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Tag: Footnotes
Footnotes is a weekly wrap-up of news from around the accounting profession hand-picked by Going Concern editors to keep partners, staff, and practitioners of all stripes informed.
Published every Friday at 5 PM Eastern time.
Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22
These are the 5 most ‘boring’ — and exciting — jobs in the world, according […]
Friday Footnotes: The Salary Problem Catches Up to Firms; Deloitte Changes Its Mind; KPMG Punished (Again) | 3.18.22
Accounting Faces Reckoning After Years of Sluggish Pay Growth [Bloomberg Law] Gasp! Asking for time […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC’s Turn For a Probe; Accounting Professor Does a Naughty; The IRS is Hiring | 3.11.22
‘Big Four’ Targeted Again in U.K.—PwC Becomes Latest Subject of Investigations [Bloomberg Tax] Paul Brehony […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Naughty Workpapers; Audit Reform Critics; Clients Getting Dropped Like Mics | 3.4.22
Deloitte considers Russia pull out as pressure grows on western firms to exit [Financial News] […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG’s ‘Scandal-Ridden’ Crisis; PwC Cheats; Give Me a Straight Answer | 2.25.22
Why KPMG’s Culture Crisis is Symptomatic of a Broken Audit Industry [International Policy Digest] A […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Still On Its Bullsh*t; Here’s Why You’re Burned Out; EY Gives Itself a Hand(ie) | 2.18.22
This is why so many accountants are burned out and quitting right now [Fast Company] […]
Friday Footnotes: More Accounting Probes; IRS Gets Out of Your Face; KPMG’s Acquires Krypto | 2.11.22
Deloitte’s $5M Data Security Deal OK Is Sought by Plaintiffs [Bloomberg Law] A $4.95 million […]
Friday Footnotes: Grant Thornton Flees; Hunting Down Auditors; Getting Students Hyped About Accounting | 2.4.22
Talent shortage turns audits into tactical issue [CFO Dive] As in other parts of the […]
Friday Footnotes: Is Work Wrecking Your Body?; Ex-PwC Associate Gets Rich; AICPA to IRS: Do More | 1.28.22
6 red flags your body is breaking down from overwork [Fast Company] “There are two […]
Friday Footnotes: Canned Deloitte Manager Goes Off; Disrespectful Clients; Audit Smackdown | 1.21.22
Fired manager accuses Deloitte of defrauding VW and a #MeToo cover-up [Financial Times] A manager […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Partner Blames Juniors; Desperate Firms Look to India For Talent; EY’s Old Digs | 1.14.22
Carillion tribunal: Former KPMG staff turn on each other [The Guardian] The former KPMG partner […]