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ANR: House Panel Probes PCAOB; When a Tax Increase Isn’t a Tax Increase; FAS 131 More or Less Does What It’s Supposed to Do | 01.15.13
U.S. House panel probes audit watchdog's economic analyses [Reuters]A U.S. House panel is probing whether […]
Footnotes: Party’s Over for Chinese Companies; Diversity at the IRS; E-filing and Tax Return Fraud | 01.14.13
Chinese companies retreat from U.S. listings as scrutiny mounts U.S. government investigations of suspect financial reports […]
Apparently a Few CPA Exams Were Incorrectly Graded as Failing When In Fact They Passed
Jeff at Another71 is reporting that his forums were abuzz over the weekend with word […]
FYI: Attorneys Think Auditors’ Legal Confirmation Letters Are a Giant Waste of Time
Mark Herrmann, the in-house legal columnist at Above the Law, has a bone to pick […]
Ex-Nortel CFO Rendered Speechless After Accounting Fraud Acquittal
An Ontario judged dismissed a case against three former Nortel Networks Corp. executives who were […]
Here’s Your Chance to Hear Andrew Fastow’s Story in Andrew Fastow’s Own Words
With apologies to Crazy Eddie's Sam Antar, Andrew Fastow might be the most notorious CFO […]
Accounting News Roundup: Missing the Payroll Tax Cut; Accounting Firm Teflon; White Passing on Death Star | 01.14.13
Retailers Fear Payroll Tax Will Cut Consumer Spending [WSJ]A temporary cut in Social Security withholdings […]
Footnotes: Ernst & Young and the Golden Globes; Marin County and Deloitte Make Nice; What’s Doug Shulman Up To? | 01.13.13
Can someone who's DVRing the Golden Globes email me the video if something interesting happens with the […]
Accounting Career Moves: When Faced with a Choice, Do You Go with Prestige or Power?
Let's use Luca Maestri’s move from Xerox to Apple as a discussion starter: Apple Inc. […]
Compensation Watch: Internal Auditors
Good news for the internal auditors out there — a study by the IIA found […]
Deloitte Resents the Depiction of Its Independent Review Foreclosure Work as “Story Time”
Deloitte, the consulting firm hired to examine foreclosures for JPMorgan Chase, brought in reviewers to […]