article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

Going Concern

Artificial Intelligence: The long-awaited saving grace of the accounting profession [ The Arkansas Traveler ] According to research by Chartered Accountants Worldwide, accountants are consistently rated among the most trusted professionals alongside doctors and nurses, with around 80% of people trusting them to navigate the business world.

article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

Going Concern

. $20 an hour, clothing stipend, meals: How a Big Four firm is trying to get teens interested in accounting [ CNBC ] By her own admission, Autumn Kimborough, 17, didn’t have a passion for accounting. “The further we get from the pandemic, we believe the percentage of legitimate claims coming in is declining,” Werfel said.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: CPA Says Stop ERC Fearmongering; Deloitte Cussed Out For ‘Grueling Culture’; Worst Books Ever | 2.23.24

Going Concern

Advice What I did next [ Deloitte ] Deloitte alumnus Aaron Westgate talks about teaching accounting. Q: What advice would you give your student working on their first project as qualified auditor? Illinois, where four of the last ten governors have gone to prison.

CPA 98
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

Going Concern

This is according to the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), which surveyed 449 employers and 433 accounting and finance employees last summer and released its results last month. According to a lobbyist for the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants, fewer CPA firms are willing to audit government agencies.

article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: Looking Elsewhere For Talent; MPs Talk Private Equity Concerns; The Burnout Queen | 8.25.23

Going Concern

But to some accountants, businesses, and taxpayers eager to know how governments help out businesses, something is better than the status quo, in which there are no rules at all. “It Adventist Auditors Gather in Copenhagen for Spiritual and Professional Renewal [ ANN ] Maryland legend Tom Hood was there! effective June 1.

article thumbnail

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

Going Concern

Racial diversity in accounting has been treated as a “box-ticking exercise”, Atul said to The Mail on Sunday in December, even when professions are a magnet for minorities. When Republicans took control of the House early last year, the committee stopped requiring Trump’s accounting firm to produce documents and a U.S.