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Kenneth Feinberg had the fun task of slashing away at some of the outsize pay packages at financial firms that received hefty doses of government largesse in the past year, but don’t expect Wall Street to cut bonuses on its own later this year.

In the latest issue of Accounting Today, I ask if there are any readers out there who have tattoos and if their firms know. Well, I’ve already gotten a couple of answers to my query – and they both sit on opposite sides of the fence.

The author of The Great Gatsby kept a ledger of his earnings from all the short stories and novels he sold and even hand-wrote his tax returns, according to a new article.

Any high school students out there intrigued by accounting need an iPod? The American Institute of CPAs wants to help you get one – and draw you into the profession at the same time.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Danielle Chiesi, the New Castle Funds portfolio manager who has been accused of digging up insider information in the massive insider trading scandal at Galleon Management, had a tax lien placed on her by the IRS for $63,226.

These days, when it comes to saving or paying for college, every little bit of help counts.

UBS, the embattled Swiss bank that is being forced to divulge the names of about 4,450 account holders to the IRS, may have inadvertently tipped its hand on their identities by sending them registered letters through the U.S. Postal Service.

IMGCAP(1)] Remember Haley Chura, the senior auditor with Bennett Thrasher in Atlanta from a few blog posts back? Well, she competed and survived the Ford Ironman Championship in Hawaii and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.

More employers are allowing employees to set aside money tax-free from their paychecks to help defray their commuting costs after the limit was lifted by the stimulus bill.

An article in the San Francisco Business Times calls accountants an “unlikely sector to embrace social networking.” But, hey, here at Accounting Tomorrow, we know better.