Review Comments | 06.30.09

• Blue Chips Breach 10000 – OHHHH BOY. We heard something about a cake and Maria Bartiromo but that could be a rumor. [WSJ]
• IRS Steps Up Offshore Money Hunt as 7,500 Disclose – Believe it when we tell you that if you’ve got an offshore account and you haven’t declared by midnight tomorrow, armed men in masks will be storming your home and you will be made an example. [Bloomberg]
• Your dog may soon be able to fetch you a nice big rebate on your federal taxes – Up to $3,500 in Washington. [NYDN]
• FASB Links GAAP with XBRL through Codification – That should help. [Compliance Week]
• Survey. Last time. Swear.

• Last day for our poll on the Year Ahead and be sure to submit your captions for the Emmys.
• Allen Stanford Can Take A Punch – Probably a small disagreement over some Lucky Strikes. [DB]
• Ex-Enron Broadband Co-CEO Sentenced for Wire Fraud – Does this mean that Enron on the stage will have to do a re-write before coming to the States? [Bloomberg]
• Treasury Department to Examine ACORN’s Compliance With Tax Laws – Surely this isn’t as bad as it sounds. [TaxProf Blog]
• SEC Charges Detroit-Area Stock Broker Who Lured Elderly into $250 Million Ponzi Scheme – Fundamentally disrespecting the elderly. In Detroit no less. This is some special kind of Ponzi Scum. [SEC.gov]
• Axa chief attacks accounting rules switch – Says accounting rules are ‘too important to be left to accountants’. Right. Because insurance companies and governments have such kick ass track records on the subject. [FT]