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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.
Footnotes: Not a Big Variance; Deloitte’s New iLab; An Intern’s Lament | 07.21.14
$340,000 accounting error is small 'variance,' Civil District Court clerk says Immaterial. [The Times-Picayune] Someone […]
EY Senior Manager Finds That Work Won’t Do Itself While He’s on Parental Leave
Here we go with this again. EY is really trying to pull out its paternal leave and wave it around in everyone’s faces, aren’t they?
Sometimes Life at Deloitte Involves Not Having a Life
If this is life at Deloitte, I feel terrible for this guy. Quick start […]
NASBA Respectfully Asks You Not to Act Like an Idiot at the CPA Exam
Long ago and far away, we wondered out loud what would happen if you tattooed […]
Footnotes: No Choice For Rules; More Tax Avoidance; A Sexless Spreadsheet Jockey | 07.17.14
Lawmakers urge SEC chair not to allow choice of accounting rules A bipartisan group of […]
(UPDATE) Here’s Your Open Thread for Grant Thornton Compensation Discussions (2014)
This just in: GT has received performance ratings in the West Region (If not entire […]
Why Is Everyone So Tight-Lipped on the Ventas EY Audit Partner Situation?
As we found out recently, the engagement partner at EY was (probably, allegedly) banging the […]
Herbalife “Members” Are Tired of Getting Bullied Over Their Herbalifestyle
Believers in the Herbalifestyle have sent out a press release demanding an end to the […]
Tired of the Constant Badgering, NQ Mobile Has Fired PwC
Well, if that won't light the rumor mill on fire, I don't know what will. […]
Footnotes: EY Chairman Thinks of the Kids; Legislating Bitcoin; Your Mom’s Basement | 07.17.14
Big jump in number of millennials living with parents reported More Americans than ever live […]
The New York Times Compares Americans for Tax Reform to Terrorists
When you think of “extremist groups,” you probably think of grainy videos shot in a […]