What spin-off web series of "The Office" was launched in 2006?

The 2006 spin-off web series from “The Office” was “The Accountants.” It consisted of ten short webisodes centered on Dunder Mifflin’s accounting department rather than the show’s usual main characters.

Oscar Martinez, Angela Martin and Kevin Malone investigate a missing $3,000 from the office budget. Their contrasting personalities turn the bookkeeping problem into a comic mystery, while the series expands the world of the Scranton branch through material that did not fit into the broadcast episodes.

NBC announced the webisodes in March 2006. They debuted on NBC.com on July 13, 2006, and the final installment appeared on September 7. The project was directed by Randall Einhorn and written by Michael Schur and Paul Lieberstein.

A common mix-up is calling “The Accountants” a full television spin-off. It was specifically a web series made of short webisodes. Other “Office” web projects followed, including “Kevin’s Loan” and “The Podcast,” but “The Accountants” was the 2006 series.