Holiday Gifts for Accountants

Looking for a gift to reward your hardworking accountant for all those tax savings? Or perhaps you’re an accountant yourself and looking for a little something for yourself this Christmas. Well look no further. Here are a few ideas (some serious, some funny) of gift ideas for the accountant in your life:

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SOX and Revenue Recognition

One of the primary objectives of Sarbanes-Oxley is to ensure that companies are reporting accurate revenue numbers. Revenue recognition has long been a subject of intense debate and the cause of blatent fraud. Interestingly, a survey of 400 public and private companies by RevenueRecognition.com in August revealed that 55% of companies have modified their […]

Why Clients are Lost

While perusing the world-wide web today I came across an article that outlined reasons clients leave their accountants accountants. This made me start to think of reasons why I would leave my accountant and I came up with the following list:

Lack of initiative

Their investment track record is worse than mine

Lack of timely communication

Personality doesn’t […]

The SOX Glass is Half-Full

I don’t know about you but it seems as though everyone and their accountant has done nothing but complain about the implementation, the cost, and the general headache that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance has caused. There are numerous articles written almost everyday outlining how much big business are losing, how hard small businesses are struggling, and […]

Accountants Who Blog

I bet you thought there weren’t any out there, didn’t you? Well, I didn’t think blogging accountants existed either, but apparently I’m wrong. I for one am one who enjoys using technology to enhance business - any business. Apparently there are a handful of other accountants who have decided to leverage technology to […]