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• An Alternative Approach to Regulating Tax Preparers

  November 6, 2009

  A 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.

• Marketing and Selling Must Be a Process

  November 5, 2009

  In 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?”

• IRS High-Income Audits Could Bring in More Clients

  November 4, 2009

  The IRS’s 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.

• Taking a Targeted Approach to Social Networking

  November 3, 2009

  On a personal level, social media offers an easy-to-use platform to share information and connect with friends.

• The Paymaster

  November 2, 2009

  The Unintended Consequences of Regulating Compensation

• A Better Answer

  October 30, 2009

  The creation of a super agency to regulate banks is a beguilingly simple idea.

• Social Media: Influence or Control?

  October 29, 2009

  Accounting firms are not exempt from the influence of social networking and social media.

• IRS Steps Up Enforcement on the Rich

  October 28, 2009

  IRS 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 agency’s cross-hairs now.

• Afghans Study Accounting During Wartime

  October 27, 2009

  Studying for a professional accountancy qualification is usually enough of a challenge for most people.

• Fernando's GAAP

  October 26, 2009

  What Does a Local Pizzeria Have in Common With GE? Nothing!

• Patently Indefensible

  October 23, 2009

  If 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.

• Out with the Old, In with the New

  October 22, 2009

  Recent conversations in the nonprofit world increasingly surround 'good governance' within nonprofit organizations.

• Homebuyer Tax Credit Claims Lead to Fraud Probe

  October 21, 2009

  The 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.

• The 1 Percent Advantage

  October 20, 2009

  Every firm is looking for a competitive advantage in today's markets.

• Funding for Omelets

  October 19, 2009

  Halloween Comes Early Disguised as Another 'Spendulus' Package

• Carried Interest Reform: Not So Fast

  October 16, 2009

  For those who question the relationship between shortsighted tax policy and the economy, consider the possible consequences of taxing carried interest.

• Investing During a Non-Normal Market Environment

  October 15, 2009

  Probably the most critical goal of professional portfolio management is to allocate client assets in such a manner as to achieve appropriate diversification.

• Supreme Court to Hear Former Enron CEO’s Appeal

  October 14, 2009

  The 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.

• What Do Your Clients Really Think of You?

  October 13, 2009

  Do you really know what your clients think of your firm, staff and services?

• What’s Ahead for LIFO?

  October 9, 2009

  There continue to be rumblings that Congress may repeal the LIFO accounting method for inventory.

• A Primer to Help Small Business CFOs Navigate the Economy

  October 8, 2009

  Despite the major challenges the economy has posed for small businesses and their accountants, this difficult period may actually serve the profession well over the long term.

• It’s Finally Time to Buy Some Toxic Assets

  October 7, 2009

  The wheels can sometimes grind slowly at the Treasury Department, and never more so than in getting the program up and running for relieving banks’ balance sheets of mortgage-backed securities and other undesirables.

• Overcoming Barriers to E-invoicing

  October 6, 2009

  Make informed decisions to ensure optimization of accounts payable processes.

• Just the Biggest, Not the Best

  October 5, 2009

  Don't Give The Fed More Power!

• Provision as a Process

  October 2, 2009

  Today, more than three years since it was issued, FIN48 remains the bane of many tax departments’ existence.

• Smart Marketing in 2010

  October 1, 2009

  Generally regarded as recession-proof, the accounting industry has been less affected than others by the recent economic turmoil hitting the U.S. economy.

• FASB and IASB Try to Avoid Divergence

  September 30, 2009

  The Financial Accounting Standards Board and its global counterpart, the International Accounting Standards Board, hope to stay in lockstep on standards, but oftentimes it's not so easy.

• Fortifying Client Relationships

  September 29, 2009

  Client retention is an essential ingredient of a solid marketing plan.

• Introducing the Non-Tax, Tax

  September 28, 2009

  Prez Declares Levy Not Really a Tax

• AICPA Objects to ‘Burdensome’ Budget Requirements

  September 25, 2009

  Among the revenue proposals detailed in the administration’s fiscal 2010 budget are some provisions that might negatively affect small businesses and tax preparers.