Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Treasury Abruptly Yeets Booz Allen...
Good morning and welcome to a very frosty Monday Morning Accounting News Brief. I’m reading that almost a million people are without power today, if you are one of them I have to question why you’re...
View ArticleFriday Footnotes: Deep Bench Has Government Consultants Worried; Accounting...
We See You, #TaxTwitter Have you reached the eye twitch part of tax season yet?— Logan Graf (@LoganGrafTax) March 6, 2025 Consulting Trump administration to expand blitz against spending on...
View ArticleFriday Footnotes: AI More Trusted Than CPAs; We’re Interested in Carried...
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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Picks a Woman to Lead; Auditor Roasts Disorganized...
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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Semper Fi-nancial; EY Gets a D in...
Hi, welcome to another Monday. *insert sassy observation here* As you ready yourself for the week ahead, take some time to contemplate the fact that there’s better shit to do with your life than work...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Needs a Governance Makeover; BEC...
Here we are, a brand new year. Guess it’s back to the grind, starting with some news. I’ve been mostly checked out for a week so I don’t even know if there’s anything going on. Surely something...
View ArticleLayoff Watch ’23: The KPMG Workforce is Shrinking By About 5% (UPDATED)
Stock photo of KPMG office in London. Look, the logo is the same ok. Rumors have been buzzing for a few weeks now that KPMG would be making some cuts, the most notable of these buzzes an extra buzzy...
View ArticleFriday Footnotes: How to Add ChatGPT to Excel; RSM Wins Awards; Auditor...
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View ArticleBig 4 Firms Are Fighting Engineers Over the Right to Bill Clients For Climate...
Interesting piece over at the Wall Street Journal this morning about environmental disclosures or, more significantly, who gets to charge clients for auditing this data under SEC climate disclosure...
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If KPMG Was a Radio Station, What Would Its Slogan Be?
One of our favorite nicknames we’ve given KPMG through the years is “The Radio Station,” for obvious reasons. So in this Saturday shitpost, we ask: If KPMG was actually a radio station, what would its...
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Accountant Behaving Badly: Cherry Bekaert Partner Arrested For Allegedly...
William Billips Today’s “Accountant Behaving Badly” comes via a tip from a reader. Usually public accounting firm partners get into trouble for insider trading, participating in some elaborate fraud,...
View ArticlePoaching News Roundup: 10.13.21
A recap of recent non-Big 4-on-Big 4 poaching news throughout the accounting profession. BDO Stefan Beyers joined BDO UK’s financial services team as an audit partner. He has a boatload of experience...
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EY UK Sheds Some Pounds Because An Audit Partner Messed Up Big Time
The UK’s audit cops were itchin’ to dole out some discipline today, and the butts that were paddled belong to ex-audit partner Mark Harvey and his former employer EY. The Financial Times reported:...
View ArticlePromotion Watch ’21: PwC Admits 63 Overachievers to the U.K. Partnership
The smell of new partners is in the air at the Queen’s PwC: Congratulations to the 63 new partners across our Audit, Consulting, Deals, Risk and Tax business divisions. Find out more:...
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Question of the Day: Is EY the New KPMG?
For as long as I can remember, KPMG has always been the butt of Big 4 jokes: Big 3 + KPMG, a golf apparel company masquerading as a Big 4 firm, the red-headed stepchild of the profession, always a...
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Happy 50th Birthday to Walking KPMG Billboard, Phil Mickelson!
Everyone’s favorite blue-KPMG-hat-wearing, non-U.S.-Open-winning, left-handed duffer is turning the big 5-0 today. And the honorary Klynveldian was appreciative of the birthday wishes from the...
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KPMG Poaches Someone From PwC and Issues a Press Release, Part IV
In our latest installment of “Competitive Poaching From Around the World,” we travel to Scotland for some Big 4-on-Big 4 action. And it involves our favorite poaching rivalry: PwC vs. KPMG. David...
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Train Station Turd, College Crook, Fake CPA’s Fraud
Plus, a New South Wales accountant got jail time for stealing moola from clients, and a Texas tax preparer is going to prison for a while for defrauding the U.S. Drunk trainee accountant who pushed man...
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Naughty Kitty, Fancy Fraud, Cokehead Jailed
Plus, Colorado accountant arrested in child sex sting, and a UNLV accounting grad student is accused of killing ex-girlfriend. Essex accountant admits fraud against Cats production firm [BBC] Scott...
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Ex-KPMG Partner’s Broker Probably Won’t Be Doing Any Insider Trading For a While
The last man standing in the KPMG insider trading case (the one not involving Scott London) has finally fallen. From the SEC: Today [Aug. 14], jurors in Atlanta federal court returned a verdict finding...
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