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Join your
fellow CPAs for the next CPA Legislative Visit on Wednesday, May 2 in http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22366.aspx > 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. COMPLIMENTARY! LUNCH PROVIDED! http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22190.aspx > Congratulations To The
2007 LEAP Scholarship Winners Thanks to
your contributions, more than 55 students will receive financial assistance
as they pursue their dreams of becoming CPAs. Review the list of winners! http://www.mocpa.org/leap/cgscholarships.html > Make Plans to Attend
the Industry Networking Roundtable!! Make
plans to attend the upcoming Industry Networking Roundtable! Take advantage
of this opportunity to meet other CPAs in the industry sector, exchange
ideas, and discuss the challenges you face daily. All roundtables meet from 10:00 a.m .-
2:00 p.m., and lunch is provided. Date: Friday,
May 18, 2007 (Committee Day II) Location: > MSCPA Committee
Day is scheduled for Friday, May 18, 2007! Sign up today and mark
your calendars! Friday, May 18, 2007 > 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! Financial
Literacy League Training Camp: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22316.aspx Financial
Literacy League Champions: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22317.aspx MSCPA
also has many financial literacy resources available: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22331.aspx. > Survey: CPA Execs Optimistic About Business Growth Reversing
a trend of declining optimism over the past three years, CPAs serving as
chief executive officers, chief financial officers and in other executive
financial positions have a favorable view of the economy, according to the
first quarter AICPA 2007 Business and Industry
Economic Outlook Survey. http://www.aicpa.org/download/news/2007/CPA_Exec_Show_Optimism-3-27-06.pdf > Study: Even High-Wage Earners Don't Give To 401(K)S The
challenge that employers face in getting workers to participate in 401(k)
plans isn't limited to young and lower-paid employees. At many large companies,
even some older and high-earning workers fail to enroll in the prevalent
retirement savings program, according to an analysis conducted by Watson
Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm. http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17145 > CEO Confidence Improves, Reports The Conference Board The Chief
Executives' Confidence Measure, which had improved to 50 in the final
quarter of 2006, rose to 53 in the first quarter of 2007, The Conference
Board reports in its latest survey of CEOs. A reading of more than 50 points
reflects more positive than negative responses. > GASB Adds Project to Assist Governments That Choose to Report Performance
Information GASB announced that it has added a project to its current
agenda that could result in suggested guidelines for governments to help them
effectively communicate their accomplishments to the public. http://www.gasb.org/news/nr040607.html > Late in
March, the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced
the state has witnessed a decrease in the number of weeks unemployed workers
claim benefits. The average duration to claim unemployment benefits for
2006 was 14.2 weeks, down from 15.4 in 2005. The national average in
2006 was 15.3 weeks. http://www.dolir.mo.gov/Newsreleases/releases/2007newsreleases/ > Fraud Whistleblowing on the Decline A recent
study uncovered a disturbing trend that fraud whistleblowing
has decreased since passage of the 2002 whistleblower protection in the
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CPE 2007 For CPAs in Business and Industry Seminars: Accounting For Deferred Income
Taxes: SFAS No. 109/FIN48
(Spring Cluster) 4 CPE
Credit Hours New FASB
Developments for Business & Industry (Spring Cluster) 4 CPE
Credit Hours Planning & Budgeting: Mapping
the Company's Future 4 CPE
Credit Hours Real World Business Ethics for
CPAs in Business & Industry: How Will You React? 4 CPE
Credit Hours Cash Flow Statements: Preparation
& Presentation Options 4 CPE
Credit Hours Controller's Update: Latest Trends
for Today's Financial Manager 4 CPE
Credit Hours CPAs Guide to Improving
Communication, Listening & Writing Skills 4 CPE
Credit Hours Revenue Recognition: Getting it
Right 4 CPE
Credit Hours Audits of 401(k) Plans June 4, 2007
- Kansas City, MO Implementing Fin 48 Now!
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes June 4, 2007
- June 5, 2007
- MSCPA Summer Tax Institute June 6, 2007
- Kansas City, MO June 7, 2007
- Springfield, MO Exempt Organizations -- Qualifying
and Maintaining §501(c) Organizations Exempt
Organizations Taxation --
Planning Primer for Form 990 Conferences: Governmental Accounting Conference May 1-2,
2007 -
Columbia, MO 13 CPE Credit Hours School Audit Conference May 14, 2007
- ________________________________ Technology Tip of the Week Provided
by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee In
Excel, Creating Scenarios You already know that Excel provides the ability to play
"what if" with your worksheets. As an adjunct to this capability, Excel
provides the Scenario Manager, which allows you to save different data
scenarios. Using this tool you can save different variables for your sheet
and call them up quickly and easily. To view recently archived issues of
"Technology Tip of the Week," go to: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22269.aspx
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