KPMG PCAOB Inspection Report 2015. Learn key facts, figures and analysis from KPMG's 2015 PCAOB Inspection Report. We also offer our opinion on what this means for the Big 4 Accounting Firms.
BP announced that they will be changing their auditors from Ernst & Young to Deloitte. Learn more about their decision to change auditors in this blog post.
Learn 4 reasons why the Big 4 Public Accounting Firms should help produce the sequel to the blockbuster film, The Accountant. The Accountant starring Ben Affleck was a success and will likely have a sequel. Should he work at the Big 4 in the sequel?
Elizabeth Warren along with other Senators wants to know what KPMG did to detect the problems at Wells Fargo. It is evident that the fraud was not caught by KPMG, so Senator Warren is interested in how this can be corrected in the future. Learn more in this post.
The SEC fined EY $11.8 million for their audit of Weatherford. Weatherford was previously fined $140 million by the SEC for misstating their income tax expense. Ernst & Young was fined for not spotting this fraud earlier.
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.
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.
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.
Read about the financial results of the big 4 accounting firms. See whether Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG ended up with the most revenue.
EY decided to move a portion of their US headquarters. See where they moved.