year's Eve watching my beloved Michigan State Spartans […]
Going Concern Is Looking for New Columnists
Are you looking to mix things up in the new year? Take a risk? Express […]