Free CPE: High Impact Excel: Linked Workbooks Edition
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View ArticleFree CPE: High Impact Excel: Error Prompt Edition
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...
View ArticleFree CPE: High Impact Excel: Shortcuts Edition
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...
View ArticleThe Latest CPA Exam Pass Rates are FAR From Bad
FAR from bad, get it? Get it?? Never mind.So, the AICPA released pass rates for the third quarter and here's where you all stand for the year:As you can see, AUD and BEC are down a bit from the quarter...
View ArticlePwC Ups Its Disruption; Gets on Gmail
Rejoice, PwCers, you all are joining the late 20th century!PCWorld reported today that PwC has partnered with Google to pimp out Android and Google Apps to clients, in an agreement that will also...
View ArticleFootnotes: Workplace Viruses; Sleep Your Way to the Top; DISMISSED | 10.28.14
Find Out Whether This Unkillable Tracker Is On Your Smartphone [Forbes]Honesty is contagious at work [BND]I will alert the clerk at Homegoods! [Twitter]I came from retail so I have a housewares...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Big 4 Bullied Into Anti-Hong Kong Protest?;...
Accounting Firms’ Anti-Hong Kong Protest Stance Prompted by Pressure [WSJ]Sayeth the Big 4 brass: "An executive at one of the Big Four firms said the executive had no knowledge of the ad until the...
View ArticleJudge: AICPA Was a Little Melodramatic About IRS's Voluntary Registration...
Earlier this year, the AICPA warned that they would go on a jihad against the IRS if our favorite sovereign tax authority went ahead with a plan to offer voluntary tax preparer registration. Getting...
View ArticleUber is Delivering Kittens to Your Office Today
In honor of National Cat Day, Uber has brought back its successful kitten delivery program. I have some issues with this knowing how much cats hate the car but hey, whatever, kittens are pretty...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Creative Accounting Themed Halloween Costumes
I know what you're thinking. Creative and accounting-themed just don't go together. But like chocolate and potato chips, sometimes unexpected combinations are the best.We've previously discussed...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: An Arty Accountant; Deloitte Springs a Leak; One...
Britain's Fraud Office launches probe into Tesco accounting scandal [Reuters]It'll be awhile: "When the SFO launches a full criminal investigation against a company or individuals it has to be...
View ArticleGrant Thornton to Have Rat Problem for Foreseeable Future
A little bad news for Grant Thornton today:The towering rat balloon—six to 25 feet tall, often dubbed “Scabby the Rat”—is a common and sometimes contentious sight. It’s a gimmick used most frequently...
View ArticleHow to Convert Spreadsheets to PDF With the Push of Button
So you regularly create spreadsheet masterworks, but the thought of sharing the details of your genius makes you break out in hives. One way to separate the outputs from your inputs is to save...
View ArticleNASBA Cutting You Off From CPA Exam Score Releases For Now Because You Ruin...
Remember that time you people broke NASBA's website with your obsessive refreshing and then proceeded to yell at NASBA about this? Good times.Well, NASBA is attempting to outsmart you now and will not...
View ArticleWe're Giving This Another71 IFRS vs GAAP Rap a 74
Presented without comment because sometimes, you just have no words.
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Going Negative on Positive; PwC's Successful Bluff;...
Estate Tax Exemption for 2015 Is Announced [WSJ]$5.43 million, up from $5.34 mil.Stop Being So Positive [HBR]And don't forget to fire your Chief Happiness Officer.RBS Leans Towards Naming EY As New...
View ArticleGrover Norquist Will Take Candy From Little Girls to Teach About Taxes
You're never too young to learn about taxes, I suppose. And if your dad is Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, you can bet dad is going to be taking his 25% from your Halloween candy...
View ArticleWhy the Big 4 Accounting Model is Everything Wrong With America
The partner at my first SEC gig was an “out of town” partner. He would fly in each Monday from DC and before you could say “happy hour,” our transient leader was back on his Thursday flight home.Given...
View ArticleGuy Who Ran Off with $1.5 Million in Credit Suisse Money Was Once a Deloitte...
In case you avoid the financial news like I avoid Colin before I've had my morning coffee, let's get you nice and caught up on the hedge fund manager on the run after Credit Suisse "accidentally" sent...
View ArticleFriday Footnotes: Important Announcements; WTF; Probes on Probes | 10.31.14
Ed. note: So, you guys may or may not have noticed we killed daily Footnotes this week. Obviously you didn't notice it at all since no one complained about it, which only validates our decision....
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