That's why accounting firms today trying to recruit the savviest tax talent shouldn't stop investing after they've picked up the shiniest, latest gadget, but should continuously be investing in training programs that take place throughout the entirety of the year. There's no point in shelling out the bucks needed
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When a bank has a relationship with a trading client, that relationship tends to look like a bunch of contracts. There's a prime brokerage agreement that specifies how much money the bank will lend to the client and on what terms and for what collateral. There's an ISDA Master Agreement that specifies
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Today, I spoke at the Accounting Business Expo about a topic that's close to my heart – the decision available to every accountant and bookkeeper in the … Accountants and bookkeepers who dream big take a highly strategic approach to their work – finding ways to attract and support a client base that
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Bill Ackman's run of bad luck may have come to an end. The billionaire activist investor has made a profit of about $100 million from selling his stake in Nike after just a few months. Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed a passive stake in the sportswear maker in January. At the time
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Bloomberg Businessweek reported this month that there's evidence that some ties persisted after sanctions were imposed. In an April 2015 application for $162,000 in tax incentives — the subject of this week's federal subpoena — Kalashnikov USA said it planned to assemble guns at its Pompano Beach
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