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> MSCPA Announces 2007 Award Winners The
Missouri Society of CPAs proudly presents its outstanding member awards to
three individuals who have made significant contributions in their segment of
the CPA profession. Congratulations
to: Tina Klocke, CPA, Chief Financial Bear, Build-A-Bear Workshops Pat
Reuter, CPA, Vice President of Tax Services, Bank of Dr. Penny
Clayton, CPA, Professor of Accounting, http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22508.aspx > Looking For MSCPA is
proud to announce a new pilot program in This new
partnership with Junior Achievement offers CPAs a chance to present a
special accounting curriculum for high school students. To prepare
you for presenting the curriculum, CPA volunteers are asked to attend a one-time, two-hour training session, which will be
held in the After assessing the success of this partnership in http://www.mocpa.org/Content/21118.aspx > Nominate a 2007 CPA Woman-to-Watch Do you
know someone who has made a unique contribution to the accounting profession? Do you work with an emerging leader
who has created an extraordinary initiative in your company? Do any of your associates mentor other
professionals within your firm or community? Nominate
her today for the “2007 CPA Women-to-Watch Award!” The Missouri
Society of CPAs and The American Institute of CPAs Work/Life and
Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee will present these
prestigious awards during the August 27 Women’s Retreat in St. Louis,
where winners will participate in a panel discussion on strategies for
achieving success in the accounting profession. > TWO EXCELLENT MSCPA CONFERENCES!
Young CPAs Conference, Friday,
August 17 Emerging
leaders in the CPA profession have a great opportunity to swap ideas, meet
their peers, and learn strategies that will help guide their careers
successfully. http://www.mocpa.org/Public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx? Women’s CPA Retreat, Monday,
August 27 With more
50 percent of CPAs being women, there are an increasing number of issues and
strategies that can help women succeed and enjoy long and rewarding careers in
this profession. http://www.mocpa.org/Public/Catalog/CourseDetails.aspx? > Shifting Your Firm’s
Culture: Wet Noodle Or Deliberate Destiny? AccountingWeb reports that if your firm is
humming along with no need for change, congratulations, at least for now. If
your firm has any of the symptoms listed below you may want to consider some
of the best practices applied by firms who have made the transition from
pushing the wet noodle across the table to having their staff and clients
pull them in a new direction. http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=103688 > GASB Proposes Standards for Reporting
Government Derivatives—Proposal Would Make Transactions More
Transparent to Public GASB proposed new standards for how state and local
governments should report their involvement in often complex transactions
known as derivative instruments. The proposal is contained in an Exposure
Draft, Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Derivative Instruments. http://www.gasb.org/news/nr062907.html > IRS Launches Four New “Life Cycles” on IRS.gov
to Help Tax-Exempt Organizations Comply with the Law The IRS
launched four new "Life Cycles" — Web-based information tools
— to help guide tax-exempt organizations through the federal tax rules
and requirements that pertain to them. http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=171990,00.html
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For CPAs in Public Practice All courses are 8 CPE hours unless
otherwise noted. Seminars: Staff Training—Basic 24 CPE
Credit Hours Fringe Benefits & Compensation
Issues Basis Calculations & Distributions
for Pass-Thru Entities—Everything You Need to Know! A Practitioners Guide to Assisting
Clients When Buying or Selling a Business August
7, 2007—Kansas City, MO Determining the Value of a
Business—Purchase, Where Ethics and
Liabilities Cross Paths 8 a.m. -10 a.m. Fulfills 2-Hour
ethics requirement August
9, 2007—Kansas City, MO 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fulfills 2-Hour
ethics requirement Auditing Local Government
Efficiently, Proficiently & Profitably August
13-14, 2007—St. Louis, MO 16 CPE
Credit Hours Lean Accounting & Lean Work
Flow Government Auditing Standards 2007 August
15, 2007—Springfield, MO Techniques for Assessing Internal
Control Staff Training—Semi-Senior August
20-22, 2007—Columbia, MO 24 CPE
Credit Hours Accounting & Auditing Current
Developments (A&A with George & Ray) August
20, 2007—Kansas City, MO Conferences: Investments Conference August
6, 2007— Young CPAs
Conference August 17, 2007— Women’s
Retreat August 27, 2007— __________________________________ Technology Tip of the Week Provided
by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee In
Excel, Maintaining
Formatting when Refreshing PivotTables PivotTables
provide a great way to analyze large amounts of data and pull out the
summarizations that you need. Once you have the PivotTable displaying the
values you need, you can then format the table to make the data
presentable--for a while. You see, when you update the data on which the
PivotTable is based, and then refresh the PivotTable, all your formatting work
may go away. To view recently archived issues of
"Technology Tip of the Week," go to: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22269.aspx
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