<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Accounting News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=29&amp;catid=130</link><description>News Feed for - Accounting</description><item><title>Accountant is struck off and fined Â£30,000</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96266960&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T02:45:00</pubDate><description>31pm An accountant has been struck off for misappropriating client money and selling to a friend properties belonging to a trust. OTHER STORIES Ronald Bassett Cross has been expelled by the Institute </description><source>This Is Money</source></item><item><title>International Public Sector Accounting Standards - Information Release</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96262849&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:04:00</pubDate><description>The Treasury has released a report prepared by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) on the government's financial statements' compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). </description><source>New Zealand Treasury</source></item><item><title>King meets KPMG chief</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96252153&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T22:04:00</pubDate><description>Amman, Nov, 22 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II on Sunday met with Timothy Flynn, Chairman of KPMG, a global network of professional service firms providing audit, tax and advisory services holding </description><source>Jordan News Agency</source></item><item><title>Accountants Oppose Private Suits Over 'Reckless' Aid To Fraud</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96213504&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:31:00</pubDate><description>The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is protesting a provision in a Senate financial-overhaul bill that would give investors an expanded ability to sue people who help commit securities </description><source>Advisen FPN</source></item><item><title>KPMG's Â£1m  a month to strip Dunfermline</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96192943&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:28:00</pubDate><description>CONSULTANTS are earning Ã?Â£1 million a month Ã¢ or up to Ã?Â£500 an hour Ã¢ while selling off the assets of Scotland's former leading building society, leaked papers have revealed.On top of its fees, </description><source>The Scotsman</source></item><item><title>Ernst &amp; Young Names Akamai President and CEO Paul Sagan Entrepreneur Of The Year </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96066770&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:51:00</pubDate><description>Set_Cookie( 'test', 'none', '', '/', '', '' (Get_Cookie( 'test')) else _uacct sfHover hidePopUp(which) _cfscriptLocation makeRequest(url) sendtofriend(el) (!emailCheck('emailFriendfrom', forname)) (!alphaCheck('Friendfrom', </description><source>TradingMarkets</source></item><item><title>Zespri Chairman John Loughlin honoured with a fellowship to the New Zealand Institute </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96200398&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T02:20:00</pubDate><description>Chairman John Loughlin honoured with a fellowship to the New Zealand Institute Of Chartered Accountants FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana Zespri Chairman John Loughlin honoured with a fellowship </description><source>Fresh Plaza</source></item><item><title>Yellur village accountant returns bribe amount</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96250683&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:37:00</pubDate><description>AM IST BELGAUM: Residents of Yellur village in Belgaum taluk on Saturday witnessed the rare incident of bribe being returned when the village accountant, Peerajade, gave back the money he had taken for </description><source>Express Buzz</source></item><item><title>IBM Analytics to Provide Real-Time Analysis and Delivery of Tax Information for </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96017069&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T21:16:00</pubDate><description>IBM) today announced that Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX), a leader in the tax preparation industry with franchised and company-owned locations across the country, has selected IBM business </description><source>KOTA Territory News</source></item><item><title>Accountant jailed after pleading guilty</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96246046&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T20:31:00</pubDate><description>Dubai: A court has jailed a former accountant of Dubai World Group (DWG) for six months for embezzling Dh230,000. "I am guiltyâ?¦ I did embezzle, but I repaid nearly 95 per cent of the embezzled amount," </description><source>Gulf News</source></item><item><title>From auditor to top 'entre-planner'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235270&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T16:49:00</pubDate><description>â?¢ Six-month subscription at S$72 ($12/month) â?¢ 24-month subscription at S$204 ($8.5/month)</description><source>Straits Times</source></item><item><title>Spectrum is a tax riddle, says PwC</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221215&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T16:08:00</pubDate><description>Tags: 3G spectrum, firm PwC, Government, Taxation, Telecommunication The government should clarify taxation rules regarding payments made for acquiring spectrum while working to resolve the issue of 3G </description><source>Financial Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Satyam's internal auditor arrested</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96201166&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:41:00</pubDate><description>Your Browser does not support frames, Please Click here to continue</description><source>News Behind News</source></item><item><title>Ketchum's URA in good shape, says auditor</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96199083&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:20:00</pubDate><description>Few issues during the recent Ketchum election were more contentious than the city's urban renewal agency. Some candidates claimed the URA wasn't fully legal from the get-go, others suggested it would </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Banking Group Praises House Panel's Passage of Accounting Standards Procedure Amendment</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96198619&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:41:00</pubDate><description>ABA APPLAUDS HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF PERLMUTTER-LUCAS AMENDMENT WASHINGTON -- The American Bankers Association applauds the House Financial Services Committee for voting in favor of an amendment by </description><source>Tax Notes Today</source></item><item><title>House Panel Agrees to Scaled-Back Amendment for FASB, SEC Oversight</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96174962&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:51:00</pubDate><description>The House Financial Services Committee on November 19 agreed by voice vote to a scaled-back amendment to a financial oversight bill that would allow a newly created council to make recommendations regarding </description><source>Tax Notes Today</source></item><item><title>Perlmutter, Lucas Amendment Would Allow Oversight Council to Recommend Accounting </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96054997&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T01:43:00</pubDate><description>An amendment introduced by Reps. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., and Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla., to the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, would allow the Financial Services Oversight Council to submit </description><source>Tax Notes Today</source></item><item><title>Audit the Fed Amendment Passes House Committee</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95902884&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T02:56:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)-- Today, during the House Financial Services Committee markup of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, Congressman Ron Paul's (R-TX) amendment to increase Federal </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>PricewaterhouseCoopers may be one of the Big Four, but it is planning to get bigger</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96256618&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:23:00</pubDate><description>Ian Powell sees Britainâ??s recession-ravaged landscape as a land of opportunity for the professional services firm Alex Spence He is certainly ambitious. Not content with PricewaterhouseCoopers being </description><source>Times Online</source></item><item><title>PricewaterhouseCoopers welcomes graduate recruits</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96184431&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T21:36:00</pubDate><description>The Sheffield arm of financial firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has announced that seven graduate jobs have now been taken up by former students in the area. Mostly from the Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam </description><source>Gradplus.com</source></item><item><title>FASB Chief: U.S. Convergence Ball in SEC's Court</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96178147&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T20:20:00</pubDate><description>The decision about whether the nation's corporations should report under international accounting standards has foundered amid a change of Presidents and a corresponding change of leadership at the Securities </description><source>Monitor Daily</source></item><item><title>NextiraOne Unified Communications Solution Provides Collaborative Work Environment </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96174523&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T18:55:00</pubDate><description>ICAEW upgrades to Unified Communications platformÃ? [Lichfield] Ã¢â?¬â?? 17th November, 2009. NextiraOne, EuropeÃ¢â?¬â?¢s leading expert in communications services, has provided a new Unified Communications </description><source>CRM Xchange</source></item><item><title>PwC is in the Big Four, but it's getting bigger</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96254150&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T22:39:00</pubDate><description>He is certainly ambitious. Not content with PricewaterhouseCoopers being Britains biggest professional services group, Ian Powell, its chairman and senior partner, wants it to be heard and admired beyond </description><source>Times Online</source></item><item><title>Mass. labor secretary will campaign for state auditor</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96142940&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T05:22:00</pubDate><description>Just a few months after she ruled out a run for the office, state Labor Secretary Suzanne Bump has told the Patrick administration she will become a candidate for state auditor after all, state officials </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>KPMG lands audit and recovery plaudits...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96133261&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=130</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T03:17:00</pubDate><description>KPMG has won the Audit Team of the Year and Business Recovery Project of the Year titles at the Accountancy Age Awards. 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