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Free CPE: FRF for SMEs--Accounting for Certain Expenses, Changes, Risks and...
View the WebinarFollow this link to register or access the recording. After this seminar has passed, the recording will still be available.CPE CREDIT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LIVE ATTENDEES ONLY.Event...
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Berry Bad Tax Policy
There's a thorny issue in the legislation approved by the House of Representatives last month that would revive bonus depreciation. Marc Heller of BNA discovered that while fruits and nuts that come...
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Footnotes: Auditing in Brazil; Save Cafe Garzone; Defending Inversion | 06.16.14
Due to circumstances (mostly) beyond our control, we're signing off early. Go watch some World Cup. God willing, we'll be back to full-speed tomorrow. Someone has World Cup Fever so bad, he's...
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Accounting News Roundup: Tax Shelterer Won't Have Another; It's Not You, It's...
Paul Reddam's KPMG Tax Shelter Stunk In More Ways Than One [Forbes]J. Paul Reddam, whose horse, “I’ll Have Another”, won two legs of the Triple Crown in 2012, just got some bad news from the Ninth...
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Ohio CPAs Will Soon Be Able to Take CPE 10 Minutes at a Time
The necessary evil that is CPE can be a bit of a pain in the butt. Unless you're attending several conferences a year or diligent about signing up for and attending our free webinars, it can be...
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Here Are Some Resources to Survive a Career Surrounded By Jargon-Spewing...
Let's circle back to a previous discussion on useless business jargon, an art of which accounting firms are thought leaders. At the end of the day, these tired phrases utilize the most ineffective...
View ArticleFASB Finally Gets Around to Preventing Lehman Bros Version 2.0
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has finalized its new accounting rule around repurchase agreements to assure similar transactions receive similar accounting treatment going forward.FASB issued...
View ArticleLatest Twist in the IRS Scandal Reveals The IRS Had an Awful Email Policy
If you believe the IRS when they said a good chunk of Lois Lerner's emails were vaporized due to a computer crash, you are probably also the type who believes you are the last living heir to a Nigerian...
View ArticleFootnotes: The SEC's Next Frontier; Madoff Accountant to Plead Guilty; Saving...
Focus Financial is backing the new family office started by ex-Rothstein Kass long-timers after the KPMG acquisition [Financial Planning]SunTrust to pay nearly $1 billion for mortgage origination...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Deloitte's Funky Math; AICPA Tells It Like It Is;...
AICPA Names New Technical Director for Center for Plain English Accounting [AICPA]Thomas Groskopf is your new $20 word killer, succeeding the late Dr. Tom Ratcliffe. UI graduate student union concerned...
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(UPDATE) Here's Your Open Thread for PwC Compensation Discussions (2014)
Over the last 24 hours, we have been bombarded with tips that PwC comp discussions are happening. Historically, PwC has been first to kick off comp talks and it appears that's the case this year as...
View ArticleKPMG Leads the Way in Telling Interns What Not to Wear
KPMG loves to give its interns a hand when it comes to dress, handing out gift cards and goodies at summer and winter intern training to give them a head start on their business caj wardrobe. The...
View ArticleNYT Taken to Task for Letting Cowards Almost Ruin Phil Mickelson's Life
When the news broke that squeaky clean KPMG hero Phil Mickelson might be tied to an insider trading scandal, foamy-mouthed editors (yours truly included) went rabid over the salacious story. As it...
View ArticleFootnotes: Buy EY Digs for Just $1.5 Bil; Audit's Job; That's Not My Dong |...
Scottsdale accountant seeks world’s worst businesses Perhaps for a reality TV show [Phoenix Business Journal]Two senators suggest we up the gas tax by 12 cents [AP]EY's home turf at 5 Times Square has...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Leveraging Up; IRS Grows a Heart; Deloitte Harnesses...
Leverage Job Prospects With a Master’s in Accounting [U.S. News]This is totally not shilling or anything: "Accounting has long been considered a reliable profession, but it's recently become something...
View ArticleParenteBeard Confesses It Is in Merger Talks With Baker Tilly
We were tipped to this about two weeks ago but unfortunately our tipster failed to include an email address or any details that we could confirm (THANKS A LOT, GUY). Now, we could have just run it but...
View ArticleDeloitte Survey: Millennials Ready to Change the World But Still Need to...
According to a study by the ironically named Take Charge Institute at the University of Arizona, more than half of young "adults" age 23 - 26 rely on their family for financial support. Half! Of those,...
View ArticleIt Will Soon Be a Little Cheaper to Take the CPA Exam in California
Good news, California CPA exam candidates! Even though taxes are up, gas is up, food prices are up and you'll soon have to start importing your water in from Minnesota, you're going to get a break on...
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#TBT: Which Former Big 4 CEO Did This Boy Scout Grow Up to Be?
While you're busy pulling out your embarrassing school photos from the 80s, we're digging up oldies from Big 4 hotshots because hey, what else is there to do on a Thursday?Who do we have here on the...
View ArticleFootnotes: First Let Me Take Another #SelfEY; Bitcoin Bowl; When Auditors...
Suit Is Dismissed Against Auditor of Chinese Coal CompanyIn 2010, Puda Coal, a Chinese company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, raised $116 million from American investors in two public...
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