October 9, 2007

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>  MSCPA Exam and Licensure Workshop in Kansas City!

Come learn the ins and outs of the CPA exam and licensure process! This exciting FREE one-hour workshop will give you the knowledge you need to make the process easier. This workshop will help candidates in all stages of licensure, from preparing to sit for the first section of the CPA exam to sending off your paperwork for your CPA license!

 

Date:   Thursday, November 1, 2007

Time:    4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 

Location: University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

REGISTER TODAY!!!!
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>  November Ethics Exam Review Seminars Scheduled!
Attend one of these seminars, complete the ethics exam while you're there, and be home by lunchtime!  These effective seminars are FREE for members!

 

Date:   Saturday, November 10

Time:    8:30a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Location: University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

REGISTER

 

Date:  Saturday, November 17

Time:    8:30a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Doors open at 8:00 a.m.)

Location: MSCPA Learning Center, St. Louis, MO

REGISTER
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>  NEW Online Forum for Young Professionals

The MSCPA just launched a new message board for young professionals.  You can ask questions, glean insight and share best practices with other young CPA members.

 

Discuss the issues that impact your work, such as:

  • Communicating with other generations
  • Promoting the value of the CPA credential to your employers
  • 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 Young Professionals Forum.
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>  MSCPA Young Professionals Poll Results
In the last poll, MSCPA asked you about your favorite form of entertainment.  Your results are as follows:

 

Television                      35%      TIE!

Movies:                         35%

Live theater/concerts:    25%

Reading                                     5%
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>  Accounting Firms Lauded by Working Mother Magazine
The annual Working Mother 100 Best Companies once again lauds accounting firms for their mom-friendly workplace. http://accounting.smartpros.com/x59228.xml
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>  Firms Using Film to Recruit New Accountants
Accounting firms are utilizing technology -- film in particular -- as a tool in their quest to recruit the "YouTube" generation of accountants.

http://accounting.smartpros.com/x59258.xml
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>  Web 2.0: the Future of Collaboration on the Internet

One of the Net's buzzwords of the last year or so is Web 2.0.  This sounds like some sort of high-end Web browser or some illicit software program you can buy from a spammer.  In reality, it's a shorthand way of talking about the immediate future of the Internet, and the specific ways the web has been changing recently.

http://www.youngmoney.com/technology/internet/070205
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Small Businesses Turn to Online Backup
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Technology Update: Fit the Latest IT Trends to Your Firm's Specific Needs
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Behold, the Trends That Will Unchain Us From the Office
Is It Time to Get Gigabit Ethernet?
IT Audits: Five Fearless Strategies for Survival
Add Wireless Access Throughout Your SME
EasySpeak PBX for Small Businesses
E-Security Risks Keep Security Chief Up at Night
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CPE 2007

For Young CPAs

Please note: All courses listed are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise noted.

 

Seminars:

MSCPA Fall Tax Institute

November 19-20, 2007—St. Louis

November 28-29, 2007—Kansas City

December 4-5, 2007—Springfield

 

Fraud & Embezzlement:
Don't Be a Victim!

November 29, 2007—Columbia

November 30, 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

 

Leadership Secrets of Football's
Master Coaches

December 7, 2007—St. Louis

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

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

 

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…

 

 

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“Technology Tip of the Week,” go to:
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