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Tag: Accounting News
Accounting News Roundup: ‘Tesla of Accounting’ and Artificial Intelligence | 10.23.17
Grant Thornton “Mike McGuire aims to make Grant Thornton the Tesla of accounting” is the […]
Accounting News Roundup: Embezzling and Impersonating; Tax Reform; Phony Revenue | 10.20.17
Accountants behaving badly A reader pointed us to this seemingly common ABB story featuring Krystle […]
Accounting News Roundup: Robots and Spare Planes | 10.19.17
Robots How’s this for a creepy lede: One of Statoil ASA’s newest employees, Roberta, spends […]
Accounting News Roundup: Hacks, Rio Tinto, and ‘What was owed to him’ | 10.18.17
Hacks Joe Kristan pointed us to this disturbing story in Tax Notes (sub req’d) featuring […]
Accounting News Roundup: The Mortgage Interest Deduction and ‘I helped people [with stolen money]’ | 10.17.17
Mortgage interest deduction This Wall Street Journal story reports that while the mortgage interest deduction […]
Accounting News Roundup: Reverse Mentoring and GE’s ‘Confusing Accounting’ | 10.16.17
Reverse mentoring This New York Times article on millennial mentoring programs delves into the “just […]
Accounting News Roundup: Kiting and Backpacks | 10.13.17
Kiting Here’s a doozy: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against former senior […]
Accounting News Roundup: Hack ‘Impact’ and The ‘Accountant’ Brand | 10.12.17
Hacks Earlier this week, The Guardian reported more details on the hack of Deloitte’s email […]
Accounting News Roundup: Ignoring Rules and Seattle’s Income Tax | 10.11.17
Ignoring rules The other day I mentioned that it might be fun to work in […]
Accounting News Roundup: More Details on Deloitte Hack Emerge and ‘Change Tax Law!’ | 10.10.17
Deloitte hack A couple weeks back we learned that Deloitte had been the latest mega […]
Accounting News Roundup: Estimates, ‘Rough’ Balance Sheets, and Repeat Embezzlers | 10.09.17
Estimates Elon Musk is a big thinker, a visionary, perhaps a bit insane, but that’s […]
