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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: Firm Fined For Data Breach; Deloitte Named Most Attractive; EY Expands Legal Arm | 10.8.21
FRC’s changes to fraud auditing standard explained [ICAEW Insights] The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s UK […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Plush Profits; Britney’s New CPA Conservator; KPMG Gives a Partner the Boot | 10.1.21
Deloitte UK profits boosted by public sector pandemic work [Financial Times] Deloitte has confirmed a […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC Has an Evergrande Problem; Too Hard to Be a CPA; Big 4 Rot | 9.24.21
China Evergrande Auditor Gave Clean Bill of Health Despite Debt [Wall Street Journal] Last year […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC Pays the Poors Less; Deloitte’s New Minis; BDO Brings on Audit Staff | 9.17.21
Malaysia says auditor KPMG to pay $80 million in 1MDB settlement [Reuters] Malaysia said on […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Woos Broke People; PhD Pay Day; Guy Sues Deloitte | 9.10.21
KPMG’s UK arm among first to set targets for working class staff [Reuters] “We’re setting […]
Friday Footnotes: KPMG Lied; EY Works For Free; Macaroni and Cheating | 9.3.21
KPMG faces complaint of providing ‘false’ information on Carillion audit [Reuters] KPMG allegedly provided “false […]
Friday Footnotes: Firms Sweating Staff Losses; Who Got Fined This Time?; Accountant’s XXX Problem | 8.27.21
Staffing and COVID-19 relief programs are firms’ top concerns in 2021 [Journal of Accountancy] Finding […]
Friday Footnotes: That’s Weak; Disclosing Turnover?; One Heckuva Farewell | 8.20.21
Revenue, lease accounting still challenge private companies [Journal of Accountancy] Revenue recognition and lease accounting […]
Friday Footnotes: Bad Guy Fights For His License; EY’s New Buddy; IRS Improvements? | 8.13.21
Accountant who stole $1.7M from corporate client, Little League group, should get his CPA license […]
Friday Footnotes: Don’t Trust Your Auditors; KPMG Partners Score; A PwC TikTok Star | 8.6.21
Your Auditor Is Not Your Friend [Bloomberg Opinion] Accounting is an unusual professional-services business because […]
Friday Footnotes: Breaking Broken Audits; Casual CFOs?; Back to Office Pressure Builds | 7.30.21
The future of auditing: why plans to sharpen up the industry could actually make it […]