Why overboarding makes me laugh

I came across overboarding the other day in the FRC’s Review of Corporate Governance Reporting 2024: “Many companies…

Why accountants the definition of accounting makes me laugh

I think we can agree that accountants are the people who carry out accounting, yet they cannot agree…

Why do accounting deadlines make me laugh

My favorite quote on deadlines comes from Douglas Adams, theEnglish author, best known for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to…

Why so many different cash flows make me laugh

I have already written about free cash flow (FCF) and discounted cash flow (DCF), the two most prominent…

Why free cash flow makes me laugh

I have elected free cash flow (FCF) as the most ludicrous of all cash flows. Free cash flow…

Why discounted cash flows make me laugh

I have selected discounted cash flows (DCF) as the most confusing cash flow because there are four of…

Why planning makes me laugh

In my day, and I’ve been retired for a while, traditional planning consisted of a strategic plan sometimes…

Why unwind makes me laugh

A few accountants have started to introduce ‘unwind’ as accounting jargon in annual reports. And they are being…

Why does EBITDA + + + make me laugh

Ever since EBIT was invented accountants have been adding letters to it in a supposed effort to refine…

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…

Three ways financial statements make me laugh

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…

Five ways accountants make me laugh

CPA The first is CPA. Every accountant thinks they know what this stands for.  Certified Public Accountant in…

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