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Nearly a Dozen EY Law-ers Just Ditched the Big 4 For an American Law Firm
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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Errors Are Up, Way Up; Deloitte’s Getting a New King of Consulting | 12.9.24
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The IRS Decided to Troll Tax Pros For 10/15
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This Deloitte Office Has Eliminated Trash Cans at Desks to Make Staff Get Up Off Their Asses
Boston Business Journal wrote an article about Deloitte's new office in Boston and for some reason they chose to lead with this: You won’t find trash cans at the desks…
The IRS Decided to Troll Tax Pros For 10/15
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Accounting Firm Named ‘The Pun Group’ Isn’t Punny at All
INSIDE Public Accounting #437 firm The Pun Group of Santa Ana, CA (revenue $8,856,915) put out a press release about their new website today and imagine our disappointment when we…
QOTD: “Now We Don’t Have to Pay People Out When They Leave Which Is Just Good Business”
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Don’t Grow Your Accounting Firm Out of Business! Break Up With These Unscalable Practices Now
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PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting
The quotes you’re going to read below were shared in last Friday’s Footnotes but we […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Oh Man, the Deloitte Hack Is Bad; Grant Thornton’s $2.31 Billion in Debt PE Deal | 12.16.24
Good morning and happy Monday! I heard you like news so here’s some just for […]
Friday Footnotes: Private Equity Explains Their Accounting Endgame; Overworked Auditors and Their Wandering Eyes; Gen AI Use Ramps Up | 12.13.24
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Firms Tell the PCAOB There’s an Offshoring Brain Drain
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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | December 12, 2024
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Nearly a Dozen EY Law-ers Just Ditched the Big 4 For an American Law Firm
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Ransomware Gang Says Deloitte Sucks at Their Job
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Company That Supposedly Laid People Off For Being Too Stressed Says It Was All a PR Stunt
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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Errors Are Up, Way Up; Deloitte’s Getting a New King of Consulting | 12.9.24
Good morning, numbernauts. Can I interest you in some news? This is fine. Everything is […]
Friday Footnotes: Not All Fraud is Created Equal; UHY Joins the PE Craze; Grant Thornton Wins What?? | 12.6.24
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CEO Slain in NYC This Week Was a PwC Alum
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