Crooked CFO Amused By Pearl-Clutching Tweet
RT @footnoted"Seriously flouting established SEC rules makes a mockery of the system!"— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) August 30, 2013
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Survey reveals 61% of firms hiring in next 6 months
By Jason BramwellDespite concerns about the risks and costs associated with health care, US CFOs maintain a more positive perspective as they enter the second half of 2013, especially toward hiring and...
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Accounting News Roundup: Grant Thornton's Latest Acquisition; IRS Probes Will...
McKinsey & Co. Isn’t All Roses in a New Book [DealBook]It often goes unmentioned, but McKinsey has indeed offered some of the worst advice in the annals of business. Enron? Check. Time Warner’s...
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Auditor Market Share for IPOs Offers More Than Enough Consolation for Ernst &...
Remember this chart from last month?#CPA link: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems: Faulty Big Four audits climb (along with their fees) http://t.co/M57S1ovtX9pic.twitter.com/4wHa1xmQ9h— Rick Telberg...
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To Whom It May Going Concern: 'Your jaded mentality toward the profession is...
Welcome to a special Tuesday after Labor Day edition of To Whom It May Going Concern, our infrequent feature of the best (read: worst) and worst (read: best!) tips and feedback we get from readers....
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Footnotes: Retaliation!; The SEC and Social Media; Broker-Dealer Audits Are...
Gartner needs Senior Reporting Analyst in Stamford, CT. [GCJ]The former Burberry accountant who bilked the fashion house to fund a BMW X5 -- among other things -- has been ordered to pay back...
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Accounting News Roundup: Brits Going After Olympus; FASB Panel Pushes Back on...
British fraud agency to prosecute Olympus over accounting scandal [Reuters]Britain's fraud agency will prosecute Olympus Corp (7733.T) and its British unit Gyrus for falsifying accounts, the Japanese...
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Kids Don't Say They Want to Grow Up to Be CPAs Because Kids are Dumb
This Way to CPA has stooped to a new low, insulting children. Sure the little snot-nosed brats aren't very smart but do we really need to say that out loud?We all know the youth of America is pretty...
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Deloitte Study: Lots of Straight White Guys Trying Not To Be Such Straight...
Diversity, as you all know, is critical to the success of any major company's efforts to appear as though they care about something other than making money.You might hear something like, "We celebrate...
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Footnotes: Are You Paying Tax You Don't Owe?; The CGMA Blitz!; JPM Gets...
Are Some Americans Paying Federal Income Tax They Don’t Owe? [TaxVox]Opposition Mounts to Lease Accounting Changes [AT]Idaho's Tax Commission is trying to get sales taxes out of a 12-year-old fruit...
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Accounting News Roundup: Insulting New York's Wealthy; State Taxes and...
IRS Rule Leads Restaurants to Rethink Automatic Tips [WSJ]An updated tax rule is causing restaurants to rethink the practice of adding automatic tips to the tabs of large parties. Starting in January,...
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CPAs and Entrepreneurship: Do You Have What It Takes?
Back in July, we had a discussion about hanging out a shingle in public accounting. For many of you that are just starting out in your careers the idea of venturing out on your own seems as likely as...
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Accounting Career Conundrums: How Soon Is Too Soon to Quit?
In this week’s episode of Accounting Career Conundrums, a reader ponders leaving her job at a large firm with less than a year of experience. This inquiry boils down to a simple question: How soon is...
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AICPA Knows They've Spent Truckloads Promoting CGMA, Hopes You'll Make Some...
Since most of you have no appreciation WHATSOEVER for aggregation, you may have missed the AICPA's latest round of CGMA trolling in yesterday afternoon's links. Speaking of appreciation, you know what...
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How To Talk to Public Accounting Recruiters Without Coming Off Like a Tool
Found this gem on Reddit:I have a recruiters reception coming up soon where I will meet many recruiters from various firms.I'm only a student so my accounting knowledge is limited to textbook...
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DiCicco, Gulman & Company in the Boston area is looking for audit seniors. [GCJ]Verify A Certified Public Accountant License On TaxConnections Interactive Map [TaxConnections via Francine...
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Accounting News Roundup: Skipping Business School; Tax Messi Gets Cleaned Up;...
Payrolls in U.S. Rose Less Than Forecast; Jobless 7.3% [Bloomberg]The gain of 169,000 workers last month followed a revised 104,000 rise in July that was smaller than initially estimated, Labor...
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Give Yourself Some Love in This Friday's Open Items Thread
It's an extraordinarily unproductive day here in Denver so Open Items is more welcome than usual this week.If you're new to this new happy fun time hour, this is your chance to discuss whatever you...
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The IRS Apprentice Video Is Still Better Than Anything Donald Trump Has Ever...
Yes, it's campy. Yes, it's poor production quality. Yes, it's the IRS. But you CANNOT deny that, compared to Donald Trump's track record, the video is not that bad.[via @WaysandMeansGOP]
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ICYMI: Deloitte's 'Uncovering' Study Uncovered More Than Bros Not Being Bros
Apparently the Life at Deloitte Twitter account has been busy tweeting other people's links to the Deloitte studywe wrote about earlier this week, but of course no Going Concern love. We're going to...
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