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The SEC Just Went Quiet on Accounting Firms
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I share the 4-5 most important accounting that actually matter. I scroll so you don’t have to.
So grab your coffee, take a quick break, and lets catch up.
In this issue:
Why regulators suddenly backed off accounting firms
The IRS scrambling to staff tax season
How Instagram beat TikTok by copying it
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WTF of the Day🤯
Accounting Firms Just Got a Lot Less Attention From Regulators
The SEC brought just 10 enforcement cases against accounting and auditing firms in 2025. The year before there were 31. That’s the lowest level in nearly a decade.
The money fell even harder. Settlements dropped from $907M to $31M. And almost all of that happened in Gary Gensler’s final three weeks before leadership changed.
The PCAOB slowed down too. They finalized 37 enforcement actions, down from 51 the year before. Penalties were cut in half.
When leadership changes in Washington, enforcement usually cools off. But this drop is massive. For accounting firms, 2025 was a noticeably quieter year with regulators.
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The IRS Just Pulled 1,500 Employees Off Their Jobs to Handle Tax Season
The IRS just reassigned about 1,500 employees from HR and IT to answer phones and process tax returns. Not by choice. They were told in February they’d be doing tax examiner or customer service work for at least 120 days.
The union representing IRS workers says the move is causing chaos. These aren’t the people who normally handle filing season. Some don’t even know exactly what work they’ll be doing or if their pay changes.
The IRS missed hiring targets for customer service workers. On top of that, a bunch of employees left last year after resignation incentives. Expect more confusion this filing season. If you need help from the IRS, don’t wait until April.
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Instagram Has Fought Off TikTok's Threat
People love making fun of Meta for copying other apps. But copying is exactly why Instagram keeps winning.
Snapchat made Stories. Instagram copied it. TikTok made short vertical video huge. Instagram launched Reels in 2020. Same idea, different app. Five years later, it worked. Instagram now has more daily users than TikTok in the US again.
Here’s the real trick. Meta doesn’t need to invent things. It just watches what people love, copies it, and pushes it to billions of users through Instagram and Facebook.
You don’t need a genius idea. You need distribution. The company with the audience usually wins.
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