For the Wealthy, a 28 Percent Solution [NYT] Ungrateful LPs Don’t Even Have The Decency […]
Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Georgia Accountant’s Instincts Prove Useful in the Wild
When someone of the debit and credit arts is functioning in its natural habitat (e.g. […]
Here’s What the Fiscal Cliff Looks Like
The Tax Policy Center released a new paper today that should be sufficient for scaring […]
Is There a Hidden Message in This Interview with Grant Thornton’s Stephen Chipman?
As we've mentioned on several occasions here, when the media profiles Big 4 bigwigs, the […]
Accounting News Roundup: Big 4’s ‘Virtuous Circle’; DVA Is Done; Do the Financial Crime? Do No Time | 10.01.12
Big Four audit tenders benefit from ‘virtuous circle’ [Accountancy Age]A "virtuous circle" that exists for […]
Footnotes: Still Sorting Out Lehman, KPMG’s Classy Office, Student-Loan Defaults Going Up | 09.28.12
Lehman, IRS Reach Deal [BB/WSJ] Nortel auditors, board not shown report on excess reserves, Crown […]
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What Is the Appropriate Reaction to a Superior Who Tells You That He “Once Slept with Your Mother”?
As we like to do from time to time, we check in on accountants across […]
Someone Is Sending Out Bogus PwC Checks, Again
Back in 2010, some criminal masterminds perpetrated a scheme where bogus checks bearing the PwC […]
All of Mitt Romney’s Fancy Schmancy Tax Planning Strategies Should Serve as a Reminder That We Really, Really Need Tax Reform
Yesterday, we told you about Jesse Drucker's stellar report on Mitt Romney's "I Dig It" […]
Accounting News Roundup: Olympus Gets a Balance Sheet Boost; FRC Wants Companies to Review Auditors; Grading Banks | 09.28.12
BofA settles Merrill Lynch lawsuit, to pay $2.43 billion [Reuters]$1.6 billion will hit the books […]
Footnotes: Smuggle ‘Em If You Got ‘Em; Waiting for the SEC; You Need Some Slackers | 09.27.12
Cigarette Smuggling Can Make You $4 Million Dollars Richer [Tax Foundation] Wonkblog’s comprehensive guide to […]
All This Focus on Mitt Romney’s Taxes Could Ruin Things for All the Wealthy People
Today, a Bloomberg article by Jesse Drucker called attention to Mitt Romney's "intentionally defective grantor […]