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Let’s Just Say You’re an Ex-KPMG Employee Who Mistakenly Received a Corporate Card in the Mail…
Need ideas for working off those busy season pounds? Do you find yourself in a […]
Accounting News Roundup: Ernst & Young Cuts Out Lobbying for Big Audit Clients; The U.S. Tax System – Fair?; IRS Missed Some NFPs | 05.04.12
Ernst, audit clients cut lobbying ties-records [Reuters, Earlier]Ernst & Young's lobbying unit is no longer […]
Auditing in China Sounds Like Pure Hell
Muddy Waters Director of Research, Carson Block wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal […]
Sometimes an Accounting Degree Just Isn’t Enough
Like when you've been telling people that you also have a computer science degree, when […]
Is the Next Wave of Auditor Resignations Coming?
Floyd Norris notes: Several Chinese companies that are registered in the United States missed the […]
Accounting News Roundup: Romney’s Shifty Tax Goals; The Accidental Accountant-Terrorist; Diversity’s Payoff | 05.03.12
Romney’s Conflicting Tax Goals Make Burden Shift Likely [Bloomberg]Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s tax plan rests […]
Here’s a Depraved Non Sequitur (Still Related to Accountants) for Your Wednesday Afternoon Enjoyment
It's late on a Hump Day in May and people seem sleepy, so how about […]
PwC’s New ‘State-of-the-Art Facilities’ in Detroit Will Encourage Enhanced Collaboration, Observation of Awful Eating Habits
Never mind that "state-of-the-art" and "Detroit" don't often collide in the same sentence; what's important […]
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Nobody Seems to Care About Williams Companies’ $497 Million Accounting Error
Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil likes digging through dirty laundry. If you're an auditor, the PCAOB, a […]
The PCAOB Inspection Report of Grant Thornton Could Have Been Worse
The Board inspected 41 audits at 21 of Grant Thornton's 51 offices. Fifteen issuers were […]
Accounting News Roundup: In Defense of Apple’s Tax ‘Sidestepping’; COSO Postpones Framework Release; More Tax Dodginess in Florida | 05.02.12
Apple Sidesteps Taxes – What’s Wrong With That? [Chris Bergin/TC]We are currently having a debate […]