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Recession and marriage
in Sox First, on June 12, 2009
... saving marriages. Or it might be prolonging the agony. In Britain, The Independent reports that accountants Grant Thornton have found that fewer couples are divorcing. Plummeting property prices m...
The Man Who Might Have Saved General Motors
in carzz.org, on June 10, 2009
...o survive, Bob Lutz returned to his roots. GM product planning had, until then, been dominated by accountants and lawyers who understood little of the emotions behind automobile ownership. Lutz'...
Is manufacturing dead?
in Sox First, on June 3, 2009
...rnet has taken over the routine tasks of travel agents, real estate brokers, stock brokers and even accountants. With digitization and high-speed data networks a lot of back office work can now be don...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...s proposal. My personal take is that tax havens often give the companies with the best lawyers and accountants an unfair advantage of companies with the best products. Closing the loopholes brings us ...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...untant at Securities and Exchange Commission says it will eclipse fair value as a painful issue for accountants. This is not before time and probably comes too late. Off balance sheet vehicles were o...
Lawyers cash in on Chrysler bankruptcy
in Sox First, on May 2, 2009
...very plan. And who will be the winners out of this? As always, it will be the lawyers, bankers and accountants with Bloomberg reporting they are likely to make at least $200 million by the time the...
New directions on the IFRS roadmap
in Sox First, on March 25, 2009
...has slammed into reverse with CFO.com reporting that the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has sent a letter to the SEC slamming the road map put up by the previous SEC chairman C...
Viewing new technologies through old prisms
in The CIO Weblog, on February 19, 2009
... business logic to become embedded in unwieldy, undocumented Excel spreadsheets carefully horded by accountants away from the eyes of the IT department. No CIO or IT manager from the post-Visicalc era...
FAS 157: Is it Killing Investment?
in Bizinformer, on January 19, 2009
... value of investments they had to write off.
One consistent theme seems to be that no one (except accountants) are happy about FAS 157. Here's a few pieces, some new and some old, on the new rul...
Hedging the bets
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
...ing so-called "aiding and abetting liability," which would make it easier to sue lawyers, accountants and bankers working on behalf of a fund accused of illegal activity. But, Freed says, i...
Fair value blow for banks
in Sox First, on January 1, 2009
...nother set of rules for another sector. And the bottom line is that the meltdown was not caused by accountants....
The Madoff scandal: now for the auditors
in Sox First, on December 23, 2008
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Yesterday, I did a blog entry on how the Madoff scandal had out accountants in the gun. The view now is that no-one could have pulled off a scam as big as this, and kept it going for so long, wi...
Insurance brokers warn
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
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Already the signs aren't looking good, and accountants should start to worry. With the credit crisis, the number of securities class actions has nearly doubled this year, according to NERA E...
Accounting growth soars, despite recession
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
... I always talk about how accountants are recession-proof. The last blog entry I did on it looked at how they are enjoying above-average salary increases, despite the downturn. Now a new survey, r...
Fair value battle escalates
in Sox First, on October 29, 2008
...system demonstrates that major principles of accounting are much too important to be left solely to accountants." Of course, there was none of this talk when markets were booming. The world'...
The Lehman legacy
in Sox First, on October 7, 2008
...to New York just ahead of its bankruptcy filing, a move that has drawn criticism from creditors and accountants, according to two people familiar with the matter. A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney&#...
What recession? - accountants
in Sox First, on September 29, 2008
...t how the Big Four are planning to axe staff. Times are tough. Well, maybe not that tough. Not for accountants anyway with the latest CCH Public Accounting Report with the big firms still expecting...
Accountants rake it in
in Sox First, on September 3, 2008
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I keep raising the question whether accountants are recession-proof . Now we have further evidence of that with the latest Hewitt study showing that the bean counters are going to get the bigg...
Why is Outsourcing the Political Whipping Boy?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2008
...hese factors are, however, difficult to quantify. In a world that is seemingly more and more run by accountants, relying upon non-quantifiable benefits can prove to be a challenge.
What does this all...
Lawyers take to boardrooms
in Sox First, on August 28, 2008
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We have talked many times about how Sarbanes-Oxley has turned into a goldmine for accountants. The other lot that's made big gains are the lawyers. Sarbanes-Oxley means we're now seeing m...
Closing the GAAP
in Sox First, on August 28, 2008
... that strikes me is whether there are enough skills for the take-up, although six years should give accountants like enough to get their heads around IFRS. A fuller discussion of those issues here . ...
Mrs Fields goes bust - another sign of recession
in Sox First, on August 18, 2008
Last Friday's announcement that the Mrs Fields Famous Brands chain of cookie shops has gone broke is another sign of the deep problems now confronting the US economy. It has has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after blaming "aggressive competition" in its franchising b...
Recession-proof accountants
in Sox First, on August 6, 2008
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Earlier this year, I asked the question: are accountants recession-proof? As I pointed out at the time, accounting firms tend to run very lean and the fees just keep coming and heading north. N...
Practice Ranges: A Right Way and A Wrong Way
in Eagle Par Birdie, on August 5, 2008
...t a raspberry to the dopes who are too lazy to make their ranges better.
May they have good accountants to help them file for bankruptcy.
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Financial professionals continue to rake it in
in Sox First, on July 22, 2008
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Funny thing about this recession. It seems to be affecting everyone except for accountants. In the past I have done entries, such as this one , looking at the phenomenon. No surprises then that ...
Sarbanes-Oxley boosts shredding business
in Sox First, on July 2, 2008
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Plenty has been written about Sarbanes-Oxley being a licence to print money for accountants. But it's also done wonderful things for the shredding business, according to this news repo...
Clueless about XBRL
in Sox First, on July 2, 2008
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Last month, I did a blog entry looking at how accountants were not ready for Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) which is supposed to make it easier for investors to analyze financial ...
The future of eXpresso
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2008
...;s a significant insight of Langan's that most business gets done in Excel; I myself have known accountants so enamored of the program that they type their memos up in it, spurning Word. So althou...
CFOs' road to the top
in Sox First, on June 2, 2008
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Everyone knows that Sarbanes-Oxley has been a gold-mine for accountants. Now we have new evidence that it's also done a lot of good for chief financial officers. According to a study, finance...
Going for green with accounting
in Sox First, on May 27, 2008
With more pressure on companies to show their green credentials, environmental accounting might well become one of the hot jobs of the future. Here is a good summary of what it entails. Essentially, it's about risk management, collecting and analyzing information on materials flows and po...
Women accountants: still a long way to the top
in Sox First, on May 20, 2008
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There might be many more female accountants than there were 30 years ago but are still under-represented in the top ranks of accounting firms, according to a new survey . The survey from the...
Accountants lost with standards and XBRL
in Sox First, on May 18, 2008
...ats coming out of a recent Grant Thornton survey . According to the survey, nearly 75 per cent of accountants have no experience dealing with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS...
Enporion completes SAS 70 supply chain audit
in Supplychainer, on May 17, 2008
...ndards (SAS) No. 70, Service Organizations, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), is an in-depth audit of a service organization's control objectives and act...
Accounting degrees rise 19 per cent
in Sox First, on May 6, 2008
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I have always talked about Sarbanes-Oxley being a gold-mine for accountants. So big a gold-mine that accountants seem to be recession-proof . That might explain the latest data showing that acco...
The business of corruption
in Sox First, on April 29, 2008
...ecord year is in store for FCPA enforcement. And just as Sarbanes-Oxley turned into a goldmine for accountants, the FCPA has turned into a bonanza for lawyers, accounting firms, forensic computer spe...
Subprime crisis drives litigation
in Sox First, on April 10, 2008
...l drag on for years which means companies will be spending millions of dollars on lawyers, experts, accountants, and various consultants....
Chinese stock market pains
in Sox First, on April 8, 2008
...out enforcement, Chinese companies follow international accounting rules but there is a shortage of accountants and auditors, and the rules for foreign takeovers are murky and untested. Investors fac...
Learn Web 2.0 in 33 Easy Lessons
in Bizinformer, on April 7, 2008
... From Small Business Labs today comes a link to the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants' website offering an online course in everything you need to know about the Web 2.0...
What's caused the explosion in restatements?
in Sox First, on March 21, 2008
...found that restatements of companies were usually the result of internal mistakes made by their own accountants and the failure of their auditors to catch them. The research, conducted by Marlene Pl...
Accountants: what recession?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2008
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Last month I asked the question: are accountants recession-proof? . It seems that the beancounters have honed their processes and sharpened them up to the point where they could ride through and e...
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in Wangtam, on February 24, 2008
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Taxing Nicholas Cage
in Sox First, on February 23, 2008
...ongly write off 3.3 million dollars in personal expenses, " according to Forbes . Cage's accountants must have been very creative as the expenses included limos, meals, gifts, travel and hi...
Are accountants recession-proof?
in Sox First, on February 19, 2008
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I have always talked about how Sarbanes-Oxley has turned out to be a licence to print money for accountants. The last time I did that was here . The question is whether that would continue if or w...
Subprime mess: where was the SEC?
in Sox First, on February 7, 2008
...ct before? They had been reluctant to hesitant to clamp down on this market. Made up of lawyers and accountants, the SEC also lacked the ability for rigorous analysis. Which would mean the regulators ...
Subprime fraud
in Sox First, on January 30, 2008
...t and fraud and the the corrupt system that spawned mortgage fraud where appraisers, brokers and accountants recruited buyers, inflated prices, drew up fake tax returns, got huge mortgages, paid de...
Tone at the top
in Sox First, on January 10, 2008
...t efforts, problems with audits still keep coming up. According to the International Federation of Accountants , improving audit quality requires a massive shake-up of practices and behavior. Its gu...
Subprime everywhere
in Sox First, on November 19, 2007
...i police have uncovered a massive foreclosure fraud scheme involving appraisers, brokers and accountants who recruited straw buyers, inflated condo prices, drew up fake tax returns, got huge mo...
Accountants and fraud
in Sox First, on November 13, 2007
What's wrong with this picture? When bean counting giant Grant Thornton asked chief financial officers and senior comptrollers whether they thought auditors were responsible for detecting any and all fraud, a whopping 82 per cent answered in the affirmative. At the same time, 62 per cent of t...
Ethics watch
in Sox First, on November 1, 2007
...d me in the latest study by CFO Europe Research Services and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, reported here , which found that more than 90 percent of companies have gone to the tr...
The downside of charismatic leaders
in Sox First, on October 29, 2007
...e obsessionals. Self-reliant, conservative and conscientious, they do everything by the book. Think accountants, middle managers and people who buy self-help books. Finally, there are the narcissists....
HFC Fall Fete
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 23, 2007
...ren from abuse and neglect. The group includes money managers, investors, prime brokers, attorneys, accountants, and information providers. Funds are raised through annual Open Your Heart to the Child...
Getting rid of GAAP?
in Sox First, on October 2, 2007
...with that, however, is that the Babel of financial statements can drive investors, let alone accountants, crazy. At the same time, it can be a very political issue because the US has developed...
SOX pay for lawyers and accountants
in Sox First, on September 21, 2007
...Corporate Counsel Services for Martindale- hubbell . And SOX continues to deliver results for accountants. While growth has tapered off for the accounting firms, they are recording double digit...
No, that's "eXpresso"
in The CIO Weblog, on September 17, 2007
... a database of some sort (whether customized or an off-the-shelf line of business application). But accountants love spreadsheets, which leads to an interesting question brought about by the release o...
Accountants and work-life balance
in Sox First, on September 11, 2007
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I've talked about how much of a money spinner Sarbanes-Oxley has been for accountants. But they work for it too. New research from Robert Half shows that finance professionals are putting i...
Accounting students cheat
in Sox First, on September 3, 2007
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Accountants and auditors are supposed to be the gatekeepers that protect us from fraud. So it's a bit of a worry when we come across a study that finds accounting students are just as likely t...
Audit squeeze
in Sox First, on August 24, 2007
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I have long maintained that Sarbanes-Oxley has been a licence to print money for accountants. If you needed any further evidence, these findings from the Corporate Library reported here are furt...
Interview with Professor Sydney Finkelstein
in Sox First, on August 16, 2007
...h Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. FINKELSTEIN: Yes, that's created a lot of business for a lot accountants. It's kind of like a horror story. The evil empire in Arthur Andersen finally gets v...
Investors back Sarbanes-Oxley
in Sox First, on August 1, 2007
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sarbanes -Oxley has been slated by business, lawyers and accountants. Not without some justification. But what about the people the law was supposedly brought in to protect? According to two s...
Managing people: lessons from the accountants
in Sox First, on July 20, 2007
In this age of skills shortages, it's interesting to read how the Big Four are going about managing, keeping and attracting their talent. The big accounting firms could also teach other companies a thing or two about people management, according to an interesting piece in The Economist . T...
P2P Industry Update: Slow Progress
in Digital Music - The Future, on July 18, 2007
...ns up a whole range of possibilities for content owners. The problem, say King from Abacast, is the accountants look at the cost savings and drool, but the lawyers look at the risks to the content and...
P2P Industry Update: Slow Progress
in P2P File Sharing, on July 18, 2007
...ns up a whole range of possibilities for content owners. The problem, say King from Abacast, is the accountants look at the cost savings and drool, but the lawyers look at the risks to the content and...
Just Before You Start that Home Business
in Home Based Business, on June 20, 2007
...ch as accounting if you don't have the background or time to do a competent job. "A lot of accountants and attorneys will give you a consultation for free," Monosoff said. "Be sure ...
Psychotic organizations: 5 warning signs
in Sox First, on June 18, 2007
...vations and countless interviews with business leaders, lawyers, corporate recovery specialists and accountants, I can identify five warning signs of psychotic, dysfunctional organizations: 1. Diso...
Have You Reached the Limit of Your Business Model?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 4, 2007
...nd e-commerce grows each and every year. Electronic U.S. tax returns are increasingly being done by accountants in India.
Global markets, brought global competition. Books like, The Tipping Point, Th...
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 30, 2007
...ead hunters , recruitment process outsourcers often make cold calls to identify employees--say, accountants or computer programmers--who might be seeking new opportunities. They also scan the majo...
Bad advice?
in BootStrapMe, on May 11, 2007
...s a real disservice to potential entrepreneurs. Why would you advise people not to seek advice from accountants? These people provide a valuable service for folks who understand what they want to do w...
Low pay for MBA beancounters
in Sox First, on May 10, 2007
...cted to be paid $111,135 compared with, say, the venture capitalist on $251,128. Of course, accountants aren't exactly in the poor-house. Beancounters have been cleaning up big time over ...
Cognizant Q1 Earnings Call Excerpts
in The CIO Weblog, on May 8, 2007
...O strengths to approximately 1,200 associates, including doctors, lawyers, statisticians, chartered accountants and MBAs through a BPO strategy focused on integrating our custom offshore process, supp...
6-10 (Accountants to Patents)
in BootStrapMe, on April 29, 2007
Link: 20 startup tips
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6. thou Shalt Not Hire An Accountant
Dane recommends Quickbooks Simple Start . (An accountant actually recommended I buy this while I was trying to start a business a few years ago.)
7. Thou Shalt Not Get A Loan
Or pursue any ...
