OCI: Can You Help Close Out These Open Items?
You may be thinking "ugh, I'm not down with OPP (other people's problems)" and of course ain't nobody got time for that but hey, it's a nice thing to do. So do it.Here are a few outstanding items from...
View ArticlePSA: If You Pay $20,000 To Someone Who Calls Himself The “Tax Doctor,” You...
Screw up on your tax return that’s due next week, and you may be subject to any number of civil penalties. For example, if you understate your income by more than the greater of $5,000 or 10% of the...
View ArticleTexas CPA Exam Candidates Excited to Embrace the Future
Wait a second... are you telling me that up until this point, one of the biggest CPA exam states in the country did not offer its future CPAs the ability to check their score online? Isn't obsessively...
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Crony Links: Happy Employees; Productivity and Quality of Life; Awkward...
It's once again time for shameless plugging of other Sift Media websites. I'm sure you've tired of talk about accountants taking over the world, Twitter spats and #busyseasonproblems...
View ArticlePetty Thieves Being Mistaken for Big 4 Auditors Now
If there's one thing clients can't stand, it's a pesky auditor. They're always asking stupid questions, rummaging through the supply closet, drinking all free beverages. God, they're the worst. Be that...
View ArticleFootnotes: Herbalife Is Having Another Bad Day; Obamas' Sterile Tax Return;...
Criminal probe launched into Herbalife [FT]IAC Said to Buy More Tinder Shares at $5 Billion Valuation [Bloomberg]The Obamas’ return is “pretty sterile,” said Anthony Nitti, a partner at Withum, Smith +...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Gisele Gets Audited; Millionaires on Unemployment;...
Top frivolous reasons for not paying taxes [USAT]Aka: tax deniers expressing their freedom from tyrrany!Nursing home accountant allegedly steals residents' rent money, over $50K [WAFB]Debra Morris...
View ArticleYou Can Get Just About Anything Free on Tax Day
Almost there!By now, you and every cheap taxpayer know all about the many freebies out there on Tax Day from fries to tax-free hotel stays. But this has to be the strangest offer...
View ArticleTexas Woman Angered at Tax Office Grunts Accused of Trying to Burn the Place...
OK seriously, people, what is in the freaking water? Thank goodness the end is close, poor tax office grunts must be extra terrified this year what with the stabbings and shootings and nonsense.From...
View ArticleIf You Can't Get a Job, It's Probably Because You Suck at Interviews
It's really helpful that we have all these survey results to count on otherwise we'd have no idea what the heck is going on.Here's the scoop from CGMA Mag:Job candidates appear to have brushed up on...
View ArticleFootnotes: TurboTax Loves You; Audit Group Requests "Name and Shame"; Rich...
TurboTax Conspiring To Keep You Hooked On TurboTaxTomorrow is the last day you can pay $30 to have a stock image of a guy in a blazer tell you how much money you owe the federal and state governments....
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Accounting News Roundup: PwC, HP Sued for Stealing Trade Secrets; Groundhog...
PwC, And HP, Sued By Mobile Monitor Technologies LLC For Theft of Trade Secrets [Re:The Auditors]A show of hands from auditors who enjoy their mobile monitors! "Mobile Monitor Technologies, LLC (MMT),...
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Research Shows Peer Pressure Effective in Convincing People to Pay Their Taxes
Most Americans comply with the tax laws, but every year many of our fellow citizens don't. The result is the “tax gap” -- the amount of revenue that the government loses because people are cheating. In...
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In Case You Need It, Here's the Dancing Accountant Doing Missy Elliott in a Mall
Oh wait, I just realized that headline may be a tad misleading. I mean dancing to Missy Elliott in a mall, get your mind out of the gutter.Previously: This Dancing Accountant Is Both Mega Troll and...
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PwC Tops Vault Rankings Once Again For Prestige, Conceit
Vault has been teasing us for weeks with the promise of their annual Accounting 50. It's finally here, and we'll get to that in a minute but before we delve into the full ranking, let's celebrate #1...
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Going Concern Presents: Accounting Horoscopes -- Tax Day Edition
Did anyone catch the blood moon last night? That wasn't a rare astrological event, it was actually representative of this year's filing season for tax accountants all over America. In honor of this...
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"The New IRS" Lets You Allocate Your Tax Dollars Your Way
This is pretty much BS. "The New IRS" isn't the "New and Improved Internal Revenue Service," it's a gimmicky website that lets you play with your tax dollars until they are allocated just the way you...
View ArticleFootnotes: Did You Hear Today is Tax Day? | 04.15.14
(Satire warning): PETA Blames Accounting Industry for Cruel Treatment of Baby Cows“Something needed to be done to unveil the truly horrific practices that go unnoticed to people who are bad with...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Tax Loophole Envy; Donald Rumsfeld's Letter to the...
Looking at Some Corporate Tax Loopholes Ordinary Citizens May Envy [DealBook]Andrew Ross Sorkin reminds people that, at least for tax purposes, you wish you had been born a corporation. Concerned...
View ArticleHate Your Job? You Need to Meet Arbejdsglaede
I know what you're thinking. Adrienne, are you still drunk from last night? WTF is "arbejdsglaede" and why should I care?!I am so glad you asked, you jaded little spreadsheet jockey, you.Arbejdsglaede...
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