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DHG Poaches Someone From EY and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Whoa, look at Dixon Hughes Goodman, picking off a transfer pricing executive from EY. And he’s a former KPMGer. And he used to be an auditor at the IRS. Dixon Hughes Goodman, a U.S. top 20 public...
View ArticleLayoff Watch ’19: Accountants Said to Be Among Casualties In Ford Bloodbath
There was some big news coming out of Dearborn, MI, yesterday, as Ford Motor Co. said by August it will have given 7,000 white-collar workers pink slips worldwide, a 10% reduction in its global...
View ArticleKPMG Doesn’t Think It Should Have to Pay a $16 Million Fine For Screwing Up...
Our favorite four-letter Big 4 firm is in danger of having to pay an eight-digit fine in the U.K. for dropping the ball on making sure Bank of New York Mellon complied with rules on keeping client...
View ArticleHey CPA Exam Candidates, Y’all Ready For Continuous Testing? It’s Coming
At first glance “continuous testing” sounds like some horrible plan to further torture America’s future CPAs by requiring a grueling, never-ending cycle of testing and retesting throughout their...
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Ex-KPMG Partner David Middendorf Believes He’s Been Done Wrong, Wants a Crack...
Don’t get out those orange prison jumpsuits just yet for former KPMG partner David Middendorf and former PCAOB inspections leader Jeffrey Wada. The two men are asking a Manhattan federal court to throw...
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Former SEC Chief Accountant Broke His Neck In 2016 Bike Crash, Awarded $41...
Back in July 2016 when I was working at AccountingWEB, I remember an SEC press release coming across my virtual desk announcing that Wesley Bricker had been named interim chief accountant. I remember...
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Promotion Watch ’19: Eide Bailly Admits 20 New Partners and Principals
We recently saw on Accounting Today got a press release from the folks at Eide Bailly that on May 1, 20 EBers were anointed new partners and principals. For those keeping score at home, there are 16...
View ArticleAuditor Swap: AZZ Says Buh-Bye to BDO USA, Hires Grant Thornton
Auditor shopping has made the news a little more than usual of late, with high-profile companies like Fitbit and Goldman Sachs in the U.K. both kicking PwC to the curb in favor of a fresh, new set of...
View ArticleDeloitte Is Apparently Going to Help the Other SEC with Its Zebra Problem
From the Associated Press yesterday: The Southeastern Conference hired international accounting firm Deloitte to conduct a review of its football officiating, reacting in part to what Commissioner Greg...
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Let’s Try to Come Up with a Hockey Nickname for Each Big 4 CEO
Anyone who is a fan of the NHL knows that hockey players rarely call each other by their first or last names. They call each other by their hockey nicknames. There’s really no rhyme or reason for how...
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TIL: There’s an Accounting Hall of Fame and It’s Got Some Familiar Names...
Browsing Reddit the other day for interesting accounting topics as one does when one has written nearly 3,000 posts over a span of 10 years on the subject, I came across this. I have to say, it’s not...
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CohnReznick Will Have a New CEO In 2020
Ch-ch-changes are coming at the top of CohnReznick, as partners at the top 15 accounting firm this week elected David Kessler as CEO, effective Feb. 1, 2020. David Kessler Kessler will succeed Frank...
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Two KPMG U.K. Female Partners Had Enough Of Working At a Firm That Protected...
Last December we learned that the Big 4 firms across the pond sacked nearly 40 partners (probably all men, although we don’t know for sure) within the past four years for inappropriate conduct, such as...
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Wesley Bricker Is Stepping Down As SEC Chief Accountant
This just in from the SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Wesley R. Bricker, Chief Accountant, plans to leave the agency after more than six years of distinguished service....
View ArticleExperts: Kids These Days Don’t Give a Shit About Making Partner
Over the years, we’ve written countless articles mocking the paranoia constantly brewing in the accounting profession over [insert threat here]. Usually it’s robots coming to take your jobs or...
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Crowe Accountant Jacob Sandy Died of Apparent Drowning During Kayaking Trip
Sad news to report out of Indiana, as the body of 23-year-old accountant Jacob Sandy, who was last seen kayaking on May 18, was found along the Lake Michigan shoreline on May 29. Jacob Sandy The...
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Get Me the F*ck Out of Here: Job Searching While Still on the Job
Welcome back to Get Me the Fuck Out of Here, our series on getting the hell out of your horrible public accounting job and into that greener grass on the other side. So far we’ve covered getting your...
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Fun with Fridge Magnets, College Admissions Scam,...
Here’s a roundup of some of the very bad things accountants have done over the past week or two. Kathy Russell Nxivm accountant spelled out dirty messages with colorful fridge magnets [New York Post]...
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Punit Renjen Gets Another Four Years as Deloitte Global CEO
Because June 1 is always New Year’s Day in the Deloitte universe, I woke up this morning to a shit-ton of Deloitte personnel news, so let’s get right to it. First, Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen was...
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Promotion Watch ’19: PwC Admits 249 New Partners and Principals
The most prestigiest firm in all the land unveiled its 2019 class of new partners and principals on May 31, and it’s another big one: I am thrilled to welcome 249 new partners to our @PwCUS family!...
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