May 1, 2007

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> Want to Present On CPA Careers At A Local High School?
Register today for this FREE event!

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

 

> LAST CHANCE--NEXT WEEK!

MSCPA Small Firm Networking Roundtables

CPAs from firms across the state will meet next week in Kansas City at the next MSCPA Small Firm Networking Roundtable. At previous events, various ideas and issues ranging from staffing concerns to balancing work and life during tax season were shared and openly discussed among the participants. 

Wednesday, May 9 in Kansas City

http://www.mocpa.org/Public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx?
courseID=07SFNR3

 

> MSCPA Committee Day—IN THREE WEEKS!

Committee Day is scheduled for Friday, May 18, 2007!  Sign up today and mark your calendars! 

Friday, May 18, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Marriott Courtyard
Columbia, MO

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Join an MSCPA Committee

 

> Discounted CCH Resources For MSCPA Members

Save 30 percent on all accounting and tax resources from CCH!  Exclusively for members of MSCPA!
http://www.mocpa.org/Content/benefits.aspx#prof

 

> 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

 

> 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

 

> Exposure Draft - Proposed Revisions to the AICPA Standards for Performing and Reporting on Peer Reviews

The AICPA Peer Review Board has released an exposure draft containing proposed revisions to the AICPA Standards for Performing and Reporting on Peer Reviews and Interpretations to the Standards. 
http://www.aicpa.org/members/div/practmon/Exposure_Draft_
Peer_Review_Revisions.htm

 

> IRS Offers Free Monthly Telephone Seminars

The IRS invites you to attend their one-hour telephone seminars.   Pre-registration is required, but there is no cost.  You can attend from anywhere that you can access a telephone. 

IRS NATIONWIDE PHONE FORUMS

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=158856,00.html

IRS  LOCAL PHONE FORUMS

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=166814,00.html

 

> Accountants' Hourly Rates Increase, Intuit Says

Hourly rates charged by accountants overall are on the rise, according to the maker of financial software QuickBooks and publisher of ProConnection newsletter.

http://accounting.smartpros.com/x57214.xml

 

> SAS #112 Toolkit Available From AICPA’s Practice Management Center

AICPA has developed an online toolkit to help CPAs understand and implement SAS No. 112, which is effective for audits performed on or after Dec. 15, 2006.

http://www.aicpa.org/download/news/2007/SAS_No_112_
Toolkit_Now_Available_on_PCPS_Firm_Practice_Site.pdf

 

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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:

Estate and Financial Planning for Generation X

June 11, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Post Mortem Estate Planning

June 12, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Peer Review: Are You Ready?

June 13, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Advanced Training Course for Reviewers—Current Issues in Practice Monitoring

June 14, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

MSCPA Summer Tax Institute

June 19, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

How to Conduct a Review Under AICPA Practice Monitoring Programs

June 21-22, 2007—St. Louis, MO
16 CPE Credit Hours

 

The Top 50 Bloopers and Blunders and How to Fix Them: Estate Planning and Administration

June 22, 2007—Kansas City, MO

 

Conferences:

 

School Audit Conference

May 14, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

 

Small Firms Conference

May 22, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

Information Technology Conference

June 20, 2007—St. Louis, MO
Agenda
Registration



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Technology Tip of the Week

Provided by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee

In Excel, Using the Report Manager

In Excel, a report is similar to a view. A report is nothing but a stored definition of how you want a workbook printed. Reports are made up of sections, and each section can contain a different worksheet within the workbook and, optionally, a view and scenario for that worksheet.

More...

 

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