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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

Going Concern

Big 4 Big Four Reshape Consulting Workforce, Strategy With Rare Layoffs [ Bloomberg Tax ] The Big Four accounting firms have leaned into their tech advisory work and data analytics services—areas ripe for revenue growth—as interest rates and the artificial intelligence boom reshaped demand for consulting services.

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Friday Footnotes: The Profession vs. Gen Z; CPA Firms Get Back to the Office; Deloitte Quits | 6.23.23

Going Concern

KPMG’s Big Four Dominance on Bank Audits Shaken by Failures [ Bloomberg Tax ] Big Four accounting firm KPMG has been buffetted by one of the biggest economic stories of the year—and has been pilloried for giving clean audit opinions for three banks that collapsed amid the interest rate crisis that’s threatened the regional banking sector. “I

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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

ThomsonReuters

The DOL also has a list of potential FUTA credit reduction states for tax year 2022, which includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announces the list of FUTA credit reduction states each November. Virgin Islands.

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