Why Serving the Cannabis Industry Can Be Dope for Accountants
In an interview with Going Concern, DOPE CFO founders Andrew Hunzicker, CPA, and Naomi Granger, CPA, explain what common cannabis accounting mistakes CEOs make and why the industry presents a huge opportunity for accounting professionals.
If You Want to Be a Nonprofit Controller, Be Prepared to Wear Lots of Hats
As controller and corporate compliance officer at the Akron, Ohio-based nonprofit Weaver Industries, Carla McDonald’s responsibilities include: all things financial (accounting, accounts receivable and payable, financial statement preparation, and financial presentations to the board of directors); overseeing a team of two (soon to be three) people; and maintaining regulatory compliance requirements for the organization. But […]
Making an Impact in Their Communities Drove These Accountants to Become Nonprofit Controllers
For Denise Garcia, it was taking a course in nonprofit accounting while a student at the University of Houston. For others, like Raquel Cosio, CPA, who started their careers in public accounting, it was auditing nonprofit clients. It was experiences like these that gave Garcia, Cosio, and other accountants a glimpse into the nonprofit world—a […]
Phonies in Public Accounting
You are prepping for a client meeting and a wave of anxiety hits you. You feel in over your head. Your palms start to sweat. Why on earth would someone hire you? You start to spiral and tell yourself “I don’t know anything. I’m a phony. A fraud…” You think, “What will the client do […]
Tim, The White Walkers’ Accountant, Is Here to Keep Winter Coming
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but one of the most enjoyable aspects of this job is stumbling across weird things on the internet and sharing them with you fine people. Today, I'm happy to report that there is a video featuring an accountant for the army of the dead from Game of Thrones. This […]
Survey: Accountants Far Less Deserving of a Knuckle Sandwich Than Donald Trump
When confronted with the choice of whom taxpayers would most like to punch, a WalletHub survey found that only 1% choose an accountant (Donald Trump garnered 54%). That same survey found that nearly 20% of the respondents think accountants are overpriced and 5% believe they're a scam. So yeah, a few people might think you're […]
Take Our Parental Leave Survey
Yesterday, Netflix announced that, effective immediately, it would be providing unlimited parental leave, at full pay, to new moms and dads for a full year. The company's policy is extremely flexible, allowing workers up to a year at regular pay, "or choose to stay home for a few months, return part-time for a spell and […]
Rihanna Video Has Blown the Lid Off Accountants’ Lavish Lifestyle, Says Guy
All this time, an unsuspecting public has thought accountants to be frumpy, fastidious paper-pushers ever-willing to split the check down to the penny for their foolhardy friends. But thanks to that accountant-slaying siren Rihanna, says Financial Times pop critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, the secret licentious lives of accountants have been exposed: Is the video feminist or […]
What Percent of Accountants Will Burn In Hell?
Are accountants more inclined or less inclined to believe in God? We are bound by the AICPA Code of Conduct to have professional skepticism, so not having religious skepticism may just be a demonstration of a healthy work/life balance. A recent Pew Research Center report, America’s Changing Religious Landscape, says that in general more […]
More Accountants Carrying Guns, Says Guy Who’s Heard Some Stories
Here's something I didn't expect to read today: It’s been more than 85 years – back in the days when gangsters Dean O’Banion and Al Capone went to war over Chicago – that accountants have felt compelled to carry firearms for personal protection. Yet the anecdotal evidence is that a rising number of accountants are […]
The Award For Most Unnecessary Press Release Goes To…
These guys for letting us know two "accountants" came by the office to check things out: Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (OTC-PINK: INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today announced that it has completed the onsite visit portion of the audit by the accounting firm of Hartley Moore Accountancy Corporation, a PCAOB […]
Deloitte Study: Accountants Don’t Have Fire in Their Bellies
Our AWEB colleague Jason Bramwell has the earth shattering results of Deloitte's Unlocking the Passion of the Explorer: In fall 2012, the Deloitte Center for the Edge surveyed approximately 3,000 full-time US workers who work more than thirty hours per week from fifteen industries and across various job levels for its Unlocking the Passion of the Explorer […]
Accountants Love Their Jobs Because They Get to Manipulate Numbers All Day Long, Says Guy
Today in hot-jobs-you-need-right-now-because-your-jobs-sucks-and-we-need-a-story-about-hot-jobs-and-we'll-quote-some-guy-who-doesn't-know-what-he's-talking-about news, we have a post from CNBC about the most underrated jobs of 2013 courtesy of CareerCast, a job site that puts out lists of that nature. Naturally, "accountant" is on the list because, as well all know, a career in accounting is the best best bestiest thing going these days and CareerCast […]
Market Research Shows That People Prefer Cats Over Accountants Nearly 1,000 To 1
What on Earth is this? And everyone said I could never make cats and accounting work when I published my groundbreaking research paper The Cat Quotient in 1989. KATZABOSCH USES CATS IN NEW MARKETING STRATEGY Launches CatSayBosh.com Baltimore, MD – KatzAbosch, a leading certified public accounting and consulting firm serving the Mid-Atlantic […]
Great News: Accountants Are Less Likely To Be Psychopaths
This article has been making the rounds so it's only fitting to share it here. Mostly because I know for a fact many of you are a little off your rockers but apparently you guys are less likely to be psychopaths than folks like my esteemed colleague Colin and me. Good news, right? First, what […]