@Going Concern “Accountants In The Modern World”

My new column is up @Going Concern.com

“…I don’t envy today’s professors trying to teach the old-fashioned accounting skills in the electronic environment – closing checklists, regular balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry sign-offs, backup documentation requirements, managerial review of financial statements, and proper reviews and approvals of estimates and analytics. These are the Sarbanes-Oxley and the best practice basics.

Or maybe they don’t teach these skills? It’s a shame if not, because there’s beauty, symmetry and tranquility in knowing that the numbers are right.”

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