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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 which professional skill you wished
was sharper. Your results are as follows:
Networking
skills 53%
WINNER!
Management
skills 30%
Public
speaking 7%
Writing
7%
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> Annual Report Finds Salaries Rise as Competition
for Skilled Professionals Persists
Starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals are
expected
to increase an average of 4.3 percent in
the coming year, according to
the just-released 2008 Salary Guide from Robert Half International.
Public accountants, financial analysts and internal auditors are projected
to see the largest gains.
http://www.roberthalffinance.com
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> Sizing Up Your Resume
If you're
updating your resume and you've been advised to limit it to one page, you
may want to reconsider this advice.
http://accounting.smartpros.com/x59244.xml
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> The Next 20 Years: Accounting on the future
WebCPA reports on predictions for
the next 20 years in accounting!
If you think quantum change is already happening in the accounting profession,
just wait and see what a number of consultants, practitioners
and society heads have forecast for the future. http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=25608
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Take the weekly
Young
Professionals Poll!
Job Perks
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Young Professional
Profile
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David Smith, CPA, MBA
Employer: Edward W. Smith,
CPA
Location: St.
Louis
Member since: March 2007
What do you
like most about
your
job?
I truly enjoy the variety of my
work. As a CPA in a small public accounting practice, I work with
different issues all year long.
The spring, of course, is tax time.
During the summer and fall I work mainly on audits. The end of the
year is spent on year-end tax
planning issues for certain individual and business clients. On top of that,
I have ongoing accounting, consultation, and business development work all
throughout
the year.
What is your
secret to success?
I have found I am most successful when I demonstrate
confidence with my clients and prospects. People
come to CPAs for their knowledge in
a variety of areas and expect to deal with professionals. Business
owners, as well as individual tax clients are looking for answers and
guidance.
If I don’t know the answer to a particular question, I am honest
about that with my clients, but I
then try to find the answer as soon
as possible.
If you would like to be featured as
one of our profiles, please contact
Liz Peuster at lpeuster@mocpa.org.
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CPE 2007
For Young CPAs
Please note: All courses listed
are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise noted.
Seminars:
Accounting
& Auditing Update
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Controller's
Update: Latest Trends
for Today's Financial Manager
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
AICPA's
Individual Tax Review & Update: Real Applications!
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Analytical
Procedures: Practical Guidance for Small Business Engagements
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Real World
Business Ethics for CPAs in Accounting & Auditing: How Will You React?
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Managing
Outsourcing Activities:
Is It for You?
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Effective
Strategies in Dealing
with the IRS
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Compilation,
Review & Accounting Service Update
December
11, 2007—St. Louis
Advanced
Cases in Compilation, Review & Accounting Services
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Financial
Management: Tools & Techniques to Enhance Profitability
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
AICPA's
Corporate Tax Review & Update: Real World Applications
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Annual
Update for State & Local Governments & Not-for-Profits
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Forensic
Accounting: Uncovering Schemes & Scams
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Ready-Aim-Fire:
Role of Financial Professional in a Competitive Environment
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Innovative
Tax Tips for Small Businesses
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
So That's
How They Do It!
Common Frauds Found in
Government & Not-for-Profits
December
12, 2007—St. Louis
Trends in
Corporate Financial
Planning -- Beyond Traditional Budgeting
December
12, 2007—Kansas City
Profit
Improvement--10 Tips for
a Better Bottom Line & Corporate Ethics Update
December
13, 2007—Kansas City
Current
Ethical Issues for CPAs
(3-5 p.m.)
December
13, 2007—Springfield
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LAST
CHANCE CLASSES!
This
is your last chance to attend these innovative courses
FASB/APB
Update & Review
October
29, 2007—St. Louis
Surgent
McCoy's Comprehensive Guide to Tax Depreciation, Amortization Amortization,
& Property Transactions From Acquisition to Exchange or Disp
October
29, 2007—St. Louis
MSCPA
Fall Tax Institute
October
30-31, 2007—Columbia
Surgent
McCoy's Advanced Individual Income Tax Return Issues
October
30, 2007—St. Louis
The Top
50 Business Tax Bloopers & Blunders & How to
Fix Them
October
31, 2007—St. Louis
Sales
& Use Tax: Guide to
Doing it Right
October
31, 2007—Kansas City
AICPA's
Individual & Corporate Income Tax Workshop by Sid Kess-- One-Day Update
Version
November
1, 2007—Kansas City
General
Ethics Review (3-5 p.m.)
November
2, 2007—Cape Girardeau
Surgent
McCoy's Advanced Critical Tax Issues for S Corporations
November
6, 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, Use the
Scenario toolbar to quickly analyze Excel data
While
Excel's Scenario toolbar can be a powerful analysis tool, clicking through
all the menus needed to set up a scenario is often clumsy and time consuming.
Excel provides a tool that allows you to create a scenario in two steps.
First, you will need to place the tool on your toolbar.
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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Contact
Us
For comments or questions, contact:
Dawn Martin
- dmartin@mocpa.org
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Please include your old e-mail address, new
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Please note: This
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