World Accounting News

Keystone's Bog Follett revises popular financial book
Summit Daily News
In his introduction, Follett writes that while the book won't make the reader an accountant, it will help them talk to accountants and bookkeepers and understand the financial reports they produce. And that's why it is important it was written by a ...

Business neighbors for Feb. 5
York Daily Record
Michelle J. Frye and Casey L. Lemkelde joined the York office of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, as managers in the Audit Services Group. Michael R. Gladfelter, a funeral director with Diehl Funeral Home ...

Will HMRC announcement lead to better contractor bookkeeping?
Brookson
As such, no further checks will be made until the start of the 2012-13 tax year, giving sole traders the chance to consult a contractor accountant to ensure their records are accurate and up to date. Richard Summersgill, HMRC's director of local ...

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A resource guide for business owners who need help with taxes
VEGAS INC
Business Manager Terry Culp said it's crucial that businesses set up bookkeeping and accounting systems that are reviewed at least annually by an outside accountant and that business owners understand the company's financials.

When taxes attack: Can your business handle tax prep, or is it time to outsource?
VEGAS INC
By Steve Green (contact) Seven signs your small business should outsource all or part of its bookkeeping and accounting — or has outgrown doing its own books. 1. The cost of paying in-house personnel outweighs its benefits. Vicky Dominguez, a ...

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Company Announcements: Week of February 6, 2012
Accountingweb.com
To offer the SysTrust Seal, firms must apply to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). Applicants must have a good reputation and undergo a review process.

Team helps grow small businesses
The Augusta Chronicle
Accountants, real estate clerks, graphic designers, marketing gurus and other experienced workers could offer services to businesses that couldn't justify hiring an employee for the projects they needed to be done. “I kept hearing people say, ...

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Mother-daughter team helps small businesses grow with Augusta Virtual Assistants
The Augusta Chronicle
Accountants, real estate clerks, graphic designers, marketing gurus and other experienced workers could offer services to businesses that couldn't justify hiring an employee for the projects they needed to be done. “I kept hearing people say, ...

Southwest Florida business briefs: Feb. 5, 2012
Naples Daily News
Eric Graham, a licensed and accredited Certified Public Accountant in Florida, has been named as an Associate CPA with By the Book Accounting LLC, a small business and nonprofit accounting and bookkeeping company in Fort Myers.

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Business Calendar for Feb. 5
Enterprise-Record
Cost: $50 in advance, $60 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017. The program teaches the basics of QuickBooks accounting & bookkeeping applications. The trainer is a certified public accountant and QuickBooks Pro Advisor. Feb.

Business Calendar for Feb. 4
Enterprise-Record
Cost: $50 in advance, $60 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017. The program teaches the basics of QuickBooks accounting & bookkeeping applications. The trainer is a certified public accountant and QuickBooks Pro Advisor. Feb.

Stanford Used 'Slush Fund' at SocGen for Bribes, Davis Says
BusinessWeek
It was a “bookkeeping flip,” designed to make IRS auditors think Stanford was servicing his promissory notes, Davis said. When Stanford was informed of the accounting maneuver, he “stuck out his hand and said, 'Great job,'” Davis said.

Ex- Solana Beach bookkeeper jailed in million-dollar embezzlement case
Del Mar Times
While employed as accountant and operations manager for the Lomas Santa Fe Drive business, Davey allegedly altered or forged 332 checks drawn against Beckman accounts, used company business funds to pay off her credit cards and created phony credit ...

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Stanford Used 'Slush Fund' at SocGen for Antigua Bribes, Davis Testifies
Bloomberg
It was a “bookkeeping flip,” designed to make IRS auditors think Stanford was servicing his promissory notes, Davis said. When Stanford was informed of the accounting maneuver, he “stuck out his hand and said, 'Great job,'” Davis said.

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Los Angeles Times
Burst of jobs helps lower unemployment rate
Los Angeles Times
Patrick O'Keefe, economic research director at JH Cohn, an accounting and advisory firm, said office jobs such as accounting and bookkeeping are growing because companies are doing well and they need business services. But he said that's not the case ...

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Stanford Used 'Slush Fund' at SocGen for Bribes, Davis Testifies
San Francisco Chronicle
It was a "bookkeeping flip," designed to make IRS auditors think Stanford was servicing his promissory notes, Davis said. When Stanford was informed of the accounting maneuver, he "stuck out his hand and said, 'Great job,'" Davis said.

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La Jolla woman arrested, charged with embezzling real-estate development company
La Jolla Light
While employed as accountant and operations manager for the Lomas Santa Fe Drive business, Davey allegedly altered or forged 332 checks drawn against Beckman accounts, used company business funds to pay off her credit cards and created phony credit ...

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Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: Woman facing sentencing committed suicide
The Advocate
In a deposition in July, Guidroz gave a sworn statement to civil attorneys that implicated two certified public accountants in the scheme, alleging Greg Inzerella and Eric Broussard knew of, participated in and benefited from the scheme.

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Former Bookkeeper Accused of Stealing From Real Estate Company
Patch.com
While employed as accountant and operations manager for the Lomas Santa Fe Drive business, Davey allegedly altered or forged 332 checks drawn against Beckman accounts, used company business funds to pay off her credit cards and created phony credit ...

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NDP's math on funding a bit tricky
Winnipeg Free Press
If you're an accountant, yes, those figures are probably right, and it's all on the up and up. For the rest of us, no, the figures we're more likely to come up with using a layperson's common sense and logic are a 56.7 per cent share for the province, ...

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