Accounting News Roundup: Inversion Is All the Rage; Buffett Says BofA...
Tax Break ‘Blarney’: U.S. Companies Beat the System With Irish Addresses [Bloomberg]Inversion is all the rage: "Pfizer is the biggest company yet to follow a growing trend. At least 15 publicly traded...
View ArticleBREAKING: CPA Exam Candidate Passes AUD
This is a developing story, courtesy the tip box:I passed AUD! :D Scores came out this morning!We tried to contact the tipster for more details; how many sections does this make total? What sort of...
View ArticleYou Can Turn LinkedIn Stalking Into a Job, Says Guy
Forgive my skepticism but I don't see the "Who's Viewed Your Profile" feature on LinkedIn as an opportunity to return the stalk, make a new connection and possibly land a new gig. But this guy seems to...
View ArticleFinally, the Key to Turning Baby CPAs Into Rainmakers
After years of intense technical training, many CPAs find it difficult to turn their attention to the new role of cultivating clients and attracting referrals. Firms can put strategies in place that...
View ArticleFootnotes: Eff Securities Laws; Lawyer of the Year; Money v. Happiness |...
Do the Securities Laws Matter?Since the Great Depression, U.S. securities regulation has been centered on mandatory disclosure: the various rules requiring issuers of securities to make publicly...
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Accounting News Roundup: Not Everyone So Confident in BofA Audit Comittee;...
Calstrs to Vote Against BofA Directors in Proxy Campaign [WSJ]The California State Teachers' Retirement System pension fund doesn't think too highly of four of the five audit committee members.Non-GAAP...
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The IRS Is Asking Tax Preparers to Trust but Verify (Because You Might be an...
This from our pal Joe Kristan who grinds away at the Tax Update Blog:It’s not enough that you’ve done business with me forever. I need some ID. The invaluable Russ Fox yesterday threw light on new...
View ArticleEY Employees Embarking on Annual Make Passive Aggressive Suggestions for...
It’s review time! Seeking #feedback from your team throughout the year is an #effective way to stay on track w/your #goals. -Lys #EYTip— Life at EY (@EYstaff) May 6, 2014
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Over a Third of Accountants Would Rather Get Divorced Than Experience a Sales...
Fun statistic of the day courtesy Avalara:37% of accounting professionals said a sales tax audit would be more stressful than a divorce.And here's a funky graphic from that same research report:Yeah,...
View ArticleAs Luck Would Have It, Big 4 Partners are Pretty Much Just Like You
This kind of goes with the article we shared last week, which quoted one Jacob Soll as saying accounting as a profession has been de-elited and made Midwestern (which is another say of saying...
View ArticleFrance Comes Up With the Idea to Give Your Time Off to a Colleague in Need
Interesting. Would any of you do this?France’s parliament has passed a law allowing workers to give some of their days off to a colleague with a seriously ill child. The idea came from the case of a...
View ArticleAccording to This FINRA Foundation Quiz, 76% of Millennials Have Absolutely...
For real? Only 24% of millennials were able to answer 4 or more Qs correctly. How do you measure up? #quiz@FINRAFoundation ^ http://t.co/1TuARC3IrO— Benjamin Bankes (@feedthepig) May 6, 2014Now, I'm no...
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Free CPE: Individual Leadership: Powerful Goal Setting
Event Date: May 21, 2014, 2 pm ETDuring the third session of a four-part series on Individual Leadership, the focus will be on powerful goal setting as a critical success factor of being and becoming...
View ArticleFootnotes: Morgan Stanley's FINRA Fine; Tax the Rich, Say the Rich | 05.06.14
Prestigious schools get you paid but don’t make you happierResearchers found that attending a public or private school, whether it was elite or less selective, had little bearing on one’s feeling of...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Alibaba's IPO Filing; KPMG's Latest Acquisition;...
Investors Say Alibaba IPO Filing Leaves Many Questions Unanswered [WSJ, F-1]Including accounting and auditing: "Though skepticism has abated since last year, many U.S.-listed Chinese companies still...
View ArticleThe Rothstein Kass/KPMG Merger Is Most Definitely On and Happening Soon, Says...
Hedge Fund Alert is subscription only so we don't have much but we do have this:After months of rumors, big-four accounting firm KPMG has reached an agreement to acquire Rothstein Kass — a deal that...
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Free CPE: High Impact Excel: Table Edition
Event Date: May 29, 2014, 2 pm ET In this presentation Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA brings you up to speed on the Excel feature you should be using, but probably aren't. The Table feature offers...
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The Future of Wearables as Visualized by Deloitte U Looks Terribly Dorky and...
I can't even with this.If the future includes walking around with an implant in my thigh (for what, exactly?) and all this crap strapped on me like I'm on house arrest in 1995, FORGET IT.The firms are...
View ArticleAccounting Grads Can Expect to Make About $53K Out of School
The average starting salary for students graduating this year with a business major – including accounting – has declined slightly over the last year, according to the latest salary survey from the...
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Grant Thornton Tries to Motivate With the Human Centipede, or Something
At least I think that's what that graphic is, maybe my glasses are dirty.MT @EmployersonDice: Science says ppl want to do great work @DanielPink get out of way via Pam Harless...
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