Camp: IG report raises as many questions as it answers [The Hill] Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Costs […]
Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
You Know the Convergence of Loan Loss Accounting Is in Sorry Shape When Banks Are a Voice of Reason
Right now, the FASB and IASB are nowhere near agreeing on how loan loss accounting […]
Joe Echevarria Was a Hipster Before It Was Cool
Before he was CEO of Deloitte, talking about creating thousands of jobs, talking to both […]
Recruiter Manages to Creep CPA Out Over Email
As we tumble through the post-busy season spring, an untold number of recruiters are on […]
Accounting News Roundup: The Inspector General’s IRS Report; Olympus Is Back in Black; Tax-exempt Org Returns Are Due | 05.15.13
Inspector General’s IRS Report: Highlights, Full Text [WSJ, Report]The Internal Revenue Service used “inappropriate criteria” […]
IRS Can Expect More Than Standard Level of Unwanted Attention for the Immediate Future
In what is the most serious escalation yet of the revelations surrounding the agency, Holder […]
The Only Thing Better Than Working an Eminem Lyric into Your Accounting Paper Is Your Professor Calling You Out For It
I haven't written anything for academic purposes in quite some time, but it's nice to […]
The IRS Scandal Has Made the Long Odds of Passing Tax Reform Even Longer
Until last Friday, tax reform seemed to be working a steady pace towards…something. I mean, […]
Bonus Watch ’13: KPMG’s “Early Career Investment Bonus” Payouts Start This Week
Remember back in 2011 when KPMG announced a loyalty compensation program called the Early Career […]
Accounting News Roundup: The New COSO Is Here; ‘We should have done a better job’; Weird IRS Questions | 05.14.13
COSO Issues Updated Internal Control-Integrated Framework and Related Illustrative Document [COSO]Authored by PwC under the direction […]
Footnotes: Acting Commish Knew About Targeting in 2012; A Pirate Accountant; Banks Have a Suggestion for Loan Loss Accounting | 05.13.13
IRS: Top Official First Told of Targeting in 2012 [AP] I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives […]
Deloitte CEO Joe Echevarria Doesn’t Want to Hear About the Troubles You’ve Had Selling *Your* House
As you may recall, after Joe Echevarria became CEO of Deloitte in 2011, we learned that his house in Westchester was up for grabs with an asking price of $2.8 million. The 6,000 square-foot spread had hit the market in March of that year listed at $3 mil, so you can safely assume that Joe and his wife Ana were anxious to move the thing.