October 9, 2007

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> WANT A DISCOUNT ON CPE?

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!! 

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> NEW Online Forum for CPAs in Industry!

The MSCPA just launched a new message board for business and industry CPAs!  Users can ask questions, glean insight and share best practices with other industry members.

 

Discuss the issues that impact your work, such as:

  • Recruiting and retaining quality staff members
  • Promoting the value of the CPA credential to industry organizations
  • Utilizing technology to ease workloads

 

To explore the MSCPA message boards, click here. Log in using your last name as your username and member number as your password.  Then click on the Business & Industry Forum.

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> Free Interactive Infocasts!

MSCPA is proud to offer a new benefit specifically for members in business and industry!  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 implement real-time solutions.

 

·         Oct. 18: Financing and Accounting Outsourcing helps you avoid outsourcing pitfalls and
provides a process for selecting and managing an outsourcing provider

·         Nov. 15: Managing Customer Value helps you understand and derive maximum value from
your customers

 

To learn more or to register, click here or contact Holly Moriarity at 800.264.7966!
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> 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.
http://www.dolir.mo.gov
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FIN 48: I Can Get It for You Retail

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.
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/9928996/c_9927612?f=home_todayinfinance&x=1
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> 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.
http://www.financialexecutives.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?site=_fei&webcode=main_detail&key=ba0ed961-31fa-4d9d-835d-f96f0b683b50

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> Financial Restatements Average Seven Weeks

The average filing time between the initial filing of a Form 8-K and the restated financial statements was seven weeks and the median was three weeks, according to a new study.

http://accounting.smartpros.com/x59361.xml
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> Jump In E-filed Corporate Tax Returns Produces Record
The IRS announced that more than 800,000 of the nation’s small businesses and large corporations have electronically filed their tax returns so far this year, a 60 percent increase from last year.

http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=174593,00.html
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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

November 27, 2007—St. Louis

 

MSCPA Fall Tax Institute

November 20, 2007—St. Louis

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

November 26, 2007—Kansas City

 

Fraud & Embezzlement: Don't Be a Victim!

November 29, 2007—Columbia

November 30, 2007—St. Louis

 

The Top 50 Bloopers & Blunders & How to Fix Them: Estate Planning & Administration
December 3, 2007—Columbia

 

Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts

December 3, 2007—St. Louis

 

The Best Estate-Planning Update Course by Surgent McCoy

December 4, 2007—Columbia

 

Multistate Income Tax: Mastering the Complexities

December 4, 2007—Kansas City

December 5, 2007—St. Louis

 

Tax, Health Care & Asset Protection for Aging Clients

December 4, 2007—St. Louis

 

Current Ethical Issues for CPAs (3-5 p.m.)

December 5, 2007—Kansas City

 

Comparing & Contrasting the Tax Aspects of S Corporations, Partnerships, C Corporations, Sole Proprietorships, & Limited Liability Co

December 6, 2007—Kansas City

 

How to Explain & Present Financial Information to Non-Accountants

December 6, 2007—St. Louis

 

Surgent McCoy's Guide to Understanding the Key Issues & Preparing S Corporation Tax Returns

December 6, 2007—St. Louis

 

Surgent McCoy's Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions, & Loss Limitation Issues for S Corporations, LLCs, & Partnerships

December 7, 2007—Kansas City

 

Leadership Secrets of Football's Master Coaches

December 7, 2007—St. Louis

 

Surgent McCoy's Limited Liability Company & Partnership Tax Return Preparation Workshop

December 7, 2007—St. Louis


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LAST CHANCE CLASSES!

This is your last chance to attend these innovative courses

2007 Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards

October 5, 2007—St. Louis

 

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

October 15, 2007—Kansas City

 

Clever Cases on Current Complexities Confronting Government & Not-for-Prof & Not-for-Profits

October 16, 2007—Columbia

 

Governmental & Nonprofit Annual Update
October 17, 2007—Columbia

 

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

 

Increasing Your Marketing Success: How to Promote Your Firm & Services from Within

October 18, 2007—St. Louis

 

Advising and Consulting to the Small Business
October 19, 2007—St. Louis

College Financial Planning at Any Income Level
October 19, 2007—Columbia

 

Real World Business Ethics: How Will You React?

October 22, 2007—Kansas City

 

AICPA's Annual Business Law Update

October 23, 2007—St. Louis

 

MSCPA Fall Tax Institute

October 23, 2007—Cape Girardeau

 

 

Don’t Miss Out!

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Technology Tip of the Week

Provided by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee

In Excel, Add Help Messages To Excel Applications With Data Validation

You don’t need to learn programming to provide help messages for your users. Excel’s Data Validation feature makes it easy to add a help message to any cell in your worksheet.


To move vertically downward within the selected range, press Enter.
More…


To view recently archived issues of “ Technology Tip of the Week,” go to:

http://www.mocpa.org/techtips.html


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