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Here's Your Perfunctory March 16th Open Thread
Yes, it's just a small bump on the road to April 15th, and both are mere pit stops towards September 15th and October 15th, but it would be remiss if we did not acknowledge the first major tax filing...
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Oh Boy, Deloitte's New Audit Chief Promises 'Innovation'
Joe Ucuzoglu (Uch-uh-zog-loo?) will replace Cathy Engelbert as CEO of Deloitte & Touche, the firm's audit practice.
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Accounting News Roundup: New Lease Accounting and Debt Covenants; Kill the...
IASB Downplays Lease Accounting Rules Impact on Debt Covenants [CFOJ]
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#BusySeasonProblems: Three Square-ish Meals; 15-hour Days; St. Patrick's Day...
Several major deadlines have passed, yet the plight of accountants rages on.
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Deloitte Is Trying to Reinvent Performance Evaluation
Performance evaluations have been awful for a long time. Forced ranking, the method that many large accounting firms employ, has successfully sucked numerous souls from the bodies of many talented...
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Triple Entry Accounting: Harebrained or Genius?
I've never been to SXSW, but I imagine that all the smart people talking about smart ideas and getting all smart with each other is nauseating. Still!
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Accounting News Roundup: PwC Nabs HSBC Audit; AICPA Offers Suggestions;...
HSBC confirms PwC will take over as auditor from March 31 [Reuters]
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Busy Season Zen: The Swish Montage
March Madness begins this week, so it seems appropriate that today's BSZ have a basketball theme.Â
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Time to Look for a New Job (Even If You're Not Looking)
It's mid-March and, aside from brackets, the thing on many accountants' minds is finding a new job.
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Accounting News Roundup: Contingent Bonuses and Motivation; Apologizing for...
Top Wall Street Lawyer Slams Regulatory Environment [WSJ]
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The Aftermath of the Ex-PwC Employee Who Got Fired After a Dispute with...
Last October we learned that a PwC fired an employee named Canal O'Rourke for violating the firm's "ethics stand
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ICYMI: Dixon Hughes Goodman Is No Longer Such a Mouthful
If there's one thing that any modern accounting firm knows, it's that people can't be bothered to utter the names of long-dead foun
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Here Are Two More Brackets Accountants Can Enjoy
As you may have heard, it's bwacket season and there are many fine tournaments going on that don't exploit the athletic talents of young men and women, not least among them, our own
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Accounting News Roundup: Ineffective FP&A; David Foster Wallace's Love Affair...
PwC eyes deal with cloud platform [Economia]
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Belated #TBT: VisiCalc, the First Spreadsheet Program
I wrote this yesterday and didn't publish it. Go figure.
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Going Concern March Madness: More #BusySeasonProblems
Going Concern March Madness: #Busy
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Deloitte's New CEO Made Up Stories to Leave Work -- Just Like Us!
One of the many services we provide around here is to read boring interviews with the leaders of the accounting profession. No need to thank us, it's part of the job.
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Friday Footnotes: Tax Reform, 2017; PwC Hooks Another Big One; Inspiration...
Don't forget, GCMMBSP voting on Life and Health and
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Accounting News Roundup: Accounting Firm Name Changes Since '85; UK Phasing...
Noble Group Receives Another Chilly Critique From Iceberg [WSJ]
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