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5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Accountant Movie
5 things you need to know about The Accountant Movie. The Accountant starring Ben Affleck has a lot of different characters and story lines. Learn the about the most interesting characters and story lines in this post.
EY Revenue 2016
EY Revenue 2016. Ernst & Young revenues for 2016 totaled $29.6 billion. This represents a growth of almost a billion dollars from their 2015 revenues of $28.7 billion. Learn about the mix of revenue by line of service and region.
PwC Revenue 2016
PwC Revenue. PwC earned $35.9 billion dollars in 2016. Analyze how this compares to their 2015 revenue and to the other big 4 accounting firms. Learn other important metrics for PwC in 2016 as well.
Apple and Deloitte partner up to form EnterpriseNext
Apple has decided to partner with Deloitte in order to help sell more enterprise apps to business clients. The partnership has been branded as EnterpriseNext. Learn about the details of the partnership in our latest post.
#AuditorProud Day 2016
We review the top social media posts of the 2016 #AuditorProud Day. Learn which accounting firm was the winner of this year's AuditorProud day was.
5 Lessons From War Dogs
I learned a few key lessons from watching the movie War Dogs and reading the book Arms and the Dudes. Read this post to learn how these lessons apply to public accounting.
SEC fines EY $9.3 million for independence issues
EY violated independence standards by getting too personal with two clients. The SEC fined them $9.3 million for not being independent of their audit clients.
Deloitte 2016 Partner Class
Deloitte announced that 623 professionals were promoted to partner in 2016. A larger portion of the promotions were women this year. We also discuss EY and Leslie Jones at the Emmys in this post.
Deloitte 2016 Revenue
Deloitte Revenue 2016. Learn about the financial results for Deloitte for their fiscal year ended May 2016. Deloitte earned $36.8 billion. See what other metrics that Deloitte had for their fiscal year.
Deloitte Paid Family Leave Policy
Deloitte has updated their paid parental leave policy. In doing so they also established a paid family leave policy. See how it stacks up against the policies for EY, KPMG and PwC.
Great Quotes From PwC Taylor Bean Trial
There were some big accusations made during the PwC Taylor Bean trial that make for some great quotes. Check out some of the greatest quotes of the trial in this post.
Largest Accounting Firms in the US 2020
We provide a detailed listing of the largest accounting firms in the United States by revenue and number of employees. We also provide insights into some of the fastest growing accounting firms.
PwC intern shot in Brooklyn NY
A PwC Intern was fatally shot in Brooklyn during the J'ouvert Carnival festival. She was currently an intern at PwC and was hopeful about her career as an accountant.
Whistleblower blames Deloitte & PCAOB inspection of PwC/Deloitte
The Monsanto whistleblower believes that Deloitte has some culpability in the accounting issues of Monsanto. We also discuss the PCAOB inspection reports of PwC and Deloitte. Lastly we talk about PwC being fined for their audit of Cattles.
Summer accounting internships
Learn what a summer accounting internship is like. We created two videos to show what you can expect from day 1 all the way until you get an offer.
Movies for accountants
We provide a couple of must see movies for all accountants. Both of these movies will interest employees of the big 4 accounting firms.
Taylor Bean V PwC
PwC Taylor Bean fraud case. The Taylor Bean case had major implications for PwC. The decision to settle was the best possible outcome for PwC.
What is utilization?
What is utilization at the big 4 accounting firms and how does it impact their culture?
Will KPMG pay for your Master’s Degree?
KPMG is developing a new master's program at Ohio State and Villanova hoping to reinvent the way the world audits financial statements.
Ernst and Young marketing for millennials
Bloomberg recently conducted an interview with EY’s CEO Mark Weinberger. The topic of the interview was how EY is adopting a new plan of trying to keep millennials happy.
Big 4 accounting firms revenue FY 2015
Read about the financial results of the big 4 accounting firms. See whether Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG ended up with the most revenue.
KPMG changes its recruiting process for millennials
KPMG has streamlined their recruiting process in the UK for millennials. They condensed what used to be a 3 step process down into a one day process.
EY Moves to Hoboken
EY decided to move a portion of their US headquarters. See where they moved.
AICPA CIMA Merger
Learn more about the AICPA CIMA merger. Learn why the two organizations decided to merge and create a new organization.
2016 EY Partner Admits
EY admitted 714 partners in 2016. Learn about EY's new partner class.