“We are grateful to the courageous taxpayer who came forward to notify the United States attorney’s office of a corrupt public servant.”
~ U.S. Attorney Todd Jones is really just referring to that IRS agent who needed $9,700.
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Quote of the Day: From ‘Rockstar’ CFO to Mowing Lawns | 04.12.10
- Caleb Newquist
- April 13, 2010
“Before the fraud broke, people would ask me what I did before I retired and I’d say I was founder and former CFO of HealthSouth. But today when people ask me what I did before I retired I kind of look away and say I was an accountant and hope they don’t ask me any other questions.”
~ Aaron Beam, former CFO of HealthSouth and current lawn-care business owner, at the University of Texas-Dallas Fraud Summit, earlier this month.
Quote of the Day: Accountant Argues for Naked News | 03.17.10
- Caleb Newquist
- March 18, 2010
“She would be prepared to read the news without clothes and only wears the clothes because her employer requires it.”
~ An accountant representing Sian Williams, co-host of BBC Breakfast one, trying to convince a tax tribunal that her clothes should be tax deductible because she has “to look good on screen.” He failed.
FASB Fair Value Proposal Brings the Hate
- Caleb Newquist
- June 17, 2010
“In my mind you are largely responsible for the market collapse in 2007, 2008, 2009.”
~ John Sherman, in a public comment on the FASB’s proposed fair value rule, most of which are really, really, really not nice.