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the 10 best movie accountants

gene wilder freaks out about his blue blanket with zero mostel the producers 1968

we look pretty good up on the big screen.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i digress from my autobiographical stories to give you my top 10 movie roles of accountants.

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1. “dave” – dave’s accountant, played by charles grodin, helps the president, played by kevin kline, trim costs so the first lady’s homeless project can be funded.

2. “the producers” – accountant leo bloom, played by gene wilder, hatches the plan for a broadway flop. read more →

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five ways to get staff to own their work

help them build careers.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: how can i get staff to step up and assume more responsibility for their client assignments?

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answer: this is an issue every manager and partner deals with at some point.
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why accountants quit

yellow arrow painted on a roadhint: leadership can avoid these issues.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i have written about cpas who leave public accounting and go to work in private industry. based upon the comments and emails i’ve received, this is an involved topic and i would like to delve into it further.

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i was writing about my observations, particularly of many people in their mid-50s i have known who cannot get jobs in private industry after spending a major part of their careers there. obviously, there are many people with extremely successful careers in private industry and i was not addressing them, but i do consider them to be in the minority. also, we are all individuals, and we each decide on how we want to work and what we are comfortable with. no one, including me, has any right to criticize them or tell them they should have done it differently.
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profit sharing for a staffer?

percentage signs on round hanging tagsthe owner wants to offer a percentage to a staff person, but how?

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: i have a small practice and have a staff person with me for eight years (who had nine years of experience before coming to me), and i want to offer him some profit-sharing percentage.

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how do i approach it?
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why cpas should stay in public accounting

age discrimination is a real concern.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i’ve written about a cpa going to work for a small client who was creating a controller’s position.

today i’ll talk about going to work for a client who already has a controller or working for a large company.

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the company that already has a controller is a much safer bet for a departing cpa. the position is established, the work is integrated with the outside accounting firm that will maintain its role and there is a place in the management hierarchy. the role is clear and the cpa knows what to expect in terms of daily activity. if there are growth opportunities for the company, the controller could or would be part of them.
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