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 > It's Time To Renew Your MSCPA It's been a jam-packed year
for CPAs in MSCPA is hard at work
aggressively promoting the profession to future generations, with the hope
of ensuring a labor force that will be able to lead the profession with
the large number of job vacancies coming as baby boomers retire in
droves. MSCPA's student
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influential student recruitment initiatives in the
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> Learn More About FIN 48! Define what constitutes a tax position
Apply the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold
Measure the largest amount of tax benefit available under FIN 48
MSCPA
offers four-hour courses to help you learn about the details of FIN 48! > Will
FIN 48
Accounting for uncertain tax positions has never been a cut-and-dried
exercise. But now another wrinkle -- this time having to do with state tax authorities --
seems ready to emerge, according to CFO
Magazine. http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/9210668/c_9211482?f=home_todayinfinance&x=1
> FEI Survey:
Management Drives Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Costs Down, But Auditor Fees
Virtually Unchanged Financial
Executives Institute announced the results of its sixth Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance survey, which found that Section 404 compliance cost Corporate
America less in year three of adoption than in each of the first two
years. FEI polled 200 companies to gauge experiences in complying
with Section 404. Responding companies have average revenues of $6.8
billion. http://www.fei.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=_fei&Webcode=ferf_404survey
> PwC Study: Internal Audits
Lack Strategy for Risk Assessment There continues to be a lack
of consistency around the assessment of risk by internal auditors,
according to the third annual study of current issues for the internal
audit profession conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers. http://accounting.smartpros.com/x57724.xml http://www.ded.mo.gov/cgi-bin/dispress.pl?txtpressid=1902
Fifty percent of the CFOs who
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included inability to fit culturally into the organization, the
increasingly stressful demands of the position and lack of current
knowledge related to Sarbanes-Oxley, according to a survey by Right
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> Study: Financial Statement
Fraud Not a Solo Job Rather than being the solo
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but Not Offered by a Third of Employers
Although businesses want new
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by not offering enough resources during their first days on the job.
According to a recent survey, one-third
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CPE 2007 For CPAs in Business and Industry
New Taxwise Strategies for
Closely Held Businesses June
26, 2007--Kansas City, MO FIN 46R Variable Interest
Entity Consolidation Rules--Not Just a Big Company
Issue! June
27, 2007--Kansas City, MO Cash Management--Collect It
Faster, Keep It Longer, Spend It Slower 2006 Pension Protection Act:
Sweeping Retirement Savings June
28, 2007--Kansas City, MO 4
CPE Credit Hours Targeting the Bottom
Line--Taking the Guesswork Out of Financial
Management Taxation of LLCs, LLPs. LPs
and Other Partnerships June
28, 2007--Kansas City, MO 4
CPE Credit Hours What's New & What's Hot in
Small Business Retirement Planning Vehicles How to be an Effective
Corporate Controller July
30, 2007--Kansas City, MO Fringe Benefits &
Compensation Issues Basis Calculations &
Distributions for Pass-Thru Entities--Everything You Need to
Know Conferences: Information Technology Conference June 20,
2007-- ________________________________ Technology Tip of the Week Provided
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