Me - this is what you need to do client - well..umm...this is what we did last year...so it has to be right I'm sure a majority of us have heard this terrible excuse by now. Some of the answers we hear from our clients are absolutely amazing. I really dont understand how some people can get to certain higher positions in a company. It just boggles me that people who are not qualified enough (I wouldnt go so far as to say incompetent) get to positions that influence a company's financials, public or private. I feel like sending out a reminder email every day saying "Your G/L is NOT our support" I don't care if you give me a hundred g/l printouts, it will not help. It looks like once people get out of public accounting firms, they might have a hard time adjusting to cultures that might be fun but just not strong on the smarts/experience front. But then again, maybe that's an advantage. On the flip side, we can look at auditors who just do what was done last yea...
Blogged about my life in the Big 4 and now about life in Private Accounting