Olympics Tracker: These Athletes Who Toiled At Accounting Firms Are Going For Gold In Tokyo (NEW UPDATE)
[Updated post from July 26 with additional athletes, event results.] If time spent consecutively looking at spreadsheets, eating hours, and submitting timesheets late were Olympic events, accountants would be among the strongest contenders for a gold medal during the summer games in Tokyo. But there have actually been accounting Olympians—Gwen Jorgensen and Alexandre Bilodeau to […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Ripping Off Olympian, Ex-IRS Employee Jailed, Stealing From Your Own Firm
Plus, a Massachusetts accountant pleads guilty to tax fraud, and a Toronto accountant gets prison time for stealing from charity. Oregon CPA who ripped off Olympic snowboarder and spent trust fund of porn shop heirs headed to prison [The Oregonian] Nathan Wheeler was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison on Oct. […]
Deloitte Campus Recruits to Imagine Olympians Naked While Listening to Their Stories of Inspiration
Yes, Deloitte is counting on college students being impressed with stories of determination, hope, competition, blah blah blah while gawking at the Olympic quality bods of Abby Wambach, Cullen Jones, Mariel Zagunis, Jonathan Horton, and April Holmes. And as long at they don't have any of them say something as awkward as Apolo Ohno's quote in that […]
Marco Rubio Manages to Introduce the Most Unimaginative, Transparent, Populist Tax Legislation Possible
Jesus. I know the guy is angling for VP, but this…this is trying WAY too hard: Rubio introduced the Olympic Tax Elimination Act, which exempts Olympic medal recipients from having to pay taxes on the medals they won. When athletes win Olympic medals they also win honorariums. Gold medal winners receive $25,000, silver medal winners […]
Ernst & Young Olympian Gwen Jorgensen Should Be the Firm’s Poster Girl for Successful Flexible Work Arrangements
Big 4 firms are well known for offering flexible working arrangements. They are designed to allow employees to schedule their jobs around life events. On paper, they sound great and even in reality, they work well for the people that take advantage of them. However, for the co-workers of these flex-life folks, we all know […]