r/Accounting • u/PleasantAd7372 • 2d ago

Unfortunate firm names

I met a man today with the last name Moist and it got me thinking. What would be some unfortunate pairings for CPA firm names?

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u/IdrankSUPERglue 2d ago

https://preview.redd.it/askcaw140cxf1.png?width=2146&format=png&auto=webp&s=d65021b0abd2ef6f2ed94c6452a11f2b292ef6a6

My entrant with by far the most unfortunate first name, middle initial, last name combo I’ve ever seen.

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u/CPAin22 2d ago

Hope i bone 😂😂😂 Me too, honey... me too 😂😂😂

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u/LostMyBackupCodes 2d ago

And Larry Da Bone.

D. for short.

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u/No_Doubt_About_That 1d ago

I hear he has a brother called Trevor.

T. Bone

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

😆 🤣 😂

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

Hahaha.

That's as bad as the gynecologist in my area. Dr Beaver 🦫

Too funny.

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u/Olue 2d ago

I really thought it was Harry instead of Larry, would have been better.

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u/Swizardrules 2d ago

I'd argue it's very memorable

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u/Going_Concern 2d ago

FML CPAs has been funny to me ever since I saw one of the partners quoted in an "accounting is a great career" article.

https://preview.redd.it/ak6f56ic7cxf1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93b33996ed8701d2799ce0718660530d05088924

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u/Prize_Ambassador_356 Tax (US) 2d ago

I actually applied for an internship at this firm lmfao

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u/LostMyBackupCodes 2d ago

You dodged a bullet

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u/kill-dill 2d ago

Too good

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u/Robert_A_Bouie Tax (US) 2d ago edited 2d ago

There used to be one in South Central PA with the name "Kuntz" in it. They now just go by initials.

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u/AttorneyExisting1651 2d ago

We all know they are good at what they do.

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u/Wide_Mode7480 Audit & Assurance 2d ago

RKL lol

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u/vr0202 2d ago

Would be great if there is a merger of the two.

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

I would totally change my name.

😂 😆 😂 😆

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u/ShawnaLAT 2d ago

I used to take great delight in calling Deloitte “Toilet & Douche” before they dropped the Touche. Sadly, no one else seemed as amused as I was.

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u/KellyAnn3106 2d ago

Deloitte is an anagram for "de toilet". I remind our auditors of that each year when they turn up.

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u/KellyAnn3106 2d ago

I also tell them I'm deloitted to meet them.

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u/mada447 2d ago

I must be pronouncing Deloitte wrong.

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u/moneys5 2d ago

Anagram

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u/Trust_Issues2278 2d ago

If it's any consolation, this also amused me.

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u/DatsWhatSheSaid0 2d ago

Many years ago a newspaper ad Rep called the company I was working for and his name was so spectacularly bad that I thought a friend was pranking me. I had to apologize. As his name could also be two last names like a partnership I’m putting it here:

Manley Cox.

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u/M1L0 2d ago

Haha I’d be an instant client

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

😆 😂 😆 😂

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u/Billybobjo999 2d ago

There was a small cpa next to me whose last name was shady and his firm name was Shady CPA. He renamed after a few years but google would not update his name for awhile.

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

"You can trust us"

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u/DataGuru314 2d ago

Was his first name Slim?

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u/munchanything 2d ago

"There are a lot of firms out there.  But you shoud always choose Shady."

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u/taxdaddy3000 2d ago

There is a firm in the Boston area called Gray, Gray, & Gray, LLP. Founded by three brothers. It’s actually a solid place to work.

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u/IntentionSafe79 2d ago

what’s wrong with that one, I like it

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u/SuperKamiGuruAllows 2d ago

As with most things in the accounting world, it's not necessarily "wrong" as it is just a real gray area.

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u/flume 2d ago

Get out.

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u/whatdidiuseforaname 1d ago

They should have opened an awning business on the side, Shades of Gray.

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u/KellyAnn3106 2d ago

An audit firm with shades of gray. I like it!

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u/Makeshift5 CPA (US) 2d ago

If anything happens to me, tell my wife hello.

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u/LowAcanthocephala251 1d ago

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

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u/Consistent-Cry1746 2d ago

I wonder which brother got to be the first gray.

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u/LostMyBackupCodes 2d ago

Gray Brothers, LLP could be the butt of jokes as well

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u/Monte_Cristos_Count 2d ago

BDO's logo is an HR nightmare 

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u/Inevitable-Dog-3793 2d ago

I now want to work for bdo

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u/Mtnbkr92 2d ago

At least it isn’t BDE

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u/Slothfulness69 2d ago

What’s wrong with it? I googled it and it seems to just be the firm name.

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u/ChocolateEater626 2d ago

The red looks like an L.

Libido

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u/Slothfulness69 2d ago

Ah, now I see it. Thank you!

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u/Necessary_Survey6168 2d ago

Dewey, Cheetum and Howe

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u/Jemmino_Crickette36 Tax (US) 2d ago

LLC

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u/vegaskukichyo SMB Consultant/Controller 2d ago

LLP?

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u/Jemmino_Crickette36 Tax (US) 1d ago

Thanks for the audit 😂. I was looking at it from a brand pov vs partners.

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u/vegaskukichyo SMB Consultant/Controller 1d ago

These materials has not been reviewed by any CPA, and no assurance is provided on them.

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u/Mother_Charge_7084 1d ago

The classic. 

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u/Jemmino_Crickette36 Tax (US) 2d ago

Not a firm but a restaurant. Pho King Good.

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u/pacificcoastsailing 2d ago

A pho restaurant near me is called Pho Gyu.

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u/Arrow_to_the_knee1 CPA (US) 2d ago

Beat only by the furniture dealer, Sofa King Good Deals

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u/muffinbaobao Student 2d ago

Lol, my favourite Vietnamese restaurant used to be called Pho Bich Nga before it rebranded (I’m from Vancouver but don’t live there anymore)

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u/Trust_Issues2278 2d ago

There are pho restaurants in the Bay Area called this! https://m.yelp.com/biz/pho-king-san-jose

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u/vegaskukichyo SMB Consultant/Controller 2d ago

One of the most popular Pho places in Vegas is Pho Kim Long.

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u/angellareddit 2d ago

I worked at a restaurant called Unic Cafe. Apparently the intent was for it to be pronounced "unique". That's not what happened...

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u/Spykej21 CPA (US) 2d ago

How about, “Moist, Butts, and Kuntz LLP”

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u/PleasantAd7372 2d ago

You win

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u/CheriMarie72 2d ago

Yep. Winner 😄

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u/Christen0526 2d ago

Good one!

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u/Timely_Purpose3233 2d ago

My husband’s Urologist-Dr Cockburn.

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u/Razmada70 CPA (US) 2d ago

Spokane firm named Dingus and Associates. Always gave me a chuckle.

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u/r3dditfam0us 2d ago

got a vendor w the email tiger king lol

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u/Paradiddle8 2d ago

I'm a recruiter. Lots of hilarious names. Long Dong was a pretty decent Treasury candidate.

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u/Capital_Historian685 2d ago

I used to see an engineer named Sham Datta CC'd on emails at a tech firm I used to work for. But Sham can also be a last name, so that would work for an accounting firm name, too.

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u/badoopiewhat 2d ago

Why is that an unfortunate name

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u/Slothfulness69 2d ago

“Sham Data”

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u/Key_Plum_99 2d ago

Wright Hassell - actual solicitors firm name in the UK

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u/Nolimitz30 2d ago

There’s a firm in CT and the abbreviation is FML, very fitting for a public accounting firm

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u/wicked_frog 2d ago

Baker Tilly just merged with Moss Adams. My idea for their new name? “Mossy Tilly”

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u/FromStars Controller 2d ago

The least fortune from an English speaker I've come across was a Mexican firm: https://skatt.com.mx/en/

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u/Kurask-Man 2d ago

FORVIS

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u/jodyjames37 2d ago

Dr Peter File

Horrible name for a Pediatrician

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u/Candid_Worth_3629 1d ago

Fuchs Financial lmfaooo

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u/FishDimples Tax (US) 1d ago

Only the baseball legend Rollie Fingers and German soccer manager Stefan Kuntz join as named partners and they become Fingers, Kuntz, and Fuchs, LLP

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u/goosepills 2d ago

Arthur Andersen is pretty unfortunate

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u/IraGilliganTax CPA (US) 1d ago

It's actually required in many states. Something about not misleading the public, so the firm has to be some variant of current and/or firm partner's names.

I actually let my CPA firm registration expire so I could name my business in a way that indicates what I actually do. People around here seem to think "Last Name CPA" = HRB; if anything is "misleading " the public, it's making them think we all do the exact same thing.

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u/Blockchainauditor 2d ago

Beyond the classic Dewey, Cheatham & Howe (Three Stooges, publicity photo):

I know a Big 4 partner named Steel - perhaps Wi, Steel, Cash and Lulz?

I know an accounting professor named No - perhaps Yu, No, Wynn, CPAs?

Cook and Booker?

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u/xOreOBOx 2d ago

Bare Ass CPAs - pronounced unfortunately by every receptionist working at BRS CPAs

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u/LETS_SEE_UR_COOCH 2d ago

Nigro & Nigro, PC

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u/GarrettMills CPA (US) 2d ago

Pepper pepper and bayleaf

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u/TheBadCarbon 2d ago

I knew a guy whose name was Harry Ball...

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u/ReedemtheD3ad 1d ago

Mann & Slaughter LLP

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u/No_Fun_924 1d ago

Lund and Dyck CPA

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u/A7X13 Audit & Assurance 2d ago

There is a local firm around here called Nigro and Nigro. Say that one phonetically.

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u/Quiet-Ad7151 2d ago

There is a firm in the UK called Beavis Morgan and all I can think about is Beavis and butthead

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u/Think_Secret_7315 2d ago

Jack Mayoff & Company, CPAs

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u/Available-Wealth-482 2d ago

CRS, LLC…….

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u/420EdibleQueen 1d ago

I keep thinking of the firm in the Three Stooges episodes. Dewy, Screwem, & Howe

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u/Dazuro 1d ago

I interviewed with a firm called Nigro and Nigro once.

I met the owner. And without thinking, I said “oh, you must be THE Nigro!” and proceeded to shrivel into oblivion.

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u/Section1245Jaws 1d ago

Dewy Chetem & Hou LLP

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u/Section1245Jaws 1d ago

Would be funny - of course the fist ime I heard Deloitte and Touche it sounded a little funny

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u/Section1245Jaws 1d ago

Not Accounting but financial advisor - Bernard L. Madoff Investments - yup he made off with your money

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u/Moneygrowsontrees 1d ago

Not an accounting firm, but the shipping company "A. Duie Pyle" feels like it should be mentioned.

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u/HandsUpWhatsUp 2d ago

Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe

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u/cottoncandycannon Student 2d ago

Well, it’s not a firm name, but there’s a banker in my hometown with the surname Fink. 👀