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View AllLayoff Watch ’26: Deloitte Auditors Got Bad News This Week
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 20, 2026
We only just now saw this as we hadn't gotten any tips about it and happened to see it on Reddit. Contrary to popular belief, we don't spend all day…
Someone at Deloitte’s Atlanta Office Doesn’t Rerack the Gym Equipment
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 20, 2026
So I saw this tweet last night as it was making the rounds. If you're still on Xitter you may have seen it too: If you're a long-time GC reader…
Evergrande Liquidators Want to Take an Extra Grande Bite Out of PwC’s Whole Pocket
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 19, 2026
It's already cost PwC China as much as two-thirds of their revenue due to regulatory punishments and reputational fallout, and now the collapse of long-time audit client Evergrande in 2021…
EY Gets Busted and Yeets Cybersecurity Report Littered With AI Hallucinations
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 15, 2026
Yesterday we received a news release from a communications firm working for a group called GPTZero. Now you should know that we receive probably a hundred or more news releases…
Layoff Watch ’26: KPMG Cuts 4% From Consulting
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 30, 2026
We've got another RIF at KPMG, a consulting cull that went down yesterday (that's Wednesday the 29th for those of you reading this a week from now). Let's start with…
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View AllMonday Morning Accounting News Brief: Is AI in Big 4 a Big Deal?; Consulting Isn’t For Everyone, Or Most People Really | 5.25.26
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 25, 2026
Good morning and Happy Memorial Day! I hope at least some of you have the day off and will be doing something fun and/or relaxing today. This will be a…
Friday Footnotes: Supposedly AI Isn’t Killing Offshore Hiring Yet; KPMG Cozies Up to Claude | 5.22.26
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 22, 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…
CBIZ Ends Its Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 21, 2026
We received this on the tipline a few days ago, not much info but it's still a pretty decent happening so let's roll with it: CBIZ suspends employee stock purchase…
Layoff Watch ’26: Deloitte Auditors Got Bad News This Week
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 20, 2026
We only just now saw this as we hadn't gotten any tips about it and happened to see it on Reddit. Contrary to popular belief, we don't spend all day…
Evergrande Liquidators Want to Take an Extra Grande Bite Out of PwC’s Whole Pocket
- Going Concern News Desk
- May 19, 2026
It's already cost PwC China as much as two-thirds of their revenue due to regulatory punishments and reputational fallout, and now the collapse of long-time audit client Evergrande in 2021…
Technology
View AllStarbucks Kills Off Its Automated Counting AI Tool After Just 9 Months Because It Sucked at Counting Beans
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 22, 2026
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…
EY Gets Busted and Yeets Cybersecurity Report Littered With AI Hallucinations
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- May 15, 2026
Yesterday we received a news release from a communications firm working for a group called GPTZero. Now you should know that we receive probably a hundred or more news releases…
KPMG Plans to Hand Routine Testing Off to AI
- Going Concern News Desk
- April 21, 2026
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
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- April 8, 2026
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
- 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…
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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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Accounting too 🥺
You could carve out a nice life for yourself with just a bachelor's degree from a state school (and a lot of hard work, ofc).
Still can but it's getting a lot more competitive at the entry levels and equity is getting tougher to grab at the top.
Tech was one of the last paths into the upper middle class without family money, credential laundering, or nepotism.
Now those jobs are disappearing too.
That is why the layoff story matters beyond tech.
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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…
PwC Announced $53.1 Billion in Global Revenue
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 24, 2023
‘Tis the season for global professional services firm revenue announcements and PwC has given us […]
Senator Calls Bullsh*t on Guy Claiming Heavy Regulation Is to Blame For the Auditor Shortage
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 24, 2023
Sometimes people ask “why do you write about things happening in Australia on an American […]
What Do We Think About PwC Putting AI to Work Offering Clients Advice?
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 23, 2023
Article image obviously generated by AI. Reported by Bloomberg last week, PwC is putting AI to […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Missing KPMG Partner’s Vehicle Found; A Speaker Makes Deloitters Uncomfortable | 10.23.23
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 23, 2023
Hey, it’s Monday. So here’s a few things going on in our corner of the […]
Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 20, 2023
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans […]
Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals
- Letter to the Editor
- October 20, 2023
Ed. note: A reader sent in this thought-provoking essay on their experience as a CPA. […]
The IRS Is Graciously Letting Taxpayers Withdraw Some Bad ERC Claims
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 20, 2023
On Thursday the IRS announced a special withdrawal process to help those who may have […]
Looks Like PwC Australia Is Getting in Trouble With the PCAOB For Failing to Report an ‘Event’
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 19, 2023
An “event” is putting it lightly. As you all know by now the PwC Australia […]
Accountants on Why They’re Leaving: ‘The Hours Are Long and Unreasonable, Compensation Is Low’
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 19, 2023
“The number-one trend is that the candidate is in complete control…because the unemployment rate is […]
EY Expects Its People to Build a Better Working World Together In Person Up to 60% of the Time
- Going Concern News Desk
- October 18, 2023
While none of us read HR Brew they interviewed Frank Giampietro, chief well-being officer for […]
Who Had ‘Do More Fraud’ on Their Things That Could Save the Accounting Profession Bingo Card?
- Adrienne Gonzalez
- October 18, 2023
When a tipster sent this over yesterday it seemed obvious prior to clicking the link […]
