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  ATTENTION: The Accurate Accountant Game contest is now over. You can still play the game for fun, though. Check out the leader board here. More on this next Thursday!
SAME OLD SCENE? In 2008, the U.S. spent $134 million to produce $80 million worth of pennies. Why do we still have the penny? We don’t need it. It’s like the old joke, “Why did the accountant cross the road?” Answer: “Because he looked in the file and that’s what they did last year.” Why repeat the behavior with the “that’s the way we’ve always done it” mentality? It’s like every time I drink ginger ale, I know at some point I’m going to choke and cough drinking it, yet I drink it anyway. There’s just something about ginger ale that causes me to nearly gag on it, but I keep drinking it regardless of the known outcome. When the government stops producing the penny, I will stop drinking ginger ale.
Rob Nance
Publisher
publisher@accountingweb.com
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| Construction Valuation Teleconference |
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| Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2010 - Good or Bad? |
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| This year's theme for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is "1 Youth, 1 Dream, 2Morrow's Leader." But what if 2Morrow's Leader is urged to stay in class and not go to work with his or her parent? |
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| Are You An Accounting Nerd? |
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| There are varying degrees of accounting nerdiness. Some accounting nerds live normal lives, marry, and, according to Kinsley, even propagate. |
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| The Hippie CPA |
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| You may ask yourself how a former hippie could have found the light, converted, and become a CPA? The term “hippie CPA” is oxymoronic, if not contradictory, in nature. |
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| What's the Big Deal About SSARS No. 19? |
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| Effective for periods ending after December 15, 2010, SSARS No. 19, Compilation and Review Engagements, has been billed as the biggest change to the SSARS literature since SSARS No. 1 in 1978. This may be true! |
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| AccountingWEB's Breakroom Bulletin |
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| Tired of reading the same old company memos and clunky full-sized newspapers in your breakroom? Give AccountingWEB's Breakroom Bulletin a whirl! Post it in the office breakroom or kitchen! The Breakroom Bulletin is a nifty one-page PDF that you can download, print, and enjoy free of charge. You'll receive timely news items with a splash of humor designed to brighten everyone's day in the entire office. Print it and post it! |
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| Kaplan Weekly Quiz |
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 Are you prepared for the CPA exam? Test your knowledge and keep your skills sharp by taking the weekly CPA Exam Quiz, brought to you by Kaplan Schweser CPA Review and AccountingWEB Education & Careers Zone. New questions will be posted for each section weekly. Take this week's quiz. |
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