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Sunday, 28 May, 2023

Accounting & Consulting services
Candidate numbers for US accountancy exams drop to lowest in 17 years
Shortage of qualified accountants is worsening as young people seek better-paid jobs
Friday, 26 May, 2023

EY
EY US reshuffles leadership following failure of spin-off plan
Regional chair Julie Boland puts loyalists in top posts amid rethink of governance at Big Four firm
Thursday, 18 May, 2023

PwC
PwC’s global bosses to seize oversight of scandal-hit Australian team
International executives flown to Sydney likely to remain for several months as investigations of tax leak continue
Wednesday, 17 May, 2023

FT WealthPrivate wealth
IRS sets its sights on tax avoidance by the super-rich and corporations
In the cat-and-mouse game of tax collecting in the US, the cat looks set to pounce
Friday, 12 May, 2023

PwC
PwC races to contain widening Australian tax leak scandal
Big Four firm flies top global executives to Sydney in effort to stem spiralling crisis
Thursday, 11 May, 2023

Accounting & Consulting services
Shortage of young accountants leads BDO USA to double offshore workforce
India and South Africa to assume more audit and tax tasks as number of US graduates falls
Wednesday, 10 May, 2023

Accountancy
KPMG and PwC faulted by US regulator over Chinese audits
Examinations are the first by accountancy watchdog under new agreement with Beijing
Sunday, 7 May, 2023

PwC
PwC launches review over Australian tax law leaks
Emails shared with colleagues were based on confidential information about government plans
Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

KPMG LLP
Three failed US banks had one thing in common: KPMG
Big Four auditor’s work for SVB, Signature and First Republic comes under scrutiny in aftermath of their collapses
Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

Behind the Money podcast18 min listen
How EY’s Project Everest collapsed
What happened to EY’s grand plan to shake up the accounting industry?
Friday, 21 April, 2023

Deloitte LLP
Deloitte to cut 1,200 jobs in the US
Big Four firm the latest to respond to slowdown in advisory business
Wednesday, 19 April, 2023

Moral Money
The taxman cometh Premium content
Inside the mission to persuade companies to be more transparent about tax
Monday, 17 April, 2023

EY
EY to cut 3,000 jobs in US to eliminate ‘overcapacity’
Move by ‘Big Four’ accounting firm comes just days after collapse of plan to split group up
Friday, 14 April, 2023

EY
Julie Boland: the EY leader in the middle of a ‘civil war’
US head needs consensus-building skills after scrapping plans for a global split of the accounting firm
Wednesday, 12 April, 2023

EY
EY risks paralysis and a power vacuum after break-up failure
Leaders of Big Four firm’s US arm torpedoed split deal over the Easter weekend
Wednesday, 12 April, 2023

EY
EY’s US firm to embark on $500mn cost savings after scuppering break-up plan
American partners told retrenchment is part of strategy to simplify business
Wednesday, 12 April, 2023

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
EY: Breaking up is hard to do
The IMF is forecasting a ‘hard landing’ for the global economy if high inflation continues
Tuesday, 11 April, 2023

EY
EY scraps break-up plan after months of internal dissent
Split of audit and consulting businesses had faced resistance from some partners
Monday, 10 April, 2023

International tax
Companies pressed to reveal more about the taxes they pay
Shareholder groups say country-level disclosures could reveal risky strategies to avoid higher payments
Sunday, 9 April, 2023

EY
EY given more time to resolve issues from exam cheating scandal
SEC ordered review of why accounting firm failed to disclose staff sharing answers on professional tests
Friday, 31 March, 2023

EY
EY bosses present united front after dispute over stalled break-up plan
Joint statement claims progress on ‘Project Everest’ after planning for the split was halted this month
Tuesday, 28 March, 2023

FT WealthTax
Tax loss harvesting: an investment tactic that has gone too far
Rich people finding tax loopholes isn’t a new concept but do authorities need to toughen rules on wash sales?
Friday, 24 March, 2023

Accounting & Consulting services
EY global chair says partners have ‘right to vote’ on spin-off plan
Appeal to partners comes after US boss calls for a pause in push to split the business
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Accenture PLC
Accenture to axe 19,000 jobs
Consultancy faces $1.5bn in severance costs and other expenses for biggest in series of cuts across sector
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

EY
EY’s US boss warns it is ‘premature’ to say whether break-up plan can be salvaged
Julie Boland defends decision to pause work on historic split of Big Four firm