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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Today’s Groupon: A Chief Accounting Officer Courtesy of KPMG
Chronically accounting challenged coupon* carrier, Groupon, has found a new Chief Accounting Officer and they've […]
Summing Up Tax Policy in This Presidential Election
Tax Analysts' Chris Bergin doesn't like what he heard from Mitt Romney yesterday: In a […]
Accounting News Roundup: A Deal on the Back of AMT?; Larry Flynt Makes an Offer; Diluted Audit Reforms | 09.10.12
U.S. Plans $18 Billion Sale of AIG Stock [WSJ]The Treasury Department said it would sell […]
Footnotes: Facebook Blamestorming; The Influentials; Grover Owned Tampa | 09.07.12
Facebook Investors Know Exactly Whom to Blame [Bloomberg] Top 100 Influential People [AT] In Retrospect, […]
David Cay Johnston Sticks Up for Tax Nerds Being Picked on By the Romney Campaign
The Romney campaign isn't crazy about the Tax Policy Center's critique of their tax plan […]
Layoffs Watch ’12: KPMG Cuts Have Some People Spooked
Last month we learned that KPMG's UK operation announced its "regrettable" plans to tell 300 […]
Accounting News Roundup: Jobs Disappointment; Romney Tax Return Caper Is “Possible”; Dems Tax Plan Is Too GOP | 09.07.12
Economy Adds Fewer Jobs Than Expected [WSJ]U.S. job growth slowed in August, a sign of […]
Footnotes: PwC’s Charity Work for ResCap, A Morbid Proposal, Trusting Your Accountant | 09.06.12
Chart of the day, party neighborhood edition [Felix Salmon] ResCap Says PWC Review Could Cost […]
Some Guy Wandered Around the PwC Office Where Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns Were Allegedly Stolen and Took Some Crappy Photos
Yesterday, we learned that some hackers/burglars allegedly broke into PwC's Franklin, Tennessee office and copied […]
Latest CFO Survey Results Reveal a Whole Lot of Information That Will Make You Shrug with Indifference
Take it away, Robert Half! In the latest survey, 5% of executives said they plan […]
Let’s Compare the Big Four Accounting Firms to the Four Houses in Harry Potter
Career conundrum got you down? Want someone to tell you how to spend your bonus? […]