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View AllLayoff Watch ’26: The King’s KPMG Kindly Asks 600 Auditors to GTFO
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 31, 2026
We covered this story in yesterday's Monday Morning Accounting News Brief but it's significant enough news to earn its own spot in a separate article as it's a large market…
A KPMG Senior Director Got Beat Up By a Guy Who Stars in Reacher
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 25, 2026
Oh my God it feels like it's 2010 all over again with that headline. Thanks to the algorithm for putting this item in my feed since no one saw fit…
KPMG Picked an Aussie to Rule Over the Global Empire [UPDATED]
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 18, 2026
Ed. note: This article was originally published on March 5, 2026. It was updated on March 18 after KPMG made a public announcement confirming Gary Wingrove as Global Chairman and…
Deloitte Runs a Photo Competition??
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 17, 2026
Wait, what is this? Deloitte Italy and Fondazione Deloitte [Deloitte Foundation] are handing out tens of thousands of euros in a photo competition centered around the subject of "proximites." Why?…
EY Is Now Paying a $10k CPA Bonus
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 10, 2026
Anyone in the mood for a bit of good news? Here goes: EY is doubling their CPA bonus for early career new hires who can manage to pass all four…
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View AllLayoff Watch ’26: The King’s KPMG Kindly Asks 600 Auditors to GTFO
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 31, 2026
We covered this story in yesterday's Monday Morning Accounting News Brief but it's significant enough news to earn its own spot in a separate article as it's a large market…
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: KPMG Asks Hundreds of People to Go; One Big Beautiful Bill Equals Billable Hours | 3.30.26
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 30, 2026
Good morning and happy Monday, capital markets servants. I ventured out into the muck to dig up some news for you to start the week. In this news briefYour Services…
Friday Footnotes: EY Socks Away a Bunch of Money For Future Fines; Can You Leave at 5 and Still Make Partner? | 3.27.26
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 27, 2026
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…
The Top 20 Firm That Kicked Off PE Madness in 2021 and Its PE Firm Announce They’ll Keep Kickin’ It
- Going Concern News Desk
- March 26, 2026
EisnerAmper (#15 on the INSIDE Public Accounting Top 100 with $1.023 billion in revenue) and TowerBrook Capital announced yesterday that they've completed a continuation vehicle transaction which basically means TowerBrook…
A KPMG Senior Director Got Beat Up By a Guy Who Stars in Reacher
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 25, 2026
Oh my God it feels like it's 2010 all over again with that headline. Thanks to the algorithm for putting this item in my feed since no one saw fit…
Technology
View AllICYMI: According to This AI CEO You Won’t Have to Go to Work in a Year
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- February 24, 2026
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
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- February 18, 2026
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
- Going Concern News Desk
- February 17, 2026
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…
KPMG Brings AI Talking Points to a Fee Negotiation, Inadvertently Opens a Pandora’s Box Filled With Stingy Clients
- Going Concern News Desk
- February 10, 2026
As reported by Financial Times on February 6, included in Friday's edition of Footnotes, and widely chuckled at by public accountants both current and former across the world since, KPMG…
Hackers Set Out to Ruin Tax Season Early For One Old-Ass Firm
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 29, 2025
'Tis the season. For alleged data breaches, that is. Cybernews is reporting that a Russian ransomware group called Lynx claims to have gotten its hands on a whole mess of…
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View AllTop Remote Tax and Accounting Candidates of the Week | October 16, 2025
- Liz Branch
- 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
- Liz Branch
- 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
- Liz Branch
- 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
- Liz Branch
- 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
- Liz Branch
- 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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View AllHere Are Tax and Audit Salaries at Top 25, Top 300, and Regional Firms
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 11, 2025
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
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 26, 2025
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)
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- March 20, 2025
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
- Going Concern News Desk
- November 7, 2024
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
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 15, 2024
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…
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View AllTop Remote Accounting Freelancers: February 3, 2024
- Liz Branch
- 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
- GoingConcern
- October 5, 2023
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
- GoingConcern
- September 21, 2023
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
- GoingConcern
- September 7, 2023
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…
A Whole Lot of People Squeezed in One Last CPA Exam Section in 2025
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 18, 2025
The last batch of CPA exam scores released in 2025 were dropped on the 16th […]
From ‘Think Like a Manager’ to ‘Please Make Eye Contact’: PwC Adjusts Expectations
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- December 17, 2025
Do you remember that story from August about how PwC planned to teach associates to […]
KPMG Reports $39.8 Billion in Revenue for 2025 (With Several Asterisks)
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 16, 2025
The last Big 4 firm to report revenue every year reported revenue today and it’s […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Earns an Investigation For Falling to Rotate; Companies Spending on Tech, Not People | 12.15.25
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- December 15, 2025
Good morning, capital markets servants! We’re running out of Mondays pretty quickly here, this is […]
Friday Footnotes: Fallout Flub Shows Us What Can Go Wrong With AI; PCAOB Takes a Look at PE | 12.12.25
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 12, 2025
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
EY Inks a Deal For Two Floors in This Shiny Charlotte Building
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 11, 2025
It’s official: EY is taking two floors (45,000 sq ft) at the Queensbridge Collective (QBC) […]
Good Luck Teleworking If You Still Work at the IRS
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 10, 2025
It looks like IRS employees hoping to be granted a telework exemption due to temporary […]
Fewer Auditors in the Game, Perfectly Fine Audits? Sure, Why Not
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 9, 2025
Remember two years ago when we started hearing about smaller-but-not-small firms getting out of the […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Andersen Prepares an IPO; UK Goes After Corrupt Accountants | 12.8.25
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- December 8, 2025
Hey and a good snowy morning to you. Dug up a little bit of news […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMGers Bring Cheating Into the 2020s By Using AI; Deloitte Partner Graciously Slides Under the Bus | 12.05.25
- Going Concern News Desk
- December 5, 2025
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Accenture Tests How Far Corporate Renaming Can Go Before Clients Start Mocking You
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- December 4, 2025
As the worldwide consulting market struggles to generate billable hours for at least the third […]
