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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Accounting News Roundup: Let’s Try This Tax Day Thing Again | 04.18.18
I.R.S. Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns [NYT] Yesterday was […]
Levi’s Finds Artificial Accountants, Ripped Denim More Fashionable Than the Real Thing
Levi’s CFO Harmit Singh told The Wall Street Journal that “We are introducing bots where […]
Accounting News Roundup: Hacking CPAs; Big Tax Bills; EY and AIG | 04.17.18
When Identity Thieves Hack Your Accountant [Krebs on Security] Brian Krebs reports on one CPA […]
Accounting News Roundup: Auditing Auditors, Boilerplate, and Soup > Taxes | 04.16.18
KPMG South Africa Audits Own Staff After Breaking Public Trust [Bloomberg] This kinda sounds like […]
Accounting News Roundup: YouTube’s Financials and a CPA Has Lotto Advice | 04.11.18
Programming note: ANR will be off tomorrow and Friday, returning Monday. Investors Want More Transparency […]
Accounting News Roundup: Audit-only Firms; Budget Deficits; CohnReznick Quits Longfin | 04.10.18
How Did the Big Four Auditors Get $17 Billion in Revenue Growth? Not From Auditing […]
Accounting News Roundup: Bigger Big 4 Fines; Aggressive Tax Advice; ‘The Accountant’ Rentals | 04.09.18
Accounting watchdog to bite harder with 10 million pound fines [Reuters] The U.K.’s Financial Reporting […]
Accounting News Roundup: Will the Big 4 Get Pulled Into the Trade War? | 04.06.18
Trump Veers From Tax Script to Blast Democrats on Immigration [NYT] Vindictive Stay Puft Marshmallow […]
PwC Faces Damages That Range From ‘Bad’ to ‘Worse’ But Probably Far Short of ‘Catastrophic’ for Colonial Bank Failure
Francine McKenna reports on MarketWatch that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stands to collect a […]
Suspect Someone of Fraud? Give Them a Promotion
The trick to fraud is maintaining control. If you’re siphoning company funds into a bank […]
Accounting News Roundup: Managing Robots; Glass Lewis Knocks KPMG; ‘Crack and Pack’ | 04.05.18
Get Ready for an Exciting Career as a Data Hygienist [Bloomberg] Justin Fox writes about […]