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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Accounting News Roundup: Don’t Call HP a Bullet Dodger; Phil Mickelson Is Done Talking Taxes; Hawaii Doesn’t Even Sweat Accounting Errors | 01.22.13
Inside H-P's Missed Chance to Avoid a Disastrous Deal [WSJ]Days before Hewlett-Packard Co. dived into […]
Footnotes: MLK and Taxes; KPMG Partner Joins HSBC; ‘Madoff on a Bike’| 01.21.13
Martin Luther King Jr. and Tax [TaxProf] “Now it's about loopholes.” [Martin Sullivan] Atari files […]
Accountants: Tell Us Your Busy Season Problems
As many professionals embark on the tumultuous journey that are the busy season months of […]
What Do We Make of Phil Mickelson’s 62% Tax Rate Claim?
This morning we shared Tony Nitti's story at Forbes about walking-KPMG billboard Phil Mickelson considering […]
An Ex-PwC Senior’s Over-the-top Farewell Email Is a Sign That Busy Season Is Upon Us
We've receieved the first ridiculous farewell email of 2013 and it continues the trend of […]
Accounting News Roundup: Judge Throws out Tax Preparer Regulations; The Big 4 in Davos; No, Phil! No! | 01.21.13
Dell Said to Hire Evercore to Seek Higher Bids After Buyout [Bloomberg]Dell Inc. (DELL), which […]
Footnotes: Big Labor Group Wants HP to Dump E&Y; The “Is It Time to Leave?” Busy Season Flowchart; Madoff’s Music | 01.18.13
Labor group asks Hewlett-Packard to replace auditor E&Y [Reuters] The Biglaw Flowchart That Tells You […]
Ernst & Young Announces a Competitive Poaching Frenzy; Deloitte, KPMG Among the Losers
Yesterday Ernst & Young announced the addition of six new M&A and PE professionals to its […]
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Had No Idea That There Was a Gun in His Luggage When He Went to the Salt Lake City Airport
It's been quite a while since we've checked in with Arkham Asylum escapee Patrick Byrne. […]
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Accounting News Roundup: Big 4 Audits and Disclosure Quality; Substance, Schmubstance; Spot the Liar | 01.18.13
Using Big Four improves disclosure quality [Accountancy Age] Companies that have a Big Four auditor are […]
Footnotes: The IASB Puppet Masters; Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Minus the Holland; The Loyola/Tennessee Tech Tax Bracket | 01.17.13
IFRS under fire at Parliamentary hearing “The IASB is subsidised by Big Four accounting firms […]