The Briefcase

    Creativity for Accountants

    The Briefcase #38: Creativity for Accountants

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 10th Apr 2026

    Generally, accountants are seen as a stable pair of hands. They might even be thought of as a little bit predictable. A truly reductive individual…

    The Accountant from the Future

    The Briefcase #37: The Accountant from the Future

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 2nd Apr 2026

    It was a beautiful summer evening. You and a few accountant buddies were hanging out, playing with a telescope, sipping beers, wondering whether you could…

    Hollywood Accounting

    The Briefcase #36: Hollywood Accounting

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 26th Mar 2026

    As we at the Briefcase love saying, there are only two types of people in the world. The first type of person watches a blockbuster…

    Professional Scepticism

    The Briefcase #35: Just One More Thing… Accountants and Professional Scepticism

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 20th Mar 2026

    As Lieutenant Columbo reached for the doorknob, he suddenly halted. He turned his head and, bringing his cigar away from his lips, said: “Just one…

    Accounting in Music

    The Briefcase #34: Accounting in Music

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 12th Mar 2026

    There are many types of people in the world, but for the purposes of this introduction, let’s imagine that there are actually only two types…

    Greenwashing

    The Briefcase #33: 5 Greenwashing Hall of Fame Inductees

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 5th Mar 2026

    Greenwashing isn’t just what leprechauns call one of their laundry cycles – even though they do call it that. No, it’s not only that, greenwashing…

    The Briefcase #32: What It’s Like to Work for the Big Four

    The Briefcase #32: What It’s Like to Work for the Big Four

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 27th Feb 2026

    Ask any accounting graduate what they want to do post-uni, and there’s a decent chance they’ll say “Big Four.” And why not? Think of the…

    Computer Games For Accountants

    The Briefcase #31: Computer Games For Accountants

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 19th Feb 2026

    Plumbers have Mario, doctors have Theme Hospital, and psychopaths have The Sims. But where are the games for accountants? You might think a game that…

    A Love Letter to an Accountant’s One True Love

    The Briefcase #30: A Love Letter to an Accountant’s One True Love

    By: accountingcpd | Posted on: 13th Feb 2026

    Roses are red,Violets are blue,I love the warm feelingOf clicking “Spreadsheet”, then “New”. You #SPILL when I LOOKUP,You #REF when I err,But I always come…