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As tax season approaches, accounting firms are short on staff

by Savannah Maher
Feb 7, 2023
And maybe a branding problem, too.
"Nobody thinks about the accountants," said Adrienne Gonzales, editor for the accounting blog "Going Concern." "They think about the accountants on April 15 when taxes are due. But there’s this whole network that is the engine of the economy."
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Accounting in the COVID era is more subjective than ever

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 5, 2020
Companies are finding ways to soften the pandemic's blow to their bottom lines.
An empty Wrigley Field in Chicago on what would have been Major League Baseball's opening day. Since Disney didn't air MLB games, it didn't have to count the licensing cost in its financial results.
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Under Armour investigation focuses on "revenue recognition." What's that?

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 4, 2019
Accounting rules get complicated quickly.
People walk by an Under Armour store in Manhattan in 2017 in New York City.
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Ahead of tax season, accountants are scrambling to understand the new law

by Marielle Segarra
Dec 21, 2018
It's been a year since Congress passed the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul. And there is still a lot accountants and lawyers don't understand about it.
Accountants are putting in long hours in order to understand the tax bill that was signed into law Dec. 22, 2017.
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How forensic accountants help bring down white-collar criminals and drug kingpins

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 14, 2018
A forensic accountant gave key testimony in the first trial of Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman.
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse after being charged Oct. 30, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
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Author Caitlin Rosenthal on the role of slavery in the history of business

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 14, 2018
Caitlin Rosenthal, author of "Accounting for Slavery," discusses the role slavery plays in the history of business.
Stereograph Cards Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
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The disturbing parallels between modern accounting and the business of slavery

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 14, 2018
How slaveholders used modern management techniques
A group of women and children, presumably slaves, sit and stand around the doorway of a rough wooden cabin in the southern United States in the mid-19th century. One girl reads a book to the group of sitting children.
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It's time to get your financial life in order

by Paulina Velasco
Apr 20, 2018
Tax season may be over, but that doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about your finances. That’s one conclusion from John Schwartz of the New York Times, who decided that after many decades of keeping his nose to the grind and ignoring his letters from Vanguard, he should take a step back and look at […]
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Why accountants can't wait for the new tax bill

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 30, 2017
Once it's released their real work begins: hunting for new loopholes.
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What the "Spinal Tap" lawsuit means for Hollywood

by Adriene Hill and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 26, 2017
The creators of the beloved mockumentary are taking on Hollywood accounting practices in a $400 million lawsuit.
Members of Spinal Tap, from left, David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel pose for photographers at a showing in 2000.
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