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> Announcing the 2007 LEAP Ambassador Training
Sessions!
Are
you thinking about becoming a high school LEAP Ambassador and want to know
what it entails? Are you already a LEAP Ambassador and want to
sharpen up your presentations? Then the LEAP Ambassador Training
Sessions are perfect for you!
Come network with fellow ambassadors and enjoy a full day of
refreshing ambassador presentation information, ways to integrate
financial literacy, as well as a high school teachers' panel
session.
Columbia,
MO
- Friday, May 4
Springfield,
MO
- Thursday, May 10
Kansas
City,
MO -
Friday, May 11
St.
Louis,
MO
- Monday, May 14
COMPLIMENTARY! LUNCH
PROVIDED!
http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22190.aspx
> Need An Intern? MSCPA Can Help You Connect With
The Best Accounting Students In The State!
If you need additional help at your company or firm and you would
like to provide eager and interested students the opportunity to learn
more about the CPA profession, turn to the LEAP Internship Program! MSCPA serves as the clearinghouse
for internships, promoting your internship opportunity through the LEAP
website and LEAP student publications. In addition, MSCPA provides an
employer internship guide and coordinates promoting your posting within
Missouri
colleges and universities!
http://www.mocpa.org/Content/21125.aspx
> MSCPA Committee
Information
Committee Day is scheduled for
Friday, May 18, 2007! Sign up today and mark
it on your calendar!
2007 MSCPA Committee Day
Friday, May 18, 2007
9:30
a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Marriott Courtyard
Columbia, MO
Not Yet A Member Of A MSCPA
Committee?
It's quick and easy to
join! MSCPA committees represent many
facets of the CPA profession, as well as an array of MSCPA operational
functions. And while the time
commitment is minimal; the returns are enormous! You will network with your fellow
CPAs, build business opportunities, and learn about the latest profession
changes. Your ideas and
thoughts are needed--and they will help shape your committee's strategies
and responsibilities.
Join an MSCPA
Committee
> MSCPA Small Firm Networking
Roundtables
Nearly 40 small
firm practitioners from across the state have met in both Columbia and St.
Louis to participate in the first two
MSCPA Small Firm Networking Roundtables. Various ideas and issues
ranging from staffing concerns to balancing work and life during tax
season were shared and openly discussed among the
participants.
Registration is
open for the third Small Firm Networking Roundtable session in Kansas
City on
Wednesday, May 9! Register
today! http://www.mocpa.org/Public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx?courseID=07SFNR3
Mark your
calendar for the upcoming Small Firm Networking
Roundtables!
Friday, November
9, 2007
Friday, January
11, 2008
Wednesday, May
7, 2008
> MSCPA Financial Literacy
League
MSCPA has launched a financial
literacy initiative to improve the financial health of Missourians. The
MSCPA Financial Literacy League is part of a national effort of the CPA
profession to reach out to the community and educate the public on matters
of financial practices that apply to various stages of life.
Check out ways you can be
involved!
MSCPA also has many financial
literacy resources available. http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22331.aspx
> Ask MSCPA
Anything!
What's on your mind?
This is your opportunity to ask MSCPA anything! publicpractice@mocpa.org
>
February Marked Highest Refund Month Ever
for Missouri
With an incredible 99.95 percent of error-free
individual income tax refunds processed in 4 days or less, the Missouri
Department of Revenue issued the highest refund amount ever for one month.
During February, the department refunded over $218 million to Missouri taxpayers.
This week, the department sent out its one-millionth
refund.
http://www.dor.mo.gov/news/2007/EEZupZEu.htm
> IRS Identifies 40 Frivolous
Positions for Taxpayers to Avoid
The IRS issued guidance
identifying dozens of frivolous positions that taxpayers should avoid when
filing their tax returns. The guidance lists 40 positions which have no
basis for validity in existing law or which have been deemed frivolous by
the United States Tax Court or other federal court.
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=168637,00.html
> Missouri MO$T Program Exceeds $1
Billion in Assets
The
State of Missouri announced last week
that MOST, Missouri's 529 college savings plan, has
reached $1 billion in assets under management.
http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/pressroom/MOST1billion.pdf
> Missouri Economy Remains Strong In
Spite of Seasonal Trends
Employment decreased
seasonally in Missouri's metropolitan areas in
January, and unemployment experienced seasonal increases in most areas of
the state. However, labor market data generally show improved conditions
over the past year.
http://www.ded.mo.gov/cgi-bin/dispress.pl?txtpressid=1869
> H&R Block Gets a 'Second
Life'
As
reported by WebCPA, tax prep
giant H&R Block Inc. announced that it has opened up shop in the
online virtual universe known as Second
Life.
http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=23653
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CPE 2007
For CPAs in Public Practice
All courses are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise
noted
Governmental
Accounting Conference (GAS)
May 1-2, 2007
Columbia,
MO
Profit Improvement-10 Tips for a Better Bottom Line & Corporate
Ethics Update (PITTCEUS)
NEW!!!
May 10, 2007
St. Louis, MO
School
Audit Conference (SAS)
May 14,
2007
Columbia, MO
Small
Firms Workshop (MAPW)
May 22,
2007
Columbia, MO
Implementing FIN 48
Now! Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FN48)
HOT
topic!
Four
4-hour sessions!!!
June 4,
2007
St.
Louis
(morning)
St.
Louis
(afternoon)
June 5,
2007
Kansas
City
(morning)
Kansas
City
(afternoon)
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Technology Tip of the Week
Provided
by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee
In
Excel, Making
Revisions
Once
you turn on revision marking, Excel starts tracking your changes. You can
still make changes to your workbooks as you normally do, the only
difference is that Excel pays a bit closer attention to what you are
doing. When you edit a cell, Excel outlines the cell in blue and places a
blue triangle indicator in the upper-left corner of the
cell.
More...
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