News MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING By Ken Tysiac The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has published new guidance on how to apply the COSO enterprise risk management framework to effectively manage and mitigate compliance risks. Compliance Risk Management: Applying the COSO ERM Framework describes the characteristics of compliance and ethics programs associated with […]
Archives for November 2020
The Gen Y Planning Guide to Insurance: Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
It’s easy to see our homes and investment accounts as the most important parts of our portfolios. After all, that’s what we spend most of our time talking about with Gen Y Planning clients. But really, the most reliable and important asset most of us have is our ability to work. So what happens if […]
LAPD Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Privacy Concerns
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Beat me at poker – we’re playing for a good cause!
So, think you have what it takes to beat me at poker? Do ya, tough guy? Well, you probably do. But still…I’m going to play and try my best anyway. And you can play too. It all goes down this Saturday afternoon, on your phone or on a desktop, you can play from anywhere. Buy-in […]
Get ready for the next merger wave in accounting – Accounting Today
Between the pandemic, aging CPA firm owners and staffing tensions, many in the accounting profession anticipate a huge uptick in firm mergers and acquisitions over the next 24 months. If the predictions and emerging trends are right, it’s important for firm leaders to plan accordingly. Will you start your own research and outreach? Will you […]
Coronavirus vaccine shots could go to U.S. health workers in about a month
Medical staff examine a patient suffering from coronavirus in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at United Memorial Medical Center on November 16, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Go Nakamura | Getty Images Health-care workers in the United States could get the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine in about a month. Pfizer announced Wednesday that […]
Advisor fintech firm Oranj closing at the end of 2020
Wealth management software company Oranj is telling customers that it plans to close at the end of the year. Two financial advisors and current Oranj users, who requested not to be named, have received emails from the firm stating “the company will be shutting down” on Dec. 31. Until that date, the company will continue […]
The Airbnb Pitch to Wall Street
This is the last big deal of 2020 and it’s going to command a lot of attention among investors, technologists and the media. I found this pitch from the company’s S-1 filing to be an interesting way to think about the company that’s now selling itself to Wall Street, via Ben Thompson’s blog Stratechery: Travel […]
FINANCIAL vs MANAGERIAL Accounting – Correct Success – Blackchronicle
[embedded content] On this Accounting Tutorial we discover the SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES between Managerial Accounting and Monetary Accounting. Up till now, the subjects that I’ve coated within the ‘Accounting Fundamentals’ playlist have tended to fall throughout the realm of Monetary Accounting. Nevertheless, Accounting is way greater than simply Monetary Accounting. You may consider it as […]
Texas A&M’s Accounting Program Has Most Underrepresented Ph.D. Graduates, Faculty In US – Texas A&M University Today
An article in a forthcoming issue of the American Accounting Association Journal, Issues in Accounting Education, summarizes the results of a survey that found that the James Benjamin Department of Accounting at Mays Business School has the most underrepresented Ph.D. graduates and the most underrepresented accounting faculty of any top business school in the country. The […]