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According to KPMG, ‘A Majority’ of People Would Take a Pay Cut If It Meant Working With Friends
No joshin', that's what they said their Friends at Work 2.0 survey said: In a new report and analysis, KPMG, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, finds the majority…
Gordon Bennett! PwC UK Had a Bad Year
The good news is partner pay is up. Oh but they had to do some layoffs. Sorry, grunts. PwC UK reported revenue this week and they did so using thousands…
KPMGers Act in a Normal Way When Informed Via Rambling Internal Email That the Rapture Is Coming: “Does This Mean Busy Season Is Off?”
"Our energy is feeding Baal on this alter [sic] that is our office." A trainee accountant at KPMG in South Africa -- who was once an actress on a South…
In Completely Predictable News, People Are Being Reported to Ethics For Certain Recent Social Media Posts
Saw this on r/Deloitte earlier and thought it would be good to share as a reminder that you guys might want to watch what you post on social media under…
EY Plants a New GDS Flag in Mexico City
Didn't notice this story getting a lot of traction, though to be fair it was just released yesterday. EY GDS (Global Delivery Services -- i.e. offshore and nearshore teams working…
According to KPMG, ‘A Majority’ of People Would Take a Pay Cut If It Meant Working With Friends
No joshin', that's what they said their Friends at Work 2.0 survey said: In a new report and analysis, KPMG, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, finds the majority…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: India Inches Closer to Making Its Own Big 4; Andersen Going Public | 9.22.25
Hey and good morning. Got a little news for you, just a little. We've been following this, um, situation? Development? Thing that may or may not happen? Whatever, we've seen…
Friday Footnotes: DEI Comes Back to Bite Deloitte; No Tax On Tips Does Not Include OnlyFans, Illegal Activity (Boo) | 9.19.25
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…
Gordon Bennett! PwC UK Had a Bad Year
The good news is partner pay is up. Oh but they had to do some layoffs. Sorry, grunts. PwC UK reported revenue this week and they did so using thousands…
Layoff Watch ’25: BDO Begins Layoffs in Assurance
We're told from multiple sources that BDO has begun layoffs in audit today, don't have numbers for you at this time but are actively trying to hunt down more details.…
EY Plants a New GDS Flag in Mexico City
Didn't notice this story getting a lot of traction, though to be fair it was just released yesterday. EY GDS (Global Delivery Services -- i.e. offshore and nearshore teams working…
Big 4 Might Have Trouble Winning the AI Race
Yesterday we published a story about an AI-powered tax startup that received $10 million in venture capital on top of the $4.5 million they'd already raised to build their vision…
An ‘AI-Powered Tax Firm’ Just Secured $10 Million in Capital
We've been saying for months that the current era of money being thrown at accounting firms and all these capital-fueled AI "firms" popping up reminds us so much of the…
ChatGPT Is Doing Performance Reviews and Deciding Layoffs Now
According to a recent Resume Builder survey that tapped 1,342 US managers with direct reports to find out how many of them are using AI to determine who gets promoted…
Microsoft 365 Users Are Inexplicably Abusing Reply All in 2025, Sitting Through Too Many Meetings
The last time we covered the Microsoft Work Trend Index report was two years ago when they crunched Microsoft 365 data and discovered that Teams is the biggest productivity killer…
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…
Firms Are Raising Their Fees and Killing the Billable Hour For Good in 2026
Time to refresh this image we used last time we wrote about Ignition's US Accounting and Tax Pricing Benchmark report. Unsurprisingly, firms surveyed by Ignition are once again planning to…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | August 28, 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…
Top Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | August 14, 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 alone—and…
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I think all tax pros will recognize this as a phishing scam if, for no other reason, who is filing a tax return on extension for less than $100?
‘Company laid off 27,000 Americans, but received 25,075 H-1B approvals’: US defends decision with factsheet
Via @HarvardBiz: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Leaked memos from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have been circulating on social media that instruct instruct any H-1B visa holders currently traveling to immediately make travel arrangements to land in the US before 12AM ET on Sunday September 21st.
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…
Is PwC Cooking Up Another Big Rebranding?
TLDR: PwC has engaged McCann as global creative agency, their current logo is 14 years […]
Deloitte’s Second Service Doggo Is All Grown Up
*Article image is of some other dogs found on a stock image site, I needed […]
Oxford Study Finds Workplace Wellness Programs Do Diddly Squat For Mental Health
In “Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level mental health interventions: Cross-sectional evidence from the United Kingdom” […]
PwC UK Partners Teach Young Hires an Important Lesson: “We Don’t Care About You”
Across the pond, a batch of recent graduates who were no doubt thrilled to get […]
Project Everest Burned a Bigger Hole in EY’s Pocket Than We Thought
The big story making the rounds on this fine Monday morning is this one published […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY’s Paying Big For the Everest Failure; PwC UK Delays Promotions | 2.12.24
Hey! Happy Monday and an early Happy Valentine’s Day to you. Anyone have any nice […]
Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
The Old Guys Want to Cash Out
A recent piece in Hartford Business talks about accounting firm mergers and the aging partners […]
Let’s Discuss Bathroom Etiquette Now That We’re Returning to the Office
Perhaps this post is long overdue and should have been written at least two years […]
CLA Staff Might See Actual Celebrities at Their New Training Campus in Minnesota
Neighbors! Announced earlier this week, CliftonLarsonAllen has signed a 16-year lease for training space at […]
Layoff Watch ’24: Deloitte UK Is Cutting Some More Jobs
If you thought the economy was making a slow and painful U-turn back to better […]