Accounting Principals named the top 10 cities for finance jobs. HOLLA, RVA! [AccountingWEB]
What's Michael Jackson's face worth? No, we're not talking what he paid his plastic surgeon to change it, we mean the actual value of his image. His estate says $2,105 but the IRS doth contest, estimating its value closer to, oh, $434 million. I'm no mathlete but looks like those numbers are a little off. [NBC]
Meanwhile, in Canada… [Financial Post]
KPMG report urges radical new look at long-term care [The Guardian]
A Montana CPA tried to sell a violin on Craigslist, got death threats from a scammer instead. [Missoulian]
OH NOES the Democrats want to tax the powder out of guns and ammo! [Fox News]
Brazil, UBS in dispute over $38 million in back taxes [Reuters]
Life at Deloitte is still doing a great job at reminding us there is no such thing as work/life balance. [Twitter]
While we're all still talking about Miley Cyrus and confusing awkward butt-shaking with actual twerking, maybe some of you can get together and show this kid how it's done by starting an "accountants twerking" video trend. Just suggesting. [Gawker]
A recommendation on whether U.S. companies should switch to international accounting rules will take a few more months, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s chief accountant said Monday. The SEC’s staff had been expected to make a recommendation by year-end on whether U.S. companies should adopt the global rules, known as International Financial Reporting Standards. But the staff needs “a few additional months” to complete its work, SEC Chief Accountant James Kroeker said. [