September 4, 2007

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 FULFILL YOUR ETHICS REQUIREMENT!
It’s fast, simple, and inexpensive!

Here’s your chance to purchase the self-study CD titled Missouri Ethics: Non-Attest Services, Integrity, and Objectivity. Missouri CPAs are required to take two hours of ethics CPE every year. This course will not only fulfill that requirement, but it will also provide you with lively training on emerging and important issues in professional ethics.

Special MSCPA member price—only $65!

http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22302.aspx

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> COMMITTEE DAY IS IN THREE WEEKS!

Calling all MSCPA Committee Members!  The next meeting for MSCPA Committees will be Friday, September 21 in Columbia.  Register now to meet with your committee and develop programs that benefit your niche area. 

http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22388.aspx

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> Join Your Fellow CPAs at the Upcoming Small Firm Networking Roundtables!

Nearly 100 small firm practitioners from across the state have gathered at the first three MSCPA Small Firm Networking Roundtables!  These roundtables provide a forum for participants to discuss pressing issues, such as staffing, collaboration among firms, technology, and work-life balance. 

 

REGISTER NOW for the upcoming Small Firm Networking Roundtables!

 

Friday, November 9, 2007 in Springfield, MO

Friday, January 11, 2008 in St. Louis, MO

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Kansas City, MO

 

SPECIAL DEAL! REGISTER FOR ALL THREE ROUNDTABLES FOR ONLY $200!! 

For more information, call Holly Moriarity at 800.264.7966.

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> New Law Gives Revenue Department Authority to Publish Names of Businesses with Revoked Sales Tax Licenses
Effective August 28, 2007, Senate Bill 30 gives the Missouri Department of Revenue authority to publish the name of any business which has a revoked sales tax license.  A sales tax license may be revoked for either failing to remit sales tax collected from customers or for failing to remit income tax withheld from employees.
http://dor.mo.gov/news/2007/EElluEkZ.htm

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> Corporate E-filing Up as Deadline Approaches
As the Sept. 17 deadline approaches for calendar year filers of corporate returns who filed for extensions, the IRS urged certain corporate filers to be aware of their obligation to file electronically.

http://accounting.smartpros.com/x58861.xml

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> Study Finds 54 Percent of Accounting Students Cheat

More than half of undergraduate accounting students admitted to cheating, a proportion roughly comparable to that of other business majors, according to WebCPA.

http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=25235

 

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How to: Buy a VoIP System
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, Not Big Headaches
Can Small Business Count on VoIP?
Analyzing with Excel
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Time Is Money
Your Memory in a Flash
Productivity in Practice: California Snow

 


CPE 2007

For CPAs in
Public Practice

All courses are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise noted.

 

Seminars:

Fraud in the Governmental &
Not-for-Profit Environments:
What a Steal!

Monday, October 15, 2007

2007 Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards
Monday, October 15, 2007

Clever Cases on Current Complexities Confronting Governments & Not-for-Profits
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Physician Finances
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Solving Complex Single Audit
Issues for Government and
Nonprofit Organizations

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Governmental & Nonprofit
Annual Update

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

2007 Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Personal Financial Planning Conf.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Strategic Banking Relationships:
The Accounting Professional's Guide

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Frequent Frauds Found in Governments and Not-For-Profits
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Increasing Your Marketing Success: How to Promote Your Firm & Services from Within
Thursday, October 18, 2007

AICPA's Federal Tax Update
Thursday, October 18, 2007

College Financial Planning at
Any Income Level

Friday, October 19, 2007

Tax Deferred Exchanges Under Section 1031
Friday, October 19, 2007

Advising and Consulting to the
Small Business

Friday, October 19, 2007

Real World Business Ethics: How Will You React?
Monday, October 22, 2007

MSCPA Fall Tax Institute
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007


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LAST CHANCE CLASSES!
This is your last chance to attend these innovative courses

Auditing Nonprofits – Tips & Traps

September 10, 2007 - Kansas City  

 

Family & Succession Planning
for the Business Owner

September 11, 2007 - St. Louis

 

Analytical Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations

September 11, 2007 - Kansas City  

 

New Class! 

Internal Control Deficiencies – Assessment & Reporting Under SAS 112

September 12, 2007- St. Louis
September 13, 2007 - Kansas City  

                                               

Auto Dealers: Special Tax & Accounting Considerations

September 14, 2007- St. Louis

 

Advanced Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries and Advanced 1041 Return Preparation Issues

September 17, 2007- Springfield

 

Construction Contractors Advanced Issues  

September 17, 2007 - Kansas City  

 

New Class! 

Fair Value Accounting – A Critical New Skill for All CPAs

September 17, 2007- St. Louis

Don’t Miss Out!


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Technology Tip of the Week

Provided by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee

In Excel, Change The Widths
Of Multiple Columns

Often we need to adjust multiple columns to the same width.
A worksheet with 12 monthly
columns is a common example.

More...

To view recently archived issues of "Technology Tip of the Week," go to: http://www.mocpa.org/Content/22269.aspx


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