Firms blame the extension deadline, but the real pileup starts when summer becomes dead time.
A hospital thought it was paying a vendor. The money landed in an accountant's bank account instead.
A new audit standard gives firms time, but the messy part is already hiding in cash confirmations, third-party platforms, and client evidence trails.
AI is moving into public company finance work faster than the review file is catching up.
A Portland firm joined CLA, and the quiet part of accounting firm growth got louder again.
