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MSCPA is planning a CPE conference
specifically for industry members, and they
want your input! Please take two
minutes to complete this short
survey. All members who include their names
will be entered into a raffle for a $25 CPE coupon!! ______________________________________________________________ > NEW Online Forum
for CPAs in The MSCPA just launched a new message
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insight and share best practices with other industry members. Discuss the issues that impact your
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These web-based events use case examples to illustrate and solve
business challenges. In just over one hour, you can gain a greater
understanding of today’s business issues, as well as the ability to
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or contact > Changes to Minimum Wage Law Effective January 1, 2008 Effective
January 1, 2008, and as required by last year’s ballot initiative,
Missourians will see an increase to the minimum wage. Beginning the
first of the year, the state’s minimum hourly wage will increase by 15 cents
from $6.50 to $6.65 per hour.
Complying with new rules always costs companies time
and money. The latest one bugging the brains of finance executives is FIN 48,
which dictates how firms must account for uncertain tax positions. > FEI Asks FASB To Delay
Effective Date of FAS 157 By One Year In a
comment letter filed Oct. 1, 2007, FEI’s
Committee on Corporate Reporting (CCR) and Small Public Company Task Force
(SPCTF) asked the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to delay the effective
date of FAS 157, “Fair Value Measurement,” by one year. > Financial
Restatements Average Seven Weeks The
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CPE 2007
For CPAs in Business and Industry
Seminars:
Auditor's
Risk Assessment Process: Tackling the New Risk Assessment SASs
November 19, 2007—Kansas City
MSCPA Fall Tax Institute
November 28-29, 2007—Kansas City
December 4-5, 2007—Springfield
Small Business Retirement Plan Review: New Roth 401(k)s, Keoghs,
Traditional 401(k)s, IRAs,SEPs, & SIMPLEs
Fraud & Embezzlement: Don't Be a Victim!
The Top 50 Bloopers & Blunders & How to Fix Them: Estate
Planning & Administration
December 3, 2007—Columbia
Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts
The Best Estate-Planning Update Course by Surgent
McCoy
Multistate Income
Tax: Mastering the Complexities
Tax, Health Care & Asset Protection for Aging Clients
Current Ethical Issues for CPAs (3-5 p.m.)
Comparing & Contrasting the Tax Aspects of S Corporations,
Partnerships, C Corporations, Sole Proprietorships, & Limited Liability
Co
How to Explain & Present Financial Information to Non-Accountants
Surgent McCoy's
Guide to Understanding the Key Issues & Preparing S Corporation Tax
Returns
Surgent McCoy's
Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions, & Loss Limitation Issues for
S Corporations, LLCs, & Partnerships
Leadership Secrets of Football's Master Coaches
Surgent McCoy's
Limited Liability Company & Partnership Tax Return Preparation Workshop
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Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards Fraud in
the Governmental & Not-for-Profit Environments: What a Steal! Clever
Cases on Current Complexities Confronting Government & Not-for-Prof
& Not-for-Profits Governmental
& Nonprofit Annual Update Frequent
Frauds Found in Governments and Not-For-Profits Increasing
Your Marketing Success: How to Promote Your Firm & Services from Within Advising
and Consulting to the Small Business College
Financial Planning at Any Income Level Real
World Business Ethics: How Will You React? AICPA's Annual Business Law Update MSCPA
Fall Tax Institute October
23, 2007—Cape Girardeau Don’t
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