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The Latest New Jersey CPA Magazine Cover is a Little Freaky
I love those New Jersey CPAs but I'm pretty sure if I saw this in my mailbox, I would kill it before it lays eggs.The diversity profiles are actually a good read so please don't let the weird cover...
View ArticleHere's a Textbook Case of Dumb People Engaging in Illicit Sexting Spiraling...
Where exactly does "sexting extortion" fall on the fraud triangle, anyway?In today's sordid tale of embezzlement gone wrong, we present Shelly Lough of West Virginia. Shelly worked as a Bethany College...
View ArticleFootnotes: Study Finds Criminal Auditors Charge More; Ban the Dollar; Pizza...
Would you pay $499 for a device that turns "water" into $20 wine? Jesus not required [HuffPo]For those of you who partake in Lent: don't give up selfies, just be sure to ashtag them [WSJ]Winklevoss...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: DCJ on Reform of the Lack Thereof; Meet Satoshi...
Real tax reform means starting from scratch [AJA]David Cay Johnston writes that if Dave Camp is disrespecting the word reform: "'Reform' means improvement. News reports should generally avoid that...
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Some CPA Exam Candidates Skeptical the Illinois Board of Examiners Can Tell Time
Do these people not understand that even a day is an eternity for an anxious CPA exam candidate?!From the tip box:Well the Illinois Board of Examiners website has been showing the same notice about...
View ArticleOne KPMG Hot Shot Concerned His Stuff is Out to Get Him
I'm pretty sure we've all been there, I'm convinced my PlayStation Move is watching everything I do.I was already paranoid that my printer is out to get me; now I'm worried that my microwave is serving...
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Look Whose CPA Exam Scores We Dug Up for Throwback Thursday
We had to comb through the Smithsonian to find these ancient scores but we found them! You'll note Colin was one of the last crop of aspiring CPAs to take the pencil and paper exam back when you had to...
View ArticleDewey Even Want to Know How Much Trouble the Ex-Heads of This Failed Law Firm...
This is bad. Very very bad.Let's hop in the time machine and go back to 2012, when Colin caught us up on just how bad the situation was over at Dewey (spoiler alert: tax partners were jumping ship and...
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Americans for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist Finally Exposed as a Hipster
As if the beard and the "I hated taxes before it was cool" mantra wasn't proof enough, now we know for sure Grover is a big ole hipster:Do you even tax reform, bro?
View ArticleAccording to This, a Bunch of Folks at Rothstein Kass Are Hitting the Pavement
Well, this is an interesting twist to the Rothstein Kass KPMG merger drama.We're glad to see our friends at Accounting Today getting on this:For the last few weeks the accounting profession’s rumor...
View ArticleFootnotes: The Greatest Lawyer Ad Ever; Deloitte to Dabble in Chocolate; Bad...
Guys, when Above the Law says this is the "greatest lawyer ad ever," they mean it [ATL]Investment firm Cerberus to buy Safeway for $9 billion [USA Today]Guy who is likely the founder of Bitcoin claims...
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ANR: Flimsy Corporate Investigations; BigLaw Accounting; Do You Attack Email...
Beware the false reassurance of corporate probes [FT]An op-ed from Carson Block of Muddy Waters Research wants investors to be skeptical of those "independent investigations" companies conduct after...
View ArticleLet's Talk Open Items!
In case you didn't get the memo, your Friday Open Items thread has moved from the front page to -- wait for it -- Open Items. This week's thread is right here.If anyone is up earlier than me and would...
View ArticleJohn Veihmeyer Not at All Ashamed to Talk Scott London to Business Students
Too bad I didn't hear about this sooner or I totally would have tried to crash this party.Freshly christened KPMG Global Chairman and still KPMG US CEO and Chairman John Veihmeyer schooled the kids at...
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RSVP: Learn About Charts in Excel on March 25th
Event Date: March 25, 2014In this session Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA shares numerous techniques that you can use to work with charts more efficiently. David will provide detailed handouts...
View ArticleContrary to What You May Have Heard, Thank You Notes are Still Appreciated
Are post-interview thank you notes absolutely required? No. Neither is brushing your teeth before the interview, that doesn't mean it's a good idea to forgo either.In this recent piece from CGMA Mag (I...
View ArticleAngry Guy Who Hates Tax Season Having an Even Worse Tax Season Than You
Ladies and gentlemen, we have an early contender for worst client of the 2014 filing season:A 19-year-old Detroit man has been charged with a slew of felonies stemming from a shooting at a tax business...
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This #CPAPOWERED Thing Could Easily Escalate Quickly
Here's the deal, the AICPA wants feel good stories on how CPAs have helped their clients. That sounds cool. The problem we see here is that trolls (not like we know any of those) might hijack the...
View ArticleFootnotes: Let's Make a Deal; ATR Turns Your Beer Right Wing; Deloitte's...
JPMorgan whistleblower gets $63.9 mln in mortgage fraud deal [Reuters]Sooooo, who do I have to pay off to get my hands on one of these? [Twitter]I hope everyone is using their @taxreformer beer koozie...
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Accounting News Roundup: Sbarro is Bankrupt (Again); PwC's Latest Buy;...
Pizza chain Sbarro files for bankruptcy protection [Reuters]Sbarro LLC, the pizza restaurant chain, on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than three years, after...
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