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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Offer a range in salary negotiations
If you wring your hands when an interviewer asks, "What are your salary expectations?" a […]
PwC Disappointed That Former Partners Going to Jail for Satyam Fraud
An addendum to the Bloomberg article on the Satyam executives' sentencing we linked to earlier: […]
Accounting News Roundup: Satyam Founder Sentenced to Prison; Losing Lotto Tickets; Deloitte Prepares Companies for Crisis | 04.09.15
Satyam Founder Gets 7 Years for India’s Biggest Corporate Fraud [Bloomberg]Ramalinga Raju, his brother B. Rama […]
Accountant’s Jail Sentence Conveniently Allows for Sunday Night Television
An accountant in Syracuse was sentenced to 16 weekends in jail and 5 years of […]
Busy Season Zen: Ten Hours of Soothing Spring Showers
April showers bring May flowers, the saying goes. Of course, it also can bring tornadoes […]
Reminder: Don’t Work at the IRS for Glamour, Good Cocktail Party Chatter
As we've discussed, if you want to dabble in public service or embrace chaos like […]
Accounting News Roundup: Disclosing Carried Interest; Strange Job Titles Are Bad; Stop Checking Email | 04.08.15
Carried Interest Should Be Disclosed on Tax Forms, and to Private Equity Investors [DealBook]Among other […]
#BusySeasonProblems: Inflatable Sharks; Late-night Checklists; Unexpected Taxable Income
Now that we've officially crowned "WTF am I doing with my life?" as the champion […]
The Sharing Economy CPA: An Interview with Derek Davis of Tabby
This is our latest interview with accountants who have gone on to found companies or […]
Accounting News Roundup: More on PKF Partner Accused of Theft; PwC Pulled Into TelexFree Mess; Enron’s Loose Ends | 04.07.15
PKF Pacific Hawaii managing partner Patrick Oki accused of stealing $500K from the companyPBN]More details […]
Do Any Millennials Want to Work at the IRS Non-ironically?
Hating the IRS is as American as baseball and capital punishment. This almost universal derision […]