Beyond Fraud

State Employees Who Didn't File State Tax Returns???

In light of every state in the country suffering a financial crises trying to minimize their budget deficits at the risk of increasing taxes to cover shortfalls, I could not believe it today when I read about some of the very folks who directly benefit from our already too high state taxes who don’t bother to file their own state …

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF HURON?

Up until a few hours ago when a colleague called me to tell me about this story, I had never heard of Huron.  Then I did some research.  Huron was a consulting firm started by a group of Anderson partners and employees after the firm’s collapse.  Here is the first element of their mission statement from their web site: OUR …

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Accountants Always Get A Bad Rap

Why is it that accounting has such a negative reputation as a career choice? It continues even though the profession has changed so much over the years. Tonight I was watching a fairly new children’s Christmas movie – “Christmas Is Here Again” – a “G-rated” cartoon narrated by Jay Leno. There were actually a number of well-known celebrity voices.Although no …

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Midnight Breakfast Event

Last evening was University of Connecticut’s pre-finals send off event for their students. What a great event. My course finished on Friday, with final grades submitted on Sunday. I have the next semester off and return to teach in the summer and fall, 2009. I received an email from the school seeking staff volunteers for an on campus event held …

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