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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: Troubled KPMGer Kicks Rocks; Stay Home, Auditors; Grant Thornton Plays Defense | 4.2.21
Partner who led KPMG’s audit of Carillion leaves Big Four firm [Financial Times] The partner […]
Friday Footnotes: Amazon Prime Accounting?; KPMG Office Outbreak; PwC Staff Appreciation | 3.26.21
Wirecard ‘Criminals’ Had Us Duped, EY Auditor Tells Lawmakers [Bloomberg] An Ernst & Young LLP […]
Friday Footnotes: Costly Audit Mistakes; No Bonus For You!; Accounting Education Lags Behind | 03.19.21
Bonuses Are Targeted in U.K. Crackdown on Audit Scandals [Bloomberg] Top executives at companies hit […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Deals With Lookers; PwC Gets Fired; Auditors and Climate Change | 3.12.21
UK watchdog investigating Deloitte audits of Lookers [Reuters] Britain’s accounting watchdog said on Friday it […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Pays Up; KPMG Sells An Arm; FASB Doesn’t Bow to Big 4 | 3.5.21
Deloitte to pay Malaysia $80 million to settle claims linked to 1MDB [Reuters] Audit firm […]
Friday Footnotes: Did Rona Change the Industry For the Better?; Best Big 4 For Women; WFH Is Out | 2.26.21
No progress without a pandemic? [Accounting Today] Dan Hood asks the important question in AT. […]
Friday Footnotes: Busy Season Vacay; PwC Fined; Bill Michael Was Right? | 2.19.21
Black CPA Centennial celebrates first Black CPA [Journal of Accountancy] The first CPA law was […]
Friday Footnotes: China v. Deloitte; Fraud Jumps Over a Lazy Brown Watchdog; Stay Home, PwC | 2.12.21
China orders Deloitte to investigate whistleblower allegations [FT] China’s Ministry of Finance said in a […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte Gets Tattled On; KPMG Kuts; We Want Jobs! | 2.5.21
Deloitte in hot water in China after an employee makes a PPT exposing alleged accounting […]
Friday Footnotes: PwC Touts Audit Quality; Big 4 Doing Less Lobbying; EY Australia Goes CEO Shopping | 1.29.21
PwC reports improvement in audit quality [Accounting Today] From last week, but big if true: […]
Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Lucrative Hookup; Big 4 ‘Hiring Spree’; Smoke Up, CPAs | 1.22.21
Partner capital account reporting gets transition penalty relief [Journal of Accountancy] The IRS provided transition […]