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Life at Deloitte May or May Not Involve Time Spent on Your Knees
OH DEAR. Who let this one fly? I mean really.After a great practice run. The @TepperCMU team, Dr. Mather, and their coaches. pic.twitter.com/fx3g57DWXl— Life at Deloitte (@lifeatdeloitte) January 16,...
View ArticleFootnotes: Best BYE!; Bitcoin's Latest Market; Keep Up the Good Work Senate...
DIE, Best Buy, die! I mean, that's not a threat, I'm just saying if you're going to die anyway... I am not bitter considering my previous terrible experiences with Best Buy or anything but LATER,...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Legal Expenses Hitting the Banks; Deloitte and Grant...
Morgan Stanley joins banks hit by legal costs [FT]Suing and investigating banks is so hot right now.Window Is Opening for Change in Tax Code [NYT]Floyd Norris sounds a little like a believer.Deloitte...
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Let's Get Open But Not Too Open in This Friday Open Items, the NSA is Watching
YAY Friday! Oh how I missed you.I don't know about you guys but I'm watching President Obama's speech right now, which is making me a little ragey so I'm just going to keep this short and go scream in...
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Plante Moran Is Significantly Better To Work For Than the Big 4, According to...
Once again, Colin buried this in ANR but it's worth shouting from the rooftops, at least for Plante Moran. These lists are bullshit as we all know but it is pretty significant that Plante Moran grabbed...
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You Will Want to Avoid Being Perceived as a Business Slut, Per This Article
Funny, weren't we just kind of talking about this earlier today? And here comes CGMA Magazine with an article fresh off the presses about job-hopping (or, as I like to think of it, professional...
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CPA Exam Pass Rates Basically Went Right Off the Cliff at the End of 2013
Your final tally of CPA exam pass rates for 2013 has been calculated. Way to go, end of the year procrastinators!Jeff at Another71 compared these to last year's and really, it isn't that bad. You guys...
View ArticleSo BDO Isn't That Good at Auditing Either, But Still Better Than Grant Thornton
Now this is just getting funny. And by funny I mean sad.The PCAOB has released its 2012 inspection report on BDO and the news isn't nearly as bad as it was for Grant Thornton so, well, there's that....
View ArticleFootnotes: Pimpin' Ain't Easy; Friday Night Dumps; Fridge Spam | 01.17.14
The company blamed for the big West Virginia chemical spill has filed for bankruptcy [AP]The pimp who beat a guy to death with an Air Jordan thinks Nike should pay for manufacturing a deadly weapon...
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Accounting News Roundup: Grant Thornton and KPMG Do a Deal in Brazil; EY...
Ed. note: We're observing Martin Luther King Day so posts will be minimal today. Please enjoy what ANR has to offer and if you need to get something off your chest, jump back to last Friday's Open...
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ANR: Ex-Vatican Accountant Needs a Hail Mary; Grover Norquist Likes Tom...
Former Vatican accountant charged with money laundering [FT]“Monsignor 500” is going to be needing your prayers: "Italian authorities have brought money laundering charges against a priest who formerly...
View ArticleAs CGAs, CAs and CMAs in Canada Join Together Under the CPA, an Awkward Video...
If you aren't aware, they're doing a little remixing of credentials up there in Canada, so naturally they did an actual remix to hammer the point home before everything becomes official across the...
View ArticleCalifornia CPAs, Here's an Opportunity to Serve Your Profession
Allow us a moment of seriousness here with a special request from the California Board of Accountancy:The CBA has established a new advisory committee, known as the Mobility Stakeholder Group (MSG),...
View ArticleGuy Who Couldn't Hack Two Years in Public Accounting Needs Validation He...
Normally I wouldn't post a question like this, mainly because I have absolutely no idea what he's even asking us. Should he leave? How the hell do we know?Going Concern,Public accounting isn't for me,...
View ArticlePut People In A Position Where They Can’t Say No To Your Promotion Without...
If you have not seen part I, take a look before we continue. The truth is that there is nothing special about me. If you consistently and diligently apply the principles in this series, you have a very...
View ArticleFootnotes: The IRS Loses; GFY Robert Rubin; The "Fake" God of War | 01.21.14
Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife have been charged for taking "gifts" they maybe shouldn't have [Washington Post]Accounting maneuvers muddy bank earnings this quarter [CBS]Robert...
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Accounting News Roundup: Big 4 Bigwigs at Davos; N-O-L! N-O-L! N-O-L!; The...
Big 4 bigwig with facial hair Davos Shot #1.@Mark_Weinberger up early this morning #WEF2014 for @BBCWorldNews interview with @SallyBundockBBCpic.twitter.com/CQpyw06uY7— EY Press (@EY_Press) January 22,...
View ArticleExclusive: Inside the Mind of an Elijah Watt Sells Award Winner
Back when I worked in HR for a public accounting firm, it was common to receive and send out requests for best practices in employment policy. Such information is often shared freely across...
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With Tax Time Nearly Upon Us, Let's Look at Some Unique Tax Service Locations
My ex used to get his taxes done in the back of the same place where he got his hair cut (no wonder he had IRS problems all the time) which I guess is a big thing in San Francisco among the immigrant...
View ArticleKPMG To Keep Phil Mickelson in Blue Hats and Heavy Taxation For at Least Two...
Hopefully he will learn to keep his tax bitching to himself this round:KPMG LLP, the U.S. Audit, Tax and Advisory firm, today announced that it has renewed the sponsorship of 5-time Major golf champion...
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