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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

PwC is facing legal action claiming the accountancy firm is liable for the alleged rape of a graduate employee following after-work drinks. Those numbers seem impressive compared to figures outside of Big 4 where off-brand audit firms issue going concern warnings before a company goes down only about 17 percent of the time.

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Pride; KPMG Gets Snubbed; EY Goes on a Poaching Spree | 6.3.22

Going Concern

He said he would like to eventually become a Certified Public Accountant, which typically requires specific educational requirements beyond a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Wilson turned it down, though, and opted instead to pursue grad school. Time to dust off the rainbow logos and Pride platitudes, y’all!

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

Going Concern

Don’t feel bad, MY job ranked #3 most exciting and I assure you it absolutely is not, I write about accounting after all. “I ” Climate Plan Puts SEC in Rare Role as Accounting Rule-Writer [ Bloomberg Tax ] The U.S. The SEC Wants to Stop Activism [ Bloomberg Opinion ] Recently the U.S.