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Want a Transfer Within Your Accounting Firm? Then Don’t Get Wishy-washy Over Money.
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Dixon, Illinois City Commissioners Beat a Dead Horse After CFO’s Arrest
Last week we learned that the CFO/comptroller/treasurer for the city of Dixon, Illinois, Rita Crundwell, […]
Accounting News Roundup: SinoTech Sued for Fraud; Here Comes Crowdfunding; Green Mountain’s Sluggish Inventory | 04.24.12
~ The tip box is undergoing some routine maitenance today, so if you've got some […]
PwC Partner Who Blamed Staff for Audit Failure Asks That You Not Misinterpret His Tiny Notes As an Attempt To Bury His Error
If you've been following the Centro shareholder lawsuit against PwC, you know that the partner […]
PwC Unable to Protect Under Armour’s House
So to speak. You see, someone at Papa Whiskey Charlie dropped a flash drive that […]
Accounting News Roundup: Ernst & Young’s Friends; Studying the Greats; Rick Perry Is the Poor Man’s Grover Norquist | 04.23.12
How Zynga, Facebook and Groupon's Go-To Auditor Rewrites Accounting Rules [Forbes]For Zynga, which also owns CityVille, […]
Vault Accounting 50: The Not Quite Top 25 (2013)
Since we've sufficiently gave attention to the top 25 firms in this year's Vault Accounting […]
Tax-Shaming Has Become Quite the Popular Thing
So you're an egregious tax delinquent. You're not necessarily proud of that fact but you […]
It Sounds Like the Olympus Shareholder Meeting Went As Well As You Might Expect
If you've been following the Olympus scandal, it's made for a pretty entertaining affair. It […]
Someone Accidentally Gave Us All a Sneak Peek at MetLife’s First Quarter Results
I guess it's nice that when someone screws up like this, the company is forced […]
ANR: Hocus Bogus Accounting; The Latest ‘Meh’ for the Mortgage Tax Break; Olympus Okays Directors | 04.20.12
The Fog of Bank Accounting Adjustments [DealBook/NYT][D]ebt accounting adjustments may not reflect what is going […]