Welcome to my blog
I have decided to do a little musing on what happens in the accounting profession and make fun of accountants as far as this is possible given their reputation, on which I have named this blog. As a Chartered Accountant for more than 50 years, I certainly have the credibility, surely a passable level of experience and hopefully a smattering of sagacity to make some lighthearted criticism.
If you have an accounting subject which you would like me to comment on, please let me know.
Florence Bret is the author of the drawings on this blog. You can find her on www.treizeaout.fr
Five ways accountants make me laugh (without meaning to)
CPA The first is CPA. Every accountant thinks they know what this stands for. Certified Public Accountant in the USA they will say. But that
Ambitious sentences in the IASB mission statement.
I have been wondering if I can have some fun with the mission statement of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). And surprise, I have
Tweaking forecasts
I was amused by this secondary heading in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal It reads: “Finance chiefs say they have had to
A story about an unqualified CFO
One of my stories about a CFO who was not a qualified accountant, could be made into a case study about internal controls and priority
CFO Chief Fiddling Officer
So CFO does not stand for Chief Financial Officer but chief fiddling officer because they ‘manage’ earnings in the financial statements. I did not invent
The most boring book in the world
I have discovered the most boring book in the world and it’s a bestseller. I forced myself to read parts of it recently. It is
Recent Posts
- Five ways accountants make me laugh (without meaning to)
- Ambitious sentences in the IASB mission statement.
- Tweaking forecasts
- A story about an unqualified CFO
- CFO Chief Fiddling Officer
- The most boring book in the world
- Three different accounting uncertainties
- Delaware is a material risk. Unbelievable!
- The pompous concept of the spectrum of inherent risk
- How can a dividend be a risk?