April 17, 2007

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> CONGRATULATIONS ON (almost) COMPLETING ANOTHER TAX SEASON!

Tax season officially ends at the end of the day today….soon you can take a deep breath, relax, and begin work on those extensions.  Congratulations!

 

> LAST CHANCE!  Register today for the MSCPA Legislative Visit—May 2!

Join your fellow CPAs for the next CPA Legislative Visit on Wednesday, May 2 in Jefferson City!  Here’s your chance to network and influence Missouri lawmakers about the issues that are important to the CPA profession.  There are a number of relevant bills this session that MSCPA members are watching!  Come learn more about them and what you can do about it!

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.

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

 

> BRAND NEW!

AICPA Business Solutions Workshop: Delivering on Your Trusted Advisor Status”
Attend this newly offered course on June 18, where you'll learn practical tools, techniques and skills for strategic client planning, so you can return to the office with a concrete action plan to enhance your practice.  Through solution-driven sessions, you'll learn how to translate the issues clients face into opportunities for consulting with them — by hearing first-hand why some clients switch firms and what they're looking for from a CPA.
https://www.cpa2biz.com/CS2000/Products/CPA2BIZ/Conferences/
Delivering+on+Your+Trusted+Advisor+Status+Missouri.htm

 

> College Graduate Job Outlook, Pay Stronger This Year

The St. Louis Business Journal reports that more than a million college seniors are preparing to enter the real world this spring -- and their prospects are remarkably good.  Accounting ranks as the number one in demand profession (see page two of the article).

http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/50.html

 

> E-filing More Costly for Most U.S. Corporations

As reported by AccountingWeb, U.S. companies required to e-file are spending more time and money on compliance than before the electronic process was made mandatory, a new survey conducted by Deloitte Tax LLP has found.

http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=103391&d=815&h=817&f=816&dateformat=
%B%20%e,%20%Y

 

> PCAOB Proposes New Auditing Standard and Amendments Relating to Consistency and the Hierarchy of GAAP

The PCAOB proposed for public comment an auditing standard, Evaluating Consistency of Financial Statements, and a concept release concerning Rule 3523, Tax Services for Persons in Financial Reporting Oversight Roles.

http://www.pcaobus.org/News_and_Events/News/2007/04-03.aspx

 

> Everyone Hates The AMT, But Fix Will Be Costly

MSNBC reports that while everyone agrees that something needs to be done to “fix” the alternative minimum tax, there’s little agreement on how to go about it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18139350/

 

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This Week's Headlines 

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CPE 2007

For CPAs in Public Practice

All courses are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise noted.

 

Seminars:

Trends in Corporate Financial Planning—Beyond Traditional Budgeting

May 9, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Profit Improvement—10 Tips for a Better Bottom Line & Corporate Ethics Update

May 10, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Finding the Sweet Spot

May 11, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Audits of 401(k) Plans

June 4, 2007—Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Implementing Fin 48 Now! Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes

June 4, 2007—St. Louis, MO

Time: 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Time: 12:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

 

June 5, 2007—Kansas City, MO

Time: 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Time: 12:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

 

MSCPA Summer Tax Institute

June 6, 2007—Kansas City, MO

June 7, 2007—Springfield, MO

 

Advanced Consulting for CPAs—Enhancing and Expanding Your Client Relationships

June 6, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Exempt Organizations -- Qualifying and Maintaining §501(c) Organizations

June 7, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Exempt Organizations Taxation—Planning Primer for Form 990

June 8, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Conferences:

 

Governmental Accounting Conference

May 1-2, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

13 CPE Credit Hours

 

School Audit Conference

May 14, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

 

Small Firms Conference

May 22, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

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Technology Tip of the Week

Provided by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee

In Excel, Printing Comments

Not only are comments handy when you are displaying your worksheet, but you can also print them out for a permanent record. Excel provides two ways to print comments.

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