Category: Accounting
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=Why(Excel is Not Boring)
Excel has its annoyances. Nevertheless, it can be exciting. A colleague once told me when he interviews candidates, he asks them to self-access their Excel skills using a 1-10 scale. The candidates’ actual skill is inversely correlated with the grade they give themselves. That is, the higher the number, the…
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The accounting stuff for starting your own business.
Advice from a newbie business owner. Get Good at Something. Sell it. You’re going to make it rain. But first you need to find a product or service to be your storm cloud. Find an idea. Execute. Think of a Name Your business needs to be called something. It could…
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The Parable of the Two Tax Preparers
Inside ACME Tax Advisors, two tax-preparers worked in neighboring offices. One was a young but reserved CPA named Emily, who rarely spoke and spent her off-hours reading tax code. In the other office was an older CPA named Brad, who spent his days leaning in the doorways of senior management,…
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Why is it suddenly cool to be an accountant?
It’s not. And it never will be. But. It’s cool to pretend you’re an accountant, and here’s why. This dude, Rocky Paterra, put out a TikTok that got six million views titled ‘Calling all struggling actors!’ and the gist is; well, just watch it, it’s only 36 seconds. And now,…
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Vaping or Accounting: Which is more addictive?
Numbers and Nicotine may not be so different after all. By outward appearance, a former boss of mine had an addiction—to accounting. It came in the form of being unable to say no to new clients. His overdoses were long hours and restless nights. There are a lot of…
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5 Surprising Accounting Graduates
1. N’Golo Kanté – Plays soccer for Al-Ittihad Club and formerly Chelsea. Arguably one of the best midfielders of his generation. He earned a vocational accounting diploma. Beyond being a boss on the field, he seems like a nice guy. 2. Chuck Liddell – Former MMA fighter. He won the UFC Light Heavyweight…
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5 Magazines Accountants are Talking About
1. Pretty much every topic related to accounting can be found at Accounting Today. This is the best-kept secret of the practicing CPA’s toolbox. Certain to make you a more informed accountant, this website covers everything from accounting, tax, audit, practice management, to the overall profession. An online subscription runs $209…
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Of Battleships and Bookkeeping
Do you want to be a god-tier space accountant? EVE Online might be doing more for bringing accountants out of the closet than accounting 101 courses. If you hop on Twitch and watch an EVE Online stream, you may be in the dark, because the game is confusing af. Then…
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Need CPA motivation? Hopefully this will help.
If you’re studying for the CPA exam and you’re questioning whether you’re on the right path, read this. As I sit in McDonald’s writing this post, I think back to the nights when I would sit here past midnight, after working all day, and put on Farhat videos, and just…
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Accountingman: World’s Finest
One night, in a cave under Hedonia lived a mild-mannered accountant named Alan Ledger, who was sitting in the glow of a computer screen, on which was a spreadsheet with a pivot table dedicated to Dr. Dealmaker’s misdeeds: tax evasion, bullying IRS agents, fraud, and being super disorganized. An email…
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