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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.
This EY Shilling Is Brought to You By Forbes
Forbes — corporate shilling factory and low-grade financial "journalism" disguised as a magazine for rich […]
Extra-Marital Affairs Site Claims Accountants Are Kings of Romance Because Their Jobs Are Boring
Well this should make you feel better about your boring job. A website specializing in […]
Footnotes: H&R Block’s New Biz; PwC Likes Its Bad Clients; SEC Teed Off | 08.18.14
H&R Block launches small business accounting services [Kansas City Business Journal] McDonnell defense emphasizes his […]
This NYT Op-Ed About Millennials is Bad and You Should Feel Bad
How old are we — the oldest, saltiest, most bitter of the Millennials — going […]
TIL: Ancient Greeks Used Slaves as Auditors So They Could Be Beaten When They Screwed Up
I've had Jacob Soll's book The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of […]
Deloitte Summer Interns Challenge Rival Firms to Step Up and Get Drenched in Ice Water
Surely you've seen the ice bucket challenge, perhaps you've even participated yourself. In case you […]
This Year’s AICPA Accounting Competition Will Double as CGMA Advertising
If you're into cut throat competition among the country's best and brightest accounting students, you […]
Footnotes: PwC Gets Into the Law Business; The Bongs’ Great Idea; Post This | 08.14.14
Diversity of services key in changing accounting industry This will definitely end well [WCBJ] Atlanta […]
Twitter’s Latest 10-Q Is a Perfect Example of Why No One Wants New Lease Accounting
We all know Twitter — like a lot of "successful" tech companies — isn't exactly […]
Do You Work a Secret Second Shift Job at Home?
Are you one of the chosen few picking up extra hours on the side? I'm […]
#TBT: The XYZ Credential Was the CGMA of Its Day
I don't know about you but back in 2001, the last thing I cared about […]