David Rachford has floated the novel (to say the least) idea of marketing a public accounting firm using MySpace.com. For the last couple weeks – I’ve been wondering – With MySpace.com becoming the most popular website in the world – does that matter to me? (I don’t have a myspace account – thank you) butContinue reading “Using MySpace to market professional accounting services”
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Google continues to improve Spreadsheet
Last week Google released an update for their Spreadsheet web app, and it shows they’re continuing to improve the product. This is a good thing, as I previously wasn’t too impressed. Now you can right-click on cells and select basic options from a context menu such as cut, copy and paste, and insert and deleteContinue reading “Google continues to improve Spreadsheet”
Depicting Waste Management fraud to enhance understanding
Dan Meyer’s blog, Tick Marks, has directed me to an interesting section of The Focal Point’s website, highlighting the work it did in helping the prosecution of the fraud case of the former head of Waste Management, James Koenig. The Focal Point is a company that makes “all forms of courtroom presentations more persuasive byContinue reading “Depicting Waste Management fraud to enhance understanding”
How to prevent the fake supplier fraud
Fraud. The very word strikes fear in the hearts of good men and women around the globe. Fraud can take down a company, fraud can destroy shareholder wealth, and fraud can make you very, very rich. Just kidding about the last one. Eventually, if you are committing a fraud, you will get caught. Sooner orContinue reading “How to prevent the fake supplier fraud”
FASB’s new man talks advanced accounting topics
The accounting standards setting group in the United States is known as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and consists of seven board members who are appointed to five year terms. The most recent appointment was Thomas J. Linsmeier, and CFO.com has a pretty good interview with him on some of the issues currently facingContinue reading “FASB’s new man talks advanced accounting topics”