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Gil Manzon

Gil Manzon, Associate Professor, Boston CollegeAssociate Professor
Boston College
Member of the Accounting Council

Gil Manzon is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Masters of Science in Accounting Program at Boston College. He has taught courses in introductory accounting, intermediate accounting, advanced accounting, contemporary accounting topics, financial statement analysis, corporate tax planning and strategy. From this broad teaching experience, as well as from related consulting work, Mr. Manzon has developed expertise in a wide variety of financial reporting and business operations issues in today’s reporting and business environment. His research has focused on corporate tax planning as well as on corporate financial reporting. Mr. Manzon has published articles in journals like Tax Law Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of American Taxation Association, Management International Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Journal of Financial Research. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Sloan School at MIT and the Tuck School at Dartmouth. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1989 - present Associate Professor
Boston College

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Is Western Union Market Share Taking Market Share from Competitors? | 04-24-2008
Author: Gil Manzon, Associate Professor, Boston College

I think the information presented in the article is consistent with Western Union picking up market share from competitors. Despite flat U.S. revenues over 05-07 period and likely near flat revenues from the U.S. in Q108 in part attributable to the Mexican results, Western Union has gained significant...

FIN 48: What it does and what it will do | 02-12-2007
Author: Gil Manzon, Associate Professor, Boston College

FIN 48 potentially throws firms' tax positions into sharp relief.  Relatively modest preemptive actions and changes in internal control can significantly blunt the extent to which firms are subject to undesired disclosure with respect to their tax positions.

If you make me account for it I won’t do it: Consideration of the change in pension accounting | 10-16-2006
Analysis of: FASB Statement 158 | www.fasb.org
Author: Gil Manzon, Associate Professor, Boston College

What to be ready for given that publicly traded firms will have to adjust their balance sheets for underfunded / overfunded pension plans ending for years after 12/15/06?  Look into the footnotes of the 05 financial statements.  For some companies, the adjustment will be big and net equity...

What are you doing with my money? | 10-16-2006
Analysis of: Stock Buybacks at 'Unprecedented Level' | www.cfo.com
Author: Gil Manzon, Associate Professor, Boston College

One of the critical issues you need to be clear on with stock buybacks is why is it happening.  The article suggests an attempt to increase EPS.  Maybe.  My first question would be what alternative uses for my money (shareholder talking) do you have? If you're not making me money near...

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