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    Financial Planning Tax Question

    it will change depending on what tax table you use obviously. going on this years tax rates assessable income = 80000 plus franked shares 1000 plus franking cr (1000*(.3/.7) 428.57 less deductions 1400 total assessable income 80028.57 tax payable 80028.57 - 80000 = 28.57*.40 =...
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    Accounting Cadetships 2009

    you probably need to double that list even it get a look in! ..only kidding very impressive i loved high school when you got awards for everything
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    here is another question for you all...because we are on an hourly rate do you think it will actually be counted hour by hour ie say we work till 7 one night will be be paid for that or do you think it will be unspoken that you just fill in 37.5 hours?
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    Personally i think there is a BIG difference between an american CEO's style V Australian. I dont think you will see an Australian CEO say something as flawed as the Bear Stearns CEO particularly when the wide media knew otherwise
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    I think it will be affected somewhat. depends what depatments people are looking at. Departments such as Tax(and audit to a certain extent) should manage ok Departments such as Business Advisory/Risk services will probably be affected the most On the other hands, firms that run an...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    2 x 4 week placements.
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    i just accepted...Deloitte over KPMG..will see what happens
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    Majoring In Financial Planning?

    hey mate, i have looked into doing financial planning major because its something i really enjoy however having looked into it (only a little bit) i can gather >absolute pain in the ass to get qualified (even compared to CA) and from that legislation is constantly making it harder and harder...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    Just read it. not massively applicable to australia. even if you wanted to work in the UK most big four wont offer secondment till you are CA qual. so no study etc etc. all the same it is interesting though!
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    yeah i know. but i was applying for like 10 firms in one sitting. so it was a massive cut and paste job.
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    i accidently wrote deloitte on my ey cover letter...rejected in less than a day! (honestly do they think we sit there and hand type each cover letter to each firm?)
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    ..and the decision is not always that clear i have had my offers for two weeks nad still dont have any idea which to take
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    ahaha i know im keen to find out but not that keen ahahaha
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    speaking of which does anybody know where i could find a list of which of the big four have which clients. been trying to track something down for a while now but have had no success
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    yeah im kpmg (prospective) melb though!
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    I think it will depend a lot on your course/subjects selected. I am doing bach of commerce with accounting and finance major. but im sure you could do a finance major and still get in provided you choose the right prerequisite CA subjects as well as your finance major. I know there is a fairly...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    go to their wesbite and get a bit of an understanding of KPMG. (their values divisions etc). try to show in your interview that you have done research into the company and know whats going on. most of my KPMG interview qs were behavioural so pretty tricky to prepare for. but have answers for...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    It was all in response to PWC and you cant blame the other firms. They dont want to miss out on the best talent. and EY and Deloitte didnt stick to the rules they moved ther closing dates forwards by a few weeks. the mid tiers are the only ones that did stick to the rules and have ultimately...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    with the rolling assessments..i was speaking to an hr person and apparently with previous years there was a code of conduct with ICAA where all firms agreed not to contact people before the cut off dates. anyways at the last minute pwc pulled out of the code of conduct and said they were going...
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    Big 4 Accounting Firms Internships 2008

    argh! damn i was so close to signing the KPMG contract today and now i have doubts again (i have offers from both them and KPMG) all the same glad you mentioned it cos i havent had any office tours ps deloitte are moving into new offices mid next year aswell
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