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PwC Tells Remote Tax Staff to Get Their Butts Into the Office
So much for PwC letting all their people work remotely forever. Remember when that got headlines five years ago? See: PwC Just Announced That You Never Have To Go Back…
KPMG Plans to Hand Routine Testing Off to AI
Did you happen to see this WSJ article from the other day? In "In This Critical Part of Audits, the Accountant’s Role Is Shrinking Fast," we're given a look into…
Deloitte to Slash Benefits For Non Client-Facing Staff
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
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
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…
PwC Tells Remote Tax Staff to Get Their Butts Into the Office
So much for PwC letting all their people work remotely forever. Remember when that got headlines five years ago? See: PwC Just Announced That You Never Have To Go Back…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: AI Boom Investor Fraud Off to a Strong Start; Do We Even Need Tax Pros? | 4.20.26
4/20 you say? Nice. In this news briefWe Shouldn't Need AccountantsFASB Tackles Gamers' Most-Hated Topic: Data CentersYou Just Gonna Let AI Agents Run Wild Like That?Ilhan Omar's Husband's Accountant Struggles…
Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Are Doing Great These Days; IRS Encourages Whistleblowing | 4.17.26
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…
Deloitte to Slash Benefits For Non Client-Facing Staff
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
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…
KPMG Plans to Hand Routine Testing Off to AI
Did you happen to see this WSJ article from the other day? In "In This Critical Part of Audits, the Accountant’s Role Is Shrinking Fast," we're given a look into…
AI Will Be EY Auditors’ New BFF, According to EY
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
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
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
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…
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
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Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | September 25, 2025
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Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | September 18, 2025
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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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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…
Friday Footnotes: More Layoffs at KPMG; PwC Offers AI for Dummies; DEI Initiatives are MIA | 6.21.24
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Top Remote Accountants of the Week | June 21, 2024
Struggling to find remote accountants, CAS experts, auditors, or tax professionals for your firm or […]
EY’s Vice Chair of Tax Says AI is Saving Professionals Up to 14 Hours a Week
14. That’s (up to) how many hours a week EY’s global Vice Chair of tax […]
Let’s Wish These 69 High School Students Good Luck as They Start a Summer Internship at a Top Ten Firm
CliftonLarsonAllen announced today that for the second year in a row, a group of high […]
AI’s Hype Phase is Dying and Fast
Well that was fast. Here we thought we’d get at least another year or two […]
Why’s There a Talent Shortage and How Firms Can Do Their Part to Fix It
Buckle up because we’re about to dive headfirst into the fiery pit of despair known […]
As Prophesied, the IRS Is Struggling to Hire All Those New Agents
Guess what? Those 87,000 armed goons new agents the IRS was authorized to hire thanks […]
Deloitte Survey: Management Thinks Everyone Is Doing Way Better Than They Actually Are
Deloitte has released their third Well-being at Work Survey and guess what? The workers aren’t […]
The Era of the Non-Equity Partner Is Upon Us
320%. That’s how much the number of non-equity partners at INSIDE Public Accounting Top 100 […]
Layoff Watch ’24: KPMG Australia Throws Out Babies and Bath Water in Consulting
As we know, it’s been a rough year and a half or so for consulting. […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Heads Up, the IRS Is Scrutinizing Partnerships; | 6.17.24
WAKE UP! It’s Monday. For some news that’s three or more days old, check out […]