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Accounting News Roundup | 04.25.13
H&R Block: IRS clears returns affected by glitch [AP] H&R Block says the Internal Revenue Service […]
Baker Tilly Bags One New York Accounting Firm; Looking for the Next One
Today in obscure firm merger news, Baker Tilly and New York-based Holtz Rubenstein Reminick have […]
Accounting News Roundup: Tax Reform Gets a Boost From Baucus; KPMG’s Arthur Andersen Moment?; No More ‘Neutrality’ Talk | 04.24.13
S.E.C. Gets Plea: Force Companies to Disclose Donations [NYT]A loose coalition of Democratic elected officials, […]
Footnotes: Also: ‘Overrated’; Baucus to Say Buh-Bye; BlackBerry’s Keyboard Returns | 04.23.13
Baucus, Powerful Montana Democrat, Will Leave Senate [DealBook] KPMG Insider Trading Scandal "Overrated": Chairman [Reuters] State […]
KPMG Global Chairman Doesn’t Consider a Partner at His Firm Passing Material Non-public Information About Audit Clients to a Golf Buddy to Be All That Newsworthy
I mean, really. The chairman of KPMG has dismissed as a “one-day wonder” the insider […]
Nice Neighborhood Dad Named New FASB Chairman
Russell Golden will be your new FASB Chairman effective July 1st. He's been at the […]
Lauryn Hill Could Use a Hand Here
Actually, Judge Madeline Cox Arleo knows that Ms. Hill is a person with "substantial assets" […]
These Are the Videos That Made Your Busy Season Slightly Less Awful
For some reason, earlier this year we asked you to submit videos of your busy season exploits as part of some fake contest. The idea was haphazardly thrown together and not taken that seriously, but for whatever reason1 the post sat up top for months. Anyhoo, busy season has been over for everyone for at least a week so I guess we'll wrap this thing in old newspaper and put a bow on it, so we can all move on with our lives. Right? Right.
Accounting News Roundup: KPMG Chairman: Audit Partner ID Is ‘Misleading’; London’s Other Clients; Something for the Transfer Pricing Folks | 04.23.13
KPMG chairman says campaign against auditor anonymity misleading [Reuters]Renewed calls by U.S. regulators for those […]
Let’s Bicker About: Top Undergrad Accounting Programs
According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, any burgeoning debit and credit artists out there would do well […]
Scott London Won’t Be Making Flirty Comments on the Facebook Page of Bryan Shaw’s Wife Anytime Soon
It was nearly two weeks ago when we learned that ex-KPMG partner had dabbled in insider trading of several KPMG clients, including two — Herbalife and Skechers — that were audit clients of London's. It set off quite a firestorm, however when the criminal complaint against London came out, we discovered that the manner in which he and his golf buddy/watch guy Bryan Shaw conducted this little conspiracy was not too sophisticated. Phone calls. Meetings in parking lots. Black paper bags filled with cash. The Boss. It's what you might expect from a couple of middle-aged bros who had plenty of laughs together at the 19th hole.