On Friday, a tipster generously handed us information that Grant Thornton had engaged in more […]
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Adrienne is a 15-year veteran of the accounting industry, if by "veteran" you mean "vulture prowling the periphery of the profession waiting for something exciting to happen."
She has been spewing vitriol on Going Concern since the site was founded in 2009. A former CPA review employee, she has sat through more FAR classes than any CPA exam candidate ever could -- even one who has failed FAR seven times -- and can still recall most of the mnemonics all these years later.
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Denies It Got DUI Partner Drunk; KPMG Misses a Huge ‘Error’ | 11.25.24
Morning, all. And an early Happy Thanksgiving to our fellow Americans! Thanks Kuya Mike for […]
The Powers That Be Are Getting Desperate For People to Do This Experience and Learn Thing
The AICPA’s Experience, Learn & Earn (ELE) Program — controversial among some educators for reasons […]
Private Equity is Picking Up Accounting Firms By the Handful Now
Well this is a surprising turn of events. On Friday, we prompted the readership to […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Way Too Many People Working on Vacation; PKF Does a PE Deal | 11.18.24
Morning! Let’s hurry this up so I can get this day over with and get […]
Let’s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE)
Someone on r/accounting with a very legit-looking username and sparse comment history said today that […]
RSM Tells Tax People to Get Back in the Office Three Days a Week
Why does this stock photo guy have such a corpulent backside? With all the election […]
Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Pulls Out; KPMG Finally Promotes Some Partners | 11.12.24
Good morning and happy Tuesday! We took yesterday off due to the holiday, hope you […]
One Quarter of Firms Say They’re Offshoring, Another 12 Percent Plan to Start
This Journal of Accountancy article was mentioned in last Friday’s Footnotes (*ahem* Footnotes a wrap-up […]
CPA Candidates Would Like to Know Why We Can Determine Presidents in a Day But Not CPA Exam Scores
Asks a user on r/CPA: “The United States can count millions [of] votes in one […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Feds Raid PwC; Big 4 Wants to Be Like Grant Thornton!? | 11.4.24
Well the year is just chugging along, here we are at the first Monday news […]
Another Explosive BDO Lawsuit Counterclaim Accuses the Firm of Inflating Revenue, ESOP Tomfoolery
TLDR ChatGPT summary: BDO USA filed a lawsuit accusing a former leader, Phuoc Vin Phan, […]