The Chicago Public School system used an "accounting trick" to find money. And by "accounting […]
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.
If a Movie About Fraud Was Funded With Fraud, That Would Be Dumb (and Dumber)
The source of the $100 million used to finance Oscar-nominated The Wolf of Wall Street […]
David Cay Johnston vs. Tax Girl on Twitter: PLACE YOUR BETS
Twitter fights are always good, especially when they involve people we've come to know and […]
France Outlaws Doing Work After Hours, Even For Big 4 Firms
Just with Deloitte's love note to Green Dotters we shared the other day, there's nothing […]
Fall Asleep at a Board Meeting and You Might End Up in an SEC Filing
SEC filings don't often get better than this. In this case, we have a hopeful […]
Footnotes: Does Your Dog Groomer Do Taxes?; Danger Internet!; Stolen Intern Ideas | 04.09.14
In case you haven't heard, there's a bad Internet bug going around. Here's what you […]
This Poor Guy Is More Bummed Than Anyone at KPMG About Billion Dollar Brackets
Remember when KPMG reminded its employees that they — and their immediate families/baby mamas/dogs — […]
House Republicans Still Keeping Themselves Busy Trying to Ruin Lois Lerner’s Day
House Republicans are taking action on multiple fronts this week against former Internal Revenue Service […]
GAO Went Undercover to Discover Tax Preparers Are Terrible at Tax Preparing
Mind you, it was a small sample of 19 but of those, 17 were wrong: […]
Wisconsin Drops CPA Exam Education Requirement to 120 Units After Accidentally Dropping All Requirements Completely
Every time I write about a legislative event be it MACPA's CPA Day or AICPA […]
Busy Season Zen: Cute Armadillo Bathtime or 3 Hour Norwegian Train Ride?
Sometimes you need more than just a cute, weird animal. So for this week's edition […]
Footnotes: Capital Rules; More Capital Rules; Florida Woman at it Again | 04.08.14
Regulators Approve New Capital Rule A campaign to make the financial system safer advanced on […]