• AICPA Objects to ‘Reckless’ Behavior Bill – Barry Melancon, on the Hill, earning the dollar. [Web CPA]
• Accused Ponzi schemer Petters’ case goes to jury – The effectiveness of the cocker spaniel defense will live and die on this trial. [Reuters]
• Sarbanes-Oxley For Everyone: To Be Or Not To Be? (With Postscript) – One GC contributors point of view on small company SOX compliance. [RTA]
• Sarbanes Oxley Logic and the Paper Tiger – And another. [Accounting Nation]
• ‘Bought’ Isn’t the Same as ‘Place in Service’ – Section 179 and depreciation discussion. Go tax people! Go! [Tax Update Blog]
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Review Comments | 08.27.09
• Sir Allen Is Down – And his CFO/Number-maker-upper pleaded guilty. Not what you would call a good day. [DB]
• Swiss Negotiator for UBS Says IRS May Seek More Data – Not satisfied by a measly 5,000 someodd names, the IRS is going back for more. MORE. MORE. [Bloomberg]
• Boeing hopes to fly 787 by year-end – Ten says it doesn’t happen. Takers? [Chicago Tribune]
• US ‘problem’ bank list hits 15-year high – Plenty of time to break more historical marks. [FT]
• IFRS could well fail in the US [AccMan]
Review Comments | 09.28.09
• 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]
Review Comments | 09.17.09
• KPMG Corporate Finance Chief Steps Down – To get to know his family better. That’s nice. [PEHub]
• Deloitte Adds Hedge Fund Heavyweights Schubert, Iler – Deloitte making a strong move into HF biz? [Press Release]
• Grant Thornton LLP collects more than 110,000 cans of food for needy – That’s good. [GT Press Release]
• The Faces of RBI Presented by KPMG to premiere on ESPN2 – Also good. [MLB]
• Forty percent of U.S. junk bonds to default by 2013: BofA – Not so good. [Reuters]