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Accounting News Roundup: IBM Defends Cloud Accounting; FRC Drops Probe of KPMG Audits of BAE; Sales Tax Holidays This Weekend | 08.01.13
IBM Defends Cloud-Computing Accounting Amid SEC Probe [Bloomberg]International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), facing a U.S. […]
Footnotes: AICPA Stands Ready to Lobby the Hell Out of Senate Finance Committee | 07.31.13
The Neat Company needs a Senior Accountant in Philadelphia, PA. Four to six years experience […]
McGladrey’s Great Lakes Leader Is Gonna Take Off Now
We've heard from a few people that McGladrey's Great Lakes Regional Leader David Shane is […]
I Can’t Stop Staring at This Picture of Benajmin Bankes Hamming It Up
While I was cruising the webernet in search for God knows what, I stumbled across […]
Let’s Discuss: Switching From Your Firm’s Audit Practice to the Advisory Practice
Last week during Caleb’s pseudo office hours, someone threw out the following question:
Have y'all covered the transition from Assurance to Transaction Services in GC?
Ahh, audit to advisory. The Holy Grail of internal transfers.
Accounting News Roundup: Tax Reform Roadshow; More Fierce Audit Competition; New Industry Leaders at Grant Thornton | 07.31.13
U.S. lawmakers take Washington tax reform show on the road [Reuters]Democratic Senator Max Baucus and […]
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Footnotes: What Do the IRS and Nazis Have in Common?; It’s Not Fraud if It’s a Change in Accounting; Darrell Issa Needs a New Hobby? | 07.30.13
Protip: if a change in accounting makes the numbers look better, the actual numbers are […]
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If Not a Troll, This Guy Might Be the Saddest Accountant Ever
When I say "saddest accountant ever," I exclude certain Going Concern commenters who shall remain […]
[UPDATED] The War Against the Billable Hour Goes Mainstream
Imagine my shock when I started combing Google News for something – anything – worth […]
The AICPA Is Getting Some Heat For Feed the Pig Ads on Rush Limbaugh’s Show
Recently, a Feed the Pig commercial aired during a broadcast by everyone's favorite far right […]
Accounting News Roundup: Obama to Make New Offer on Corporate Taxes; Barnes & Noble’s Messy Books; Herbalife Still Feeling London Effects | 07.30.13
Obama to Offer New Deal on Corporate Taxes, Jobs [WSJ]Hoping to break an impasse, President […]