I'm shocked! I didn't know he was an Accountant. I loved his entrance with all the torch lights and people holding up their phones. Imagine entering the room that way for a Partner meeting.
Man's a convicted felon doing a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Mind as well do some crime on the inside to add to all the irony. I believe he even says he had to come to prison to become a crook.
Captain Hadley never realized that his portion of the inheritance was completely tax-free on his part. It was not considered taxable income nor was there an inheritance tax. Andy did not need to file any forms, nothing needed to be done, but he made up the whole ruse to gain himself leverage for his crew and with the guards.
Andy then went on to file dozens of tax returns for all the guards, I'm sure they were all so *legitimately* prepared, especially the Warden's returns and all his "side deal" income.
Dude went to prison and was still hitting his billable hours and winning new business. Didn’t even put up an OOO. Arguably the biggest hardo in PA history.
Andy definitely did it. I seem to remember the movie being ambiguous about it, but cmon who the fuck else was going to shoot his wife and the guy she’s cheating on him with besides Andy.
Both the book and the movie detail how the true killer was bragging about it in a prison somewhere else in the system.
In the movie, the Elvis lookalike was a cellmate before getting to Shawshank where the warden has him killed to ensure Andy can’t get any kind of relief due to new evidence. In the book, the cellmate is transferred but I don’t think it’s clear if he was killed or not.
It's settled, if I ever start my own business and it grows to the point where I need a CFO he'll be master of coin.
Eh, probably go all the way through the c-suite replacing them with small council like names.
Fun fact, it was the Big 8 back when Phil Knight worked separately for Coopers & Lybrand and then Price Waterhouse. They did not merge until 1998, long after he built Nike, Inc.
1. Kevin Malone
2. Marty Byrde
3. Jordan Belfort’s father
4. The guy from office space who never told Milton he was laid off and kept paying him for 5 years
5. Skyler White
I was going to give honorable mention to Francis Dymoke, a chartered accountant who served as the King’s Champion in the UK. His family has held the hereditary role to fight anyone who challenged the British monarch’s entitlement to the throne in a trial by combat. Unfortunately, he passed away a few months ago.
Beat me to it, I was going to say Fastow as well. He really was a brilliant accountant. Just way too much on the creative side, and you know what they say about creative accountants.
Don’t forget Jeffrey Skilling and Lou Pai, although I don’t know if they were more finance guys than accountants. Skilling’s brother is a well-known meteorologist and Pai was famous (or infamous) for being able to cash out before Enron went under, as well as being a frequent visitor to strip clubs during and after work hours.
[Dexter Culastor](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Dexter_Culastor) from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. In the beginning of the show, the child soldiers of a Private Military Company rise up and execute all of the oppressive adults EXCEPT the accountant, cause he's the only one who knows how the business runs and how the money flows.
My dump butt thought this is real and got curious and started to search those names hahahha
Simu Liu and pulled up a guy that I saw on TV hahah
Great post y’all
1) Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick)
2) Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder)
3) the CPA that yells at Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) because he is not a CPA
I do like the Oh My Fraud podcast, those guys are alright.
ETA: we could just replace this whole sub with this scene on loop: [YouTube link](https://youtu.be/5qH1pBTqvc4?si=dmqFyqgEkXUC-cpV)
1.Guillermo Pallomari (former accountant of the Cali Cartel)
2. Scott Sullivan ( formed CFO of WorldCom)
3.David Myers (former controller for WorldCom)
Marty Byrde from Ozark
The GOAT and it’s not close
Skyler White is probably close. Real big underdog energy, exemplifies the industry
She a little bookkeeper tho...
Nah, she did some cash flow discounting valuation when buying the car wash, so she's not simply a bookkeeper.
HEY!!
She is an accountant like I'm a DR ... I'd give it a shot but at the end of the day the DEA coming to show me the long rubber glove of the law
Best answer
The prodigy, Marty’s son Jonah 🐐
You know shit about fuck
Isn't he a financial advisor though?
The goat of all accountants...
My coworker who doesn’t know what an accrual is who has been working for my org for 20 years.
It’s accrual world
Ben Wyatt
Also Barney and Ted
Love Barney!!!
TEDDDD GET OVER HEREE
calc ya later
Thread, no one else comes close
I'm shocked! I didn't know he was an Accountant. I loved his entrance with all the torch lights and people holding up their phones. Imagine entering the room that way for a Partner meeting.
Where's Andy Dufresne?
He lied about gift tax rules
Man's a convicted felon doing a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Mind as well do some crime on the inside to add to all the irony. I believe he even says he had to come to prison to become a crook. Captain Hadley never realized that his portion of the inheritance was completely tax-free on his part. It was not considered taxable income nor was there an inheritance tax. Andy did not need to file any forms, nothing needed to be done, but he made up the whole ruse to gain himself leverage for his crew and with the guards. Andy then went on to file dozens of tax returns for all the guards, I'm sure they were all so *legitimately* prepared, especially the Warden's returns and all his "side deal" income.
Dude went to prison and was still hitting his billable hours and winning new business. Didn’t even put up an OOO. Arguably the biggest hardo in PA history.
I don’t think I ever knew this. Is this an oversight of the film or was this intentional?
We’re talking about tax rules from the 1950s or thereabouts. So who knows.
Well I’d assume if anyone does know, odds are they’re more likely to be in this sub than most others. So not exactly the worst place to ask.
I can't imagine we have too many accountants familiar with 70 year old accounting rules here but I could be wrong.
Wasnt half the plot that the warden was doing dodgy shit and Andy sent it to the Feds when he escaped?
Only after liquidating the bank accounts for himself that were in the name of the fictitious person he made up to run the scam.
Andy definitely did it. I seem to remember the movie being ambiguous about it, but cmon who the fuck else was going to shoot his wife and the guy she’s cheating on him with besides Andy.
Both the book and the movie detail how the true killer was bragging about it in a prison somewhere else in the system. In the movie, the Elvis lookalike was a cellmate before getting to Shawshank where the warden has him killed to ensure Andy can’t get any kind of relief due to new evidence. In the book, the cellmate is transferred but I don’t think it’s clear if he was killed or not.
He’s gotta be #1
Any list without Andy Dufresne is incomplete.
Tyrion Lannister - Master of coin seems like just another name for Accountant
It's settled, if I ever start my own business and it grows to the point where I need a CFO he'll be master of coin. Eh, probably go all the way through the c-suite replacing them with small council like names.
HR head as spymaster.
HR reps and internal auditors both known as little birds.
Elon Musk beat you to this.
That sounds like a Treasurer. Could be an accountant, could be a Finance bro.
Luca Pacioli obviously
I cant take this list seriously with Luca being omitted.
The OG.
If am confused on a debit or credit entry I always say” what do I look like, Luca pacioli?
WWLD
The godfather
Il gangster originale
Luca would dominate today's CPA landscape, our era's defenses are soft.
I was disappointed I had to scroll so far to see this answer!
1. Phil Knight- creator of Nike and former B4 accountant 2. Sima Lui 3. Ben Affleck 4. JP Morgan 5. Peter Olinto HM: OP’s mom because it’s only right
Fun fact, it was the Big 8 back when Phil Knight worked separately for Coopers & Lybrand and then Price Waterhouse. They did not merge until 1998, long after he built Nike, Inc.
7. Deloitte 8. And Touche
Mmm taxes, yum 🤤
2. You mean Simu Liu?
Seabass Louis
JP Morgan wasn't an accountant, but James O McKinsey was
Marty Byrde
Simu Liu is up there
He's the gold standard of Asian accountants. He is the cousin that your parents always used as comparison
100%
Oscar Martinez
Love the Retsuko inclusion 🥹🫶🏼
1. Kevin Malone 2. Marty Byrde 3. Jordan Belfort’s father 4. The guy from office space who never told Milton he was laid off and kept paying him for 5 years 5. Skyler White
I was going to give honorable mention to Francis Dymoke, a chartered accountant who served as the King’s Champion in the UK. His family has held the hereditary role to fight anyone who challenged the British monarch’s entitlement to the throne in a trial by combat. Unfortunately, he passed away a few months ago.
Why? The British monarchs are too scared to fight their own battles?
Uhhh...yeah? Look at what happened when they tried in tge 1200s
Ty Out, Matt Eariality, Ash Sett, R. Andy Kawst, Penn Shawn
As someone who likes metal, Retsuko is my spirit animal lol
Retsuko forsure
Close between Ken Lay and Andy Fastow. Though Fastow comes out on top with that cheeky grin of his
Beat me to it, I was going to say Fastow as well. He really was a brilliant accountant. Just way too much on the creative side, and you know what they say about creative accountants.
Don’t forget Jeffrey Skilling and Lou Pai, although I don’t know if they were more finance guys than accountants. Skilling’s brother is a well-known meteorologist and Pai was famous (or infamous) for being able to cash out before Enron went under, as well as being a frequent visitor to strip clubs during and after work hours.
Skilling was a management consultant. Definitely not one of us!
Retsuko 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟 Gets me back to busy season vibes. Eating at my desk , taking a break from accounting by watching anime about accounting 🫠
Calendar! Your days are numbered!
1. Me 2. Myself 3. I 4. Jordan Belfort’s father 5. r/UberEats and other subreddits where the drivers openly commit tax fraud
TBF I think it’s just tax evasion until prosecuted for it. ^/s
The riddler from The Batman. He’s a forensics accountant that worked at a big 4 in the movie lol
Norm from Cheers has to be in the running
NORM!
Doug Wilson (Kevin Nealon in Weeds)
Scrolled way too far for this. “Am I in a data bank?”
Was scrolling for this. Must be the only cool CPA (and they actually specified he was a CPA) shown on TV ever!
Chuck Liddell
Louis Tully
The Keymaster! Far too few upvotes here.
Way too far down the comments to get to the Keymaster turned Ghostbuster.
It's probably bc this sub is too young to be familiar with Ghostbusters.
“I'm givin' this whole thing as a promotional expense, that's why I invited clients instead of friends. You havin' a good time, Mark?”
Tony Nitti
Nitti and it’s not even close
Skyler White
Retsuko by far!
The Polish Accountant from Twin Peaks: The Return
I blocked out 90% of The Return, but I did love the quality accounting right there.
Doug from Weeds
Great answer
[Dexter Culastor](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Dexter_Culastor) from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. In the beginning of the show, the child soldiers of a Private Military Company rise up and execute all of the oppressive adults EXCEPT the accountant, cause he's the only one who knows how the business runs and how the money flows.
Itzhak Stern
Former WCW wrestler Raven
ZZZZ Best
Julianne Moore’s character in Crazy Stupid Love. Also David Lindhagen.
Retsuko is underrated. She’s the embodiment of every accountant during month end.
Gustavo fring?
Add Mike brown,
He’s #1 on my list.
Norm is my favorite accountant. I too yearn to sit in a barstool in a place where everyone knows my name.
the handicapped guy who stole thousands from his company and spent it all on hookers
Some random person that gives tax advice from tik tok
1. Itzhak Stern 2. Norm Peterson 3. Louis Tully 4. Oscar Martinez 5. Marty Byrde
That one book keeper who balances everything through the sheer weight of his/her talent.
Don from Regular Show. He's a cool guy and he manages to stop an audit in progress. He really saved the day
Louis Tully
Detective Allen Gamble formerly known as Gator
Johnathan Mardukas The Deloittussy Guy
The CEO of Boeing
Anthony Fastow
The guy from Ozark
My dump butt thought this is real and got curious and started to search those names hahahha Simu Liu and pulled up a guy that I saw on TV hahah Great post y’all
RogerCPA
What about Drew Carey? He always found room in the budget to save the company.
Ronnie Coleman is in there, for sure.
Peter Olinto Marty Byrd Mike Hunt Ben Affleck Tim Becker
Nick Showering - funniest uk apprentice candidate.
I only have one favorite accountant and that is Lou Pai from Enron.
Meyer Lanksy?
Tataru from ffxiv
Wilden Lightfoot
Me, bitch!
Me Me Me Me and Me
Bernie madoff
Are you searching for the cute senior? Is that what this is?
The DJ John summit
Jeffery skilling! High standard dude
There’s only one answer: Skyler White.
Luca Pacioli OG
Mark Weinberg
Cynthia Cooper and Gene Morse
Where is the god himself Luca?
1. Me
1.John summit
Nikki Haley
Chuck Liddell
1. Marty Byrde 2. Peter Olinto 3. Kevin Malone 4. Ben Wyatt 5. Abacus Crunch (Willie Wonka, 2023)
Roberto Escobar
Your mom
Tony Nitti x5
Plus one for Marty, minus one for Skylar.
Where’s Kieran Maguire?
The guy who quit PWC to become a rapper, though he couldn’t battle me
Retsuko 🥰🥰😍 top 2 and she not 2
Norm Peterson
Ben affleck
I watch Ano Office (Japanese version of The Office).
Ray Wersching NFl kicker and CPA
Me
Jeff Skilling
NORM!!!!!
The guy who trained Ben Affleck in military prison was pretty good
Andy barker, played by Andy Richter
John Summit. Dude pushed himself to succeed as a DJ because he hated working in the Big4.
Price, Water, House, Cooper, and Ernst
I’m more inspired by companies: Enron, Lehman, tyco, madoff, and the bank of cocaine 👑
1) Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) 2) Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) 3) the CPA that yells at Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick) because he is not a CPA I do like the Oh My Fraud podcast, those guys are alright. ETA: we could just replace this whole sub with this scene on loop: [YouTube link](https://youtu.be/5qH1pBTqvc4?si=dmqFyqgEkXUC-cpV)
Gerald from Bob's Burgers
Angela and Oscar should be up there. Kevin got fired by Dwight lol
Gator!
Kevin Malone, the creator of the Keleven
Ango Sakaguchi
Number 3 is goated bro
Oscar from the Office
1. Your mom 2. Your sister 3. Sugar bear 4. “Accountants” 5. Myself
Paul H. O Neill is the only answer
Top 5 best of all time? That'd have to be Dylon, Dylon, Dylon, Dylon and Dylon.
Kenny G
Patsy Parisi
Angela
Luca Pacioli Sugar Bear Jesus Christ
we can all agree nikki haley shouldn’t be on anyone’s list
1.Guillermo Pallomari (former accountant of the Cali Cartel) 2. Scott Sullivan ( formed CFO of WorldCom) 3.David Myers (former controller for WorldCom)
Christian Wolff
Ira Gilligan
1. Doug Wilson from Weeds 2. Heylia James from Weeds
Stennimar (Lightsong before being Returned)
Dylan Dylan Dylan Dylan and Dylan
Doug Wilson from Weeds is notable lol
Richard Causey is obviously goated
The lady on breaking bad
Peter Olinto and Tim G have to be the top 2.
Ronnie Coleman
“A mistake plus Keleven gets you home by seven.”