Will Running Up the Corporate Card and Not Paying Get You Fired?
It's a slow day at the factory so let's pull this one out of the mailbag for consideration:Has anyone ever been terminated for not paying back their corporate card? My friend, who wants to be unnamed,...
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Somehow I Found the Source of All Bad KPMG Merch...
Don't ask what I was doing when I "accidentally" came across this, I think I was trying to figure out why Greendotlife.com is down and took a wrong turn at the story about the guy who left KPMG 6...
View ArticleIs Conservative Accounting Interfering with Business Innovation?
That's according to this article in Bloomberg/Businessweek:Adopting a very conservative accounting style can have long-term effects on growth, says Gilles Hilary, associate professor of accounting...
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Going Concern March Madness Busy Season Survival: The Sweet Sixteen, Day Two
I'm in Raleigh, North Carolina today visiting students at North Carolina State, so I apologize for the delay in getting to the bottom half of the Sweet Sixteen in GCMM. I know you've shaking with...
View ArticleLet's Make a #BusySeason Playlist
Colin had the nerve to come to my state (Virginia) and do some douchey school tour so you all are stuck with me this week, in case you haven't figured it out by now.The accounting news is slow and the...
View ArticleFootnotes: | Mo Money Mo Problems; That Dang Star Trek Video Still Ugh |...
Oversight agency hires accounting firm to review Pittsburgh’s money management [The Trib]New method of accounting for EADS shares at Daimler [Herald Online]PwC's Osborne named Accounting Alumnus of the...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: DOMA Decision Could End Grossing Up; IRS Loses...
DOMA's Elimination Could Benefit Ernst & Young, Google, Facebook By Ending 'Grossing Up' [HP]After her partner gave birth to triplets in 1998, Chris Crespo began paying closer attention to the...
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This Is Why the World Needs Fewer Buzzwords
Presumably, there are plenty of mediocre CPA exam candidates who can relate to this one from @lifeatdeloitte:NO. Just no.Also outlawed:burnovation when you're so burned out on "innovating," you start...
View ArticleDepending On How This Gay Court Stuff Goes, Ernst & Young Might Have a Little...
According to this recent HuffPo article, a favorable DOMA decision might save a few bucks for big employers like Ernst & Young:After her partner gave birth to triplets in 1998, Chris Crespo began...
View ArticleInvigorating During Busy Season, You're Doing It Wrong
9 Tips for Invigorating Weary Brains, Bodies and Balance Sheets via the AICPA Insights blog may not be the most cutting-edge piece of accounting journalism you've ever read but it is full of useful...
View ArticleWhen Stealing From Your Company, Be Sure To Charge Boss's Birthday Party To...
Note: teaser image is not this clown's mugshot.Florida, naturally:Ruth C. Amen, a longtime office manager of Gulf to Bay Realty, a Boca Grande business, is now facing embezzlement charges after a...
View ArticleFootnotes: Income Taxes, Seems Legit; More Dumb Fraud; The Big Tax Mistakes |...
S.&P. 500 Breaks Through 2007 Closing High Word is Ben Bernanke wore a "suck it!" t-shirt under his suit all day. [NY Times]Amazon, Overstock Lose Challenge to N.Y. Web Sales Tax [Bloomberg]A CPA...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Zuckerberg's Tax Bill; Grant Thornton's Competitive...
~ Ed. note: TPTB are insisting on a half day today and who are we to argue? Don't forget to vote in the bottom half of the sweet sixteen in GC March Madness as the polls close tonight. This week's...
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"Just Go Rob the H&R Block Instead, Their Computers Are Nicer"
Old. But funny. Unlike Colin who is old but not funny.
View ArticleFootnotes: Ed Koch's Lousy Estate Planning; Amazon and Overstock Lose; Taxing...
Is This a Good Time to Reform the Mortgage Interest Deduction? [TaxVox/TPC]Big Companies, Low Taxes [HuffPoLive]Groupon Revisited: New Mission, New Reporting Issues [GOA]Ed Koch: 'How'm I doing?' Lousy...
View ArticleStaffing Changes at Going Concern (or Why Accounting Media Journalists Should...
Hold on to your butts. Last week, Going Concern was in the (presumably) capable hands of Adrienne Gonzalez while Caleb Newquist, the site's editor, was "in Virginia" on some kind of "school tour,"...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup | 04.01.13
Hey guys. Bob Loblaw here. Sorry this is a bit late but I guess I'm helping out until Going Concern gets its shit under control. For whatever reason, Greg thinks he's busier than me, but whatever. I...
View ArticleFASB Wants to Make a Comment Period Longer, But How Can You Make Punctuation...
Everybody's sick of banks being too big to fail. The only thing Americans ever liked that was too big to fail was Oprah Winfrey. Then she lost some weight, and then she started OWN. So for a while she...
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Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival -- Food & Beverage vs....
This blogging gig sucks. The publisher, Gail, is up my ass about this March Madness thing. Says we have to follow through even though it was Colin's stupid idea. Everyone knows that booze is the only...
View ArticleCareer Opportunities: Mail Away Accounting Degrees
Loblaw note: this is one of those sponsored posts that no one reads. In this day and age, no one has time to study. So that's why you should just cough up a few bucks and use your life experience to...
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