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Accounting Firms Cope with Marketing Challenges

Accountants are finding a variety of ways to bring their firms to the attention of the public.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 07:44AM | Comments (0)

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How to Be a Hero to Clients

Barry Schimel, CPA, gave some thought-provoking tips on how to stay in clients’ good graces during a keynote address this morning at Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting’s user conference in Orlando.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 10:25AM | Comments (0)

Watch Out for Payroll Scams

Payroll can be a profitable sideline for accountants, but it can also entail risks, including phony payroll bureaus.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 06:15PM | Comments (1)

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Thomson Reuters to Offer iPhone Access

Jon Baron, president of professional software and services at Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business, showed a prototype of some iPhone applications that the company is preparing.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 10:36AM | Comments (0)

Who Should Get Fannie Mae’s Tax Credits?

Now that Warren Buffett has joined Goldman Sachs in a bid for $3 billion worth of tax credits from the government-seized mortgage holder Fannie Mae, there seems to be a new twist on the definition of “troubled assets.”

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 05:08PM | Comments (0)

Weaver and Tidwell Rebrands as Weaver

Fort Worth, Texas-based accounting firm Weaver and Tidwell is now dubbed just plain Weaver in a new branding campaign that includes a new logo and a shortened brand name.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 04:42PM | Comments (0)

Shared Responsibility in Audits

Taking responsibility for audits has turned out to be an increasingly thorny issue.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 06:17PM | Comments (0)

IFRS Roadmap in Temporary Holding Pattern

Whether or not the SEC commissioners move to adopt the proposed roadmap, or substantially change it, the message seems clear: the U.S. and international accounting standard-setters are going to aim for June 2011 as the “date certain” for convergence.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 05:14PM | Comments (0)

Accounting Standard-Setters Will Get Much Chummier

The news that the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are going to meet on a monthly basis from now on to work out their differences is likely to mean that the U.S. will play an even more dominant role in setting the pace of international standardization.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 06:54PM | Comments (0)

Warning Signs of a Merger Deal Gone Bad

Getting a handwritten note that says, “Keep quiet, the walls have ears,” in the midst of a merger discussion is one warning sign that a pending merger deal may be a bad idea.

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Posted by Michael Cohn at 04:06PM | Comments (0)