Madoff CPA: “Don’t Cheat!”
If there’s one thing CPA David Friehling really couldn’t stand, it was a cheater.
Friehling (via ClusterStock)
At least that’s what Bernie Madoff’s auditor-of-record says in a column he wrote for “The Trusted Professional,†the newsletter of the New York State Society of CPAs.
Here’s the entire column from April (at the NY CPA Society)
Cheating on Taxes Is Cheating Ourselves
By David Friehling, Rockland Chapter President
I assume we are all deep into tax season. I took a minute to step back the other day to think about what I was really doing: enabling our government to collect money. Government uses our funds to operate departments and services that support the common good. We are all provided with roads, street lights, defense and recreational opportunities. Some of us are also provided with various forms of assistance – and if not us, our elderly parents, or disabled friends and neighbors, etc.
When we see our clients and they ask us to stretch the truth, we are just cheating ourselves. READ MORE →
