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“Nothing is certain except death and taxes”– Benjamin Franklin, 1789 It’s clear that no one has ever liked paying taxes,…
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The Briefcase #34: Accounting in Music
There are many types of people in the world, but for the purposes of this introduction, let’s imagine that there…The Briefcase #31: Computer Games For Accountants
Plumbers have Mario, doctors have Theme Hospital, and psychopaths have The Sims. But where are the games for accountants? You…
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The Briefcase #59: Are You Solving the Wrong Problem?
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 10th Sep 2026
Accountants solve problems all day long. It’s pretty much all you do. Cashflow is always tight, costs are always rising,…
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The Briefcase #58 : Excel Features Everyone Forgets Exist
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 4th Sep 2026
Excel has been around since 1985, which means it has had more than 40 years to accumulate buttons. Some of…
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The Briefcase #57: Is John Healey an Economist? And Why Does Nobody Seem to Care?
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 27th Aug 2026
A little while ago, AccountingCPD, amongst many others, asked a simple question: is Rachel Reeves an economist? It became one of…
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The Briefcase #56: CPA vs Chartered Accountant: What’s the Difference?
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 20th Aug 2026
Americans do a lot of things differently. They say strange things like “asphalt” and “eggplant”, play something called football largely…
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The Briefcase #55: The World’s Weirdest Tax Deductions
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 13th Aug 2026
Spend enough time as an accountant and you’ll hear all sorts of theories about what people think they can claim…
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The Briefcase #54: The Secret History of Accounting Terms
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 7th Aug 2026
Accountants have a lot of jargon in their lexicon. Terms like “month-end” might seem obvious to you, but to most…
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The Briefcase #53: What Is Forensic Accounting?
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 30th Jul 2026
The term “forensic accounting” can evoke some weird imagery. It’s easy enough to imagine white coats and test tubes, safety…
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The Briefcase #52: How to Tell If Someone You Know Is an Accountant
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 24th Jul 2026
They don’t wear uniforms. They don’t introduce themselves by reciting tax legislation. Most don’t even carry calculators in belt holsters…
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The Briefcase #51: How Can Accountants Change the World?
By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 17th Jul 2026
Accountants aren’t superheroes. They don’t don skintight uniforms and head out into the night solving crimes – although it would…