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Tales From the CPA Exam: Is This Support Or Stalking?
I came across this very cute engagement announcement in D Magazine out of Dallas the other day and call me bitter, but this doesn't sound like a good idea to me. It seems to have worked out for the...
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Compensation Watch '12: Public Accounting Partners
The AICPA asked around and it turns out that most CPA firms across the country have a seen an increase in fees in the last couple years. That's good! Consequently, partners are doing a little better...
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Footnotes: Romney's No Reagan; Grant Thornton's New Houston Pad; Tax Planning...
Sorry about all the down time today, capital market servants. Barring further difficulties, we should be back to normal tomorrow. Thanks for hanging in there with us. Amazon Broke the Internet Again...
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Accounting News Roundup: IFRS Stuck in Reverse; How to Meet Firms; Back Away...
Rulesetter warns global accounting drive may go into reverse [Reuters]"There is a risk that, in the absence of a U.S. decision on adoption, a decade of convergence may be followed by a new period of...
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Recruiting Season: Going Concern's Guide to the Cultures of the Big 4 and...
Welcome to Tuesdays with More Anxious Accounting Recruits. Have a question about recruiting season? Email advice@goingconcern.com with "Recruiting Season Questions" in the subject line. Just a friendly...
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A PwC Jack-o-lantern? A PwC Jack-o-lantern
It isn't easy to show love for your accounting firm during the Halloween season. No one is going to appreciate your Bill Deloitte and George Touche costumes and most parents would NEVER allow their eat...
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Majority of New York Court Rules Lap Dances Taxable; Questions the Artistic...
In an ongoing battle to prove that taking your clothes off for money is not only a dramatic, artistic performance but one that should not be subject to the state rules of revenue that apply to far less...
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Footnotes: China Wants More Local Audit Firms; The Latest Twist in IRS...
Chinese Auditing Firms Extend Reach “At Baker Tilly China we are some way ahead in this regard—all of our senior partners and management team are Chinese nationals—and our active program of secondments...
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Accounting News Roundup: IFRS Can Overcome; Will the Payroll Tax Come Back...
Starbucks finance chief denies tax claims [FT]Starbucks has admitted a quarter of its 600 UK-owned stores are running at a loss, in a rebuttal of accusations of tax avoidance, blaming its low corporate...
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Layoffs Watch '12: Ernst & Young
E&Y Down Under is getting into the act, informing a number of people that their services are no longer needed and the word on the street is that some partners may be next: Big Four accounting firm...
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Scamwich Artist Takes Trademark Accountant Cheapery To An All New Level
In these troubled times, it makes sense to pinch pennies whenever possible. I managed to find an oil change place to regularly give me half off on my $90+ synthetic oil only service just by being...
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Now We Have an Ernst & Young Jack-o-lantern
Yesterday we learned how you can get into the All Hallow's Eve spirit without dressing up like a paper shredder or Luca Pacioli. A PwC jack-o-lantern is just the thing to get the attention of your...
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Understanding the Estate Tax: The Rich Lose Because They Have To Pay It, and...
If I've learned anything from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, it's that dead men tell no tales; however, the rich ones still pay taxes which is good news, especially for those who...
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Another Small Accounting Firm Gets to Know BDO
Two weeks after Argy, Wiltse & Robinson climbed aboard Captain Jack's ship, BDO has found a new firm to satisfy its insatiable appetite for small firms. The latest addition is Philadelphia's Asher...
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Footnotes: U.S. Bites BofA's Over Bad Mortgages; Vault's Top Internships;...
U.S. Sues BofA for $1 Billion Over Mortgage Losses [WSJ] Hollywood tax incentives come under fire [NBC] Tax-loss harvesting and the fiscal cliff don't mix [Reuters] Vault's top 10 internships include...
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ANR: CEOs Want Congress to Get It Together; FATCA's False Start; Start Your...
CEOs Call for Deficit Action [WSJ]Chief executives of more than 80 big-name U.S. corporations, from Aetna Inc. to Weyerhaeuser Co., are banding together to pressure Congress to reduce the federal...
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You Can Tell the AICPA Is Getting Serious About Diversity Because It Formed a...
Leaders in the public accounting profession love to proclaim the industry's commitment to diversity. Ask any Big 4 CEO out there - they care about diversity, like, A LOT. "It may be the most important...
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Everything's Bigger In Texas, Including CPA Exam Statistics
We're wrapping up state-specific 2011 CPA exam statistics with this one so if you absolutely must know how your alma mater performed on the CPA exam last year, email me and I'll dig that up for you....
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Dual Monitors Will Allow PwC Auditors to Finally Get Some Work Done
One of the most frustrating things that plagues many capital market servants is not having the necessary equipment to do one's job. There's nothing quite like your pull-start laptop that runs Excel 97...
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PwC Asks That You Look No Further Than the Firm’s Loss of a Client to Ernst &...
Last month when PwC filed a paper with the UK's Competition Commission that contradicted the notion "that the audit market is static and uncompetitive," a Grant Thornton partner damn near soiled...
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