Marcum LLP Proudly Launches Interactive Same-Sex Marriage Map
They said it loud and proud in a press release yesterday:The map enables users to view the status of same-sex marriage unions in individual states by hovering their computer cursors. A pop-up chart for...
View Article(UPDATE) This Farewell Email May Just Make You Rethink Your Life's Purpose...
As far as farewell emails go, this one is incredibly introspective and free from the frat boy shout-outs we usually get peppered between half lucid rants and digs at the ugly people in the office. No,...
View ArticleFootnotes: TGI-Forget It! | 02.15.13
Acting Ed. note: Even though Colin stuck me with the task of hanging out with you all this week in his absence at the last possible minute when I could have been putting my cats in funny outfits and...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Is Auditor Rotation Nigh in the UK?; KPMG India's...
Florida hit by "tsunami" of tax identity fraud [Reuters]"We are on the top of a national trend that is causing a hemorrhage of tax dollars," said Wifredo Ferrer, United States Attorney for south...
View ArticleExpress Scripts Accuses Ernst & Young Partner of Being the Worst Corporate...
Late on Friday, Bloomberg reported that Express Scripts was suing Ernst & Young and a former E&Y partner for "theft of trade secrets and misappropriation of the pharmacy benefit manager’s...
View ArticleICYMI: Here Are the Ten States with the Highest CPA Exam Passing Rates
By some combination of bad luck and adult attention deficit disorder, we missed NASBA's announcement that they released their CPA exam stats book for 2012. No matter, we're confident you missed it too...
View ArticleFootnotes: An 'Unreasonably Low' Sentence for Fraud; Joy Global CEO: Our...
CEO in fraud case needs more than seven days prison: court The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Michael Peppel, the former chief executive of the audio-visual technology company MCSi Inc, must be...
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ANR: People (aka: Not Corporations) Pay the Corporate Income Tax;...
Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax [Economix/NYT]The United States has had a corporate income tax since 1909, but in all the years since there is a major question about it that economists haven’t been...
View ArticleOh Look, Deloitte Has More Trouble Thanks to a Chinese Audit Client
Just when you thought Deloitte's China rash had gone into remission, some investors come along who don't think too highly of the audit performed by D to the T. In this particular case, the investors...
View ArticleThe IRS Is Wasting Millions on Unused Blackberrys and Aircards Because Of...
Out of the $11.4 million that the IRS spent on BlackBerrys and Internet aircards in fiscal year 2011, $1.1 million worth of the devices went unused for three months to a year, according to the Treasury...
View ArticleThe PCAOB Chairman Is Still Talking About Auditor Rotation
Generally speaking, there are two camps when it comes to the idea of auditor rotation or "term limits" as some like to call it. There is the camp that sees it as an area worth exploring as part of a...
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Footnotes: Pimpin' Actually *Was* Easy for This Accountant | 02.19.13
An accountant jailed for moonlighting as a pimp says that of 40 to 50 prostitutes he had, he only had sex with 5 or 10 of them. [Daily Mail]Business executives pessimistic about tax reform [The...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: KPMG Partner Profits Down in UK; Anchin, Block &...
U.S. Banks Bigger Than GDP as Accounting Rift Masks Risk [Bloomberg]Warning: Banks in the U.S. are bigger than they appear. That label, like a similar one on automobile side-view mirrors, might be...
View ArticleBad Spelling Can Derail an Otherwise Promising Career in Fraud
For God's sake, get a good education.In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama said, "To grow our middle class, our citizens must have access to the education and training that today’s...
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This Is a Friendly Reminder to Take the Going Concern Jobs Survey and Enter...
Hey, everyone. Colin here. Mind if I pull you away from your spreadsheets for a bit? No, you don't mind. Last Friday we announced that Going Concern Jobs would be gracing the Internet with its presence...
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Boston Media Still Disrespecting KPMG
Three weeks ago, the Boston Business Journal asked its readers to vote on the most admired accounting firm in the area, just so long as it wasn't KPMG. Whether the omission of the House of Klynveld as...
View ArticleThe Hottest New Investment Trend For Professional Skeptics: The Forensic...
What good is professional skepticism and financial statement literacy if you can't (ethically) make a few bucks off of it? Exchange Traded Concepts is aiming to do exactly that by trying to "avoid...
View ArticleFootnotes: Ernst & Young IT Goes Down to Georgia; Dodgy IRS Conracts; The...
Jacksons Plead Guilty To Fraud and Tax Charges Related to Campaign Funds [Forbes]KPMG to Acquire Oracle Practice from Hackett Group [AT]Ernst & Young to open global IT center in Alpharetta...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: GOP Not Budging on Tax Increase Stance; Solo CPAs...
G.O.P. Is Resisting Obama Pressure on Tax Increase [NYT]House Republicans, shrugging off rising pressure from President Obama, are resolutely opposing new tax increases to head off $85 billion in...
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Calm Down, This CPA Exam Practice Question Isn't as Dirty as You Think
One CPA candidate has clearly studied to the point that only basic instincts remain:@going_concern What dirty mind behind this CPA study guide got away with Willie "The Back Door Guy"...
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