Estate Tax Exemption for 2015 Is Announced [WSJ]$5.43 million, up from $5.34 mil. Stop Being […]
Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Accounting News Roundup: Big 4 Bullied Into Anti-Hong Kong Protest?; Entrepreneurs: Made or Born?; EY NYC Superday | 10.29.14
Accounting Firms’ Anti-Hong Kong Protest Stance Prompted by Pressure [WSJ]Sayeth the Big 4 brass: "An […]
Accounting News Roundup: Few Accounting Firms Ready to Capitalize on Current Trends; Use Your Business Card Better; Defining Critical Thinking | 10.28.14
Report: Few Are Ready to Take Advantage of Profession's Top 5 Trends [CPA Success]CCH says those […]
Accounting News Roundup: Chiquita Splits a Deal; IRS and Civil Forfeiture; Catch Up on Tax Cases | 10.27.14
Chiquita and Brazilian Group Announce Takeover Deal for Banana Producer [DealBook]After rejecting Fyffes on Friday, […]
Accounting News Roundup: If It Can Happen at Tesco…; Pot Taxes on the Ballot; Unused Vacation at 40-year High | 10.24.14
Tesco and accounting Feeding the beast [The Economist]This sums it up nicely: "That Britain's premier […]
Accounting News Roundup: Things at Tesco Manage to Get Worse; More Firms Starting Family Offices; KPMG Strategy | 10.23.14
Tesco scraps profit outlook as accounting black hole deepens [Reuters]Well, this is unexpected: "Tesco reported […]
Accounting News Roundup: Grant Thornton CEO’s Next Role; Bad Behavior at Tesco; SEC Audit Client Q3 Winners and Losers | 10.20.14
Grant Thornton LLP names Chipman senior vice chair [GT]SC will take the role in January […]
The Monthly Close: Grant Thornton Mayonnaise Sandwiches and Other Rejected Mascots
It's time once again for the ritual that is closing the books on Going Concern's […]
Accounting News Roundup: AbbVie Changes Mind on Inversion; Stop the ‘I’m SO Busy’ One-upping; Buffett’s ‘Huge Mistake’ | 10.16.14
AbbVie Board Recommends Shareholders Reject Shire Acquisition [DealBook]Treasury's move to discourage inversions appears to have […]
Survey: What Was the Salary at Your First Accounting Job?
If you remember, that is. Personally, I do. The job was with a boutique CPA […]
Accounting News Roundup: KPMG Confesses Lack of Diversity; PwC Looking to Hire Some People; Bribing an IRS Auditor Still a Bad Move | 10.14.14
In Comcast Controversy, Fired Customer Won’t Get Job Back [PhillyMag]Let's play "Who's the liar?": "The […]
Accounting News Roundup: Farewell to the Double Irish?; Another Development in Another OT Lawsuit; “Accredited Investor” Could Use an Update | 10.13.14
We're observing Canadian Thanksgiving so we'll be on an abbreviated schedule today. If you see anything worth our […]