Archive: Accounting
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Dalkin Continues Appointment with Advisory Group to Global Audit and Assurance Standards Board
James Dalkin, adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, has been re-appointed as the chair of the Consultative Advisory Group (CAG) to the International Auditing and
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Undergraduate Program Ranks First for Accounting Based on Alumni Salaries
Georgetown University’s McDonough Undergraduate Program ranked the best earning potential for graduating accountants, according to a study conducted by Best Accounting Software. Graduates of the
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Are These the Best Colleges for Undergraduate Accounting Degrees?
If you’re looking at potential earnings alone, Georgetown University is the school for you. That’s according to a new study published Best Accounting Software, a platform that rates and reviews financial software. And the 67 accounting graduates of Georgetown earned a median $83,100 — far higher than any other school and the overall average of all 598 schools to be included of $46,528.
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Petacchi Honored with The Accounting Review’s Outstanding Reviewer Award
Reining Petacchi, Dottie and Tim Hobin Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business, received The Accounting Review (TAR) Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 2020 American Accounting Ass
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CPAs Accuse Banks of Pocketing Finder’s Fees on PPP Loans
In dozens of lawsuits that have been filed over the last three months, accounting firms are seeking a slice of PPP pie through agent fees. Thomas Cooke, distinguished teaching professor, tells Bloomberg Tax this legal fight could last for years and Congress could intervene.
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Hong Kong’s Richest Family Loses US $8B in a Single Year
Shares of the Kwoks’ Sun Hung Kai Properties are now trading at less than half the value of the company’s net assets. “The long-term value of these assets is tied to Hong Kong and the integration of Hong Kong into China. Growth in the future will not be as high as in the past,” said Gilles Hilary, chaired professor of accounting, referring to the city’s developers as a group.
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Favorite MBA Professors of the Class of 2020
Described as the “kindest, most driven professor at Georgetown,” Allison Koester, associate professor at Georgetown McDonough was named to Poets&Quants Favorite MBA Professors of 2020.
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Nine New Faculty Join Georgetown McDonough
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business welcomed nine new faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year. Tenured and tenure-track faculty Rahul Gupta is an assistant professor of strategy w
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Tobashi Schemes
Aside from monitoring new adjusted metrics, investors should also look at whether companies are piling too many negative charges into the pandemic-affected quarters in order to make their reported results look even better once the crisis is over, said Gilles Hilary, an accounting professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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Favorite MBA Professors Of The Class of 2020
Alas, Allison Koester could give Mish a run for her money there. She is described as the “kindest, most driven professor at Georgetown” by Colin Miller. While Miller will never become an accountant, he does credit Koester for a feat that enhanced his marriage. “After taking Professor Koester’s accounting class, I was finally able to understand what my wife, who is a CPA, was talking about when she told me about her workday.”
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