How Wal-Mart Made Its Crumbling China Business Look So Good for So Long [Bloomberg]After years […]
Author: Adrienne Gonzalez
Adrienne is a 15-year veteran of the accounting industry, if by "veteran" you mean "vulture prowling the periphery of the profession waiting for something exciting to happen."
She has been spewing vitriol on Going Concern since the site was founded in 2009. A former CPA review employee, she has sat through more FAR classes than any CPA exam candidate ever could -- even one who has failed FAR seven times -- and can still recall most of the mnemonics all these years later.
Going Concern Presents: The Top 5 Open Items of 2014
I know it seems like a long time ago but believe it or not, we […]
Accounting News Roundup: The Auditor Sit n Spin; Child Taxstravaganza; Getting Un-Tough on insider Trading | 12.10.14
Prosecution drops embezzlement charge against accountant due to lack of evidence [MLive]“I’m not saying it […]
Luxembourg Leaks All Over EY’s Tax Planning
Last month, we learned about a trove of documents that revealed a creative tax planning […]
The AICPA Can’t Figure Out Why Record Numbers of Accounting Grads Aren’t Taking the CPA Exam
AICPA President, CEO, and Benevolent Dictator Barry Melancon gave his yearly "state of the profession" […]
If No One Else Will Hire You, Maybe You Should Call Deloitte
This is from Jim Moffatt, Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, as written in The […]
Satyam Founder Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Massive, Obvious Fraud
Remember Satyam? That Satyam? Yeah, it's been awhile for us, too. Satyam's PwC India auditors […]
FASB Supports the SEC’s Commitment to Tiptoeing Around IFRS Adoption Indefinitely
This week, the AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments is going down in […]
Kids These Days Trust the IRS More Than Olds Do
There are plenty of comparisons between flighty, mysterious Millennials and their generational predecessors, but this […]
NASBA’s Website is Shut Down Again
For a third score release in a row, NASBA is locking CPA exam candidates out […]
Friday Footnotes: Finding Fraud; Merger Madness; The Sexiest Recruiters | 12.05.14
Man gets prison for failing to pay taxes on drugs [Pensacola News Journal] You can […]
Auditors Reminded That If They Keeping Screwing Up, They’ll Be Making the CAQ’s Job a Lot Harder
Auditors, consider this your friendly reminder not to fuck things up this busy season. Just […]