On MF Global Anniversary Something Still Missing What’s still missing from this sordid affair is an […]
Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Dumb: Iowa Once Tried to Implement a Pumpkin Tax
We've noted in the past that states try to levy taxes on many silly things. […]
Accounting News Roundup: Back-to-Work Wednesday; MF Global’s Failiversary; When Is a Dance Not a Dance? | 10.31.12
Tracking the Storm [NYT]All the latest updates to get you through Wednesday. Power Outages May […]
Footnotes: The Enemy of Tax Reform Is Us; PwC’s Wine Guy; Tax Lobbyists Galore | 10.30.12
Tracking the Storm [NYT] The Real Barrier to Tax Reform [Economix/NYT] U.S. Stock, Bond Markets […]
KPMG Plants the Flag in Myanmar (or Burma or Whatever)
It's really a shame that there are so many countries that don't have a Big […]
Sandy Aftermath Open Thread: Who’s Working? Who’s “Working”? Who’s Dealing with Insane, Unreasonable Clients?
Okay, we're in the aftermath of Sandy and while I cruised around on my bike […]
Recruiting Season: Best of Big 4 in Beantown; Underwhelming Salaries; Second-tier Stepping Stones
Welcome to Tuesdays with More Anxious Accounting recruits. Have a question about recruiting season? Email advice@goingconcern.com with […]
Accounting News/Hurricane Roundup | 10.30.12
Northeast Awakes to Huge Damage in Storm’s Path; Millions Without Power [NYT]As Hurricane Sandy churned […]
Footnotes: Surviving Sandy; Romney’s Tax Plan; Forget About the NFL in London | 10.29.12
Seven Easily Avoidable Ways To Die In A Hurricanne Not going near 57th Street and Sixth Avenue is […]
Here’s Another Ernst & Young Jack-o-lantern That You Didn’t Know You Wanted
Last week, a couple of Big 4 employees wanted to share dual love for their […]
Insider Trading Cost Tom Flanagan a Lot More Than 21 Months of Freedom
Late on Friday, word came down that former Deloitte vice chairman Tom Flanagan was sentenced […]
Frankenstorm Updates: Accounting Firm Closures and One Guy’s CPA Exam Is Cancelled
As you may have heard, there’s a bit of a storm brewing on the east coast. Everything is more or less closed but if your firm is of the general opinion that the heavy stuff won’t be coming down for quite a while and there’s no reason you shouldn’t be at the office until the lights go out, please let us know (and some pictures might be nice).