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ANR: 20% of Companies Practice “Earnings Management”; Mitt Romney: Mortgage Deduction Protector; Muni Bonds Lobbyists Hit the Hill | 10.10.12
20% of US Firms Cook the Books During Earnings: Report [Yahoo]In an anonymous survey of CFOs […]
Footnotes: More Mortgage Fraud Allegations; A Violence Tax?; Deduction Cap Hypotheticals | 10.09.12
U.S. files mortgage fraud lawsuit against Wells [Reuters] 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index Not […]
PwC Poaches Someone From EY and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Let this serve as the inaugural post to the immensely popular sister series: KPMG v. PwC. […]
Chuck Schumer Won’t Have Any of This Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Talk
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) noted that many of the reform plans that are under discussion […]
Five CPA Exam Studying Tips for Complete Morons
In a recent blog post, NASBA's Ryan Hirsch offers five tips to know before taking the […]
Recruiting Season: Ascending to Public Accounting Royalty; Choosing Between 3 of the Big 4; Doomed to Depression?
Welcome to the latest edition of Recruiting Advice: Take it or Go Screw Yourself. Have […]
ANR: International M&A Struggles with a GAAP in Standards; Nortel Case FINALLY Wrapping Up; KPMG Short Hills Swaps Space for Flexiness | 10.09.12
Accounting Differences Dampen Cross-Border Mergers [CFO]Based on M&A deals in 32 countries between 1998 and […]
Footnotes: Welch Doesn’t Waffle; Mickelson on MNF; Preachin’ Politics | 10.05.12
Monday is a one of those pseudo-holidays so we'll only be making a brief appearance […]
Corporate America Encouraged By Rhetoric From Presidential Candidates
Yesterday we attempted to make some sense of President Obama's statement about ending "tax breaks […]
Wiley Takes Their Dislike of Resellers All The Way to the Supreme Court
Those of you formerly or currently studying for the CPA exam have probably held a […]
PwC’s New Los Angeles Office to Have Walking Workstations That Will Mostly Collect Dust
PwC is moving into some new office space in Los Angeles next spring and, naturally, […]