Why does ‘write it down’ makes me laugh
Have you noticed how accountants like the expression ‘write it’. They first took the word ‘down’ and tagged…
Why does the Department of Education make me laugh
I would like to share this beautiful sentence I found in the Annual Report of the Department of…
Why accountants make me laugh: increase/decrease
Accountants are getting bored with increase and their derivatives: higher, improved, growth and their opposites: decrease, lower, declined…
Why bookkeeping makes me laugh
To make fun of double-entry bookkeeping will bring on the fiercest ire [1] of many fellow accountants. Its…
Why CFO makes me laugh
CFO does not stand for Chief Financial Officer but Chief Fiddling Officer. The title has nothing to do…
Several ways profits make me laugh
Profit on its own does not exist in accounting. Accountants have so many different types of profit that…
Balance Sheet Companies are required to prepare a certain number of compulsory documents called financial statements. One of…
Five ways audit reports make me laugh
True and Fair In many counties in the world, auditors declare that financial statements give a true and…
Five amusing topics in annual reports
Hiding R&D Having announced research and development expenses are expensed as incurred, pharmaceutical companies show capitalised research and…