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Inside Views
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Last-Minute Business-Planning Tips
November 20, 2009Its getting near the end of the year, and tis the season to be compiling lists.
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The Staying Power of ERM in Internal Auditing
November 19, 2009Many may feel that enterprise risk management is a passing fad, but evidence shows otherwise.
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Tips from the SEC on Avoiding Trouble
November 18, 2009Wayne Carnall, the chief accountant in the SECs Division of Corporate Finance, had some good advice to dispense to corporate accountants on keeping out of hot water with his department.
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Hold Your Partners Accountable
November 17, 2009Managing an accounting firm is not easy for a number of reasons, not only because of the nature of ownership, but also because partners do not usually commit to allowing themselves to be managed.
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A Federal Board is Unsafe At Any Speed
November 16, 2009Proposal To Create Standard Overseer Needs to be Tabled Immediately
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Playing Hide and Seek with the Estate Tax
November 13, 2009Although I wasnt born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and I would have to get very lucky very soon to be concerned with the estate tax rate, it has always seemed an unfair proposition to tax a person or business when it is most vulnerable.
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Does Transparency Work?
November 12, 2009Persuading businesses to provide better transparency in their financial reports when it works against their interests has serious limitations.
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From Financial Crisis to Financial Recovery
November 11, 2009If you look closely at our home page, you might notice a subtle change at the top of our channel selections.
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Living the Case Method
November 10, 2009Over my four years working at the CPA and advisory firm Berdon LLP, my friends and family have often asked whether or not I plan to someday apply to business school to earn an MBA.
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An Alternative Approach to Regulating Tax Preparers
November 6, 2009A letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman may hold the key to the shape of the recommendations to be proposed before the end of the year on tax preparer registration.
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Marketing and Selling Must Be a Process
November 5, 2009In my travels around the country one of the objections I hear most often from managing partners about the effectiveness of marketing is, How do I determine the return on investment on my marketing/sales expenditures?
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IRS High-Income Audits Could Bring in More Clients
November 4, 2009The IRSs plans to create a new unit to examine high-income taxpayers with complex offshore tax structures could prove to be a boon to both accounting firms and tax attorneys.
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Taking a Targeted Approach to Social Networking
November 3, 2009On a personal level, social media offers an easy-to-use platform to share information and connect with friends.
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A Better Answer
October 30, 2009The creation of a super agency to regulate banks is a beguilingly simple idea.
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Social Media: Influence or Control?
October 29, 2009Accounting firms are not exempt from the influence of social networking and social media.
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IRS Steps Up Enforcement on the Rich
October 28, 2009IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman had some news for CPAs gathered to hear him speak at an AICPA conference on Monday: high-income individuals are going to be in the agencys cross-hairs now.
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Afghans Study Accounting During Wartime
October 27, 2009Studying for a professional accountancy qualification is usually enough of a challenge for most people.
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Patently Indefensible
October 23, 2009If someone said to me a decade ago that the ideas that tax planners use, some on a daily basis, might be violating a patent, I would have dismissed it as crazy talk.
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Out with the Old, In with the New
October 22, 2009Recent conversations in the nonprofit world increasingly surround 'good governance' within nonprofit organizations.
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Homebuyer Tax Credit Claims Lead to Fraud Probe
October 21, 2009The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit program may have helped boost the sagging housing market this year, but it also seems to have encouraged a lot of fraudulent activity.
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The 1 Percent Advantage
October 20, 2009Every firm is looking for a competitive advantage in today's markets.
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Carried Interest Reform: Not So Fast
October 16, 2009For those who question the relationship between shortsighted tax policy and the economy, consider the possible consequences of taxing carried interest.
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Investing During a Non-Normal Market Environment
October 15, 2009Probably the most critical goal of professional portfolio management is to allocate client assets in such a manner as to achieve appropriate diversification.
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Supreme Court to Hear Former Enron CEOs Appeal
October 14, 2009The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the appeal of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling whose company perpetrated one of the largest accounting frauds in history.
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What Do Your Clients Really Think of You?
October 13, 2009Do you really know what your clients think of your firm, staff and services?
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Whats Ahead for LIFO?
October 9, 2009There continue to be rumblings that Congress may repeal the LIFO accounting method for inventory.
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Editors' Picks
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Broker-dealers weather the crisis
What they did - and what they're doing differently
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Rangel Plans to Renew Expiring Tax Breaks
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., intends to introduce legislation next month that would keep a variety of tax breaks from expiring before the end of the year.
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LAUNCHING A PRACTICE: Removing the Barriers to Entry
CPAs are brilliantly positioned to become successful and profitable wealth managers, yet they often face barriers that, without proper planning, can keep them from taking the necessary steps to create an additional profit center.
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