Dear readers, It is with great reluc­tance that I announce the closing of this blog. As of this Friday, May 9, 2008, I will leave public accounting to pursue new oppor­tu­nities in the wide world of industry in internal audit. I have met a lot of great people within the profession through this blog and it […]

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Are there any companies out there presenting their financial state­ments, or infor­mation derived from financial statement data, using Flash? I haven’t seen any, but if they’re out there, I’d like to. If you know of any, please let me know! I think it’d be a pretty engaging medium to use to commu­nicate financial data to stakeholders. […]

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I don’t often bother my readers with tidbits from my personal life unless it somehow converges with my profes­sional life and I feel that it could be of some interest to others. I’m a big accounting geek, and as such I have a personal balance sheet in my head, where I employ some questionable accounting […]

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As of March 19, 2007, the capital gains exemption has been increased to $750,000 from its previous $500,000 limit. This means that if you haven’t already taken advantage of the tax preferred treatment of capital gains on qualified small business shares, you should do so while the getting’s good. If you have already maxed out […]

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