Internal controls or lack thereof

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Internal Controls Are of the Devil (Or: Why Stealing from the Catholic Church Is So Easy)

The other day I asked my wife if she'd be mad if I started a new religion. I clarified that she would not be required to join my new religion; I just wanted to know if I'd have her support. She didn't really answer. Not out loud.

ICYMI: WFT's Tax Accounting Is Still a Giant WTF

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse.

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This Is Not a Good Day For South Carolina

They might consider changing it from the Palmetto State to the Facepalmetto State

Internal Control Zealots May Be Helpful in Preventing Accounting-related Reckonings

The power of COSO should compel you.

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City of Detroit's Finance Department Makes Case for Most Hysterically Pitiful Internal Control System in Recent Memory

Seriously, this will make the shrewdest, most fundamentalist followers of COSO weep.

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Note to Thieving Church CFOs: Sex Scandals Are Not a Good Excuse For Stealing

They should really add this excuse to fraud textbooks.

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"Emerging Growth Company" Still Working on the "Emerging Growth" Part

One day at a time!

Possibly Racist Georgia Accountant Forgets To Pay State Taxes But Remembers To Test Internal Controls

I believe we have discovered some material internal control weaknesses up in here!

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Oh Look, the Dixon, Illinois Fraud Is Way Bigger Than Everyone Thought

How big? In the neighborhood of $53 million, according to the indictment. Earlier reports had put it closer to $30 million and change.

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Here's an Ominous Statement a Former Dixon City Finance Commissioner Made About Accused Embezzler Rita Crundwell

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Deloitte CEO Joe Echevarria Doesn't Want to Hear About the Troubles You've Had Selling *Your* House

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Bonus Watch '13: KPMG's "Early Career Investment Bonus" Payouts Start This Week

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The Only Thing Better Than Working an Eminem Lyric into Your Accounting Paper Is Your Professor Calling You Out For It

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Recruiter Manages to Creep CPA Out Over Email

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Protip: Threatening to Kill Your Colleagues, Even in the Midst of a Brutal Busy Season, Is Never Cool

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