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Inside Views

• Last-Minute Business-Planning Tips

  November 20, 2009

  It’s getting near the end of the year, and ’tis the season to be compiling lists.

• The Staying Power of ERM in Internal Auditing

  November 19, 2009

  Many may feel that enterprise risk management is a passing fad, but evidence shows otherwise.

• Tips from the SEC on Avoiding Trouble

  November 18, 2009

  Wayne Carnall, the chief accountant in the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance, had some good advice to dispense to corporate accountants on keeping out of hot water with his department.

• Hold Your Partners Accountable

  November 17, 2009

  Managing 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.

• A Federal Board is Unsafe At Any Speed

  November 16, 2009

  Proposal To Create Standard Overseer Needs to be Tabled Immediately

• Playing Hide and Seek with the Estate Tax

  November 13, 2009

  Although I wasn’t 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.

• Does Transparency Work?

  November 12, 2009

  Persuading businesses to provide better transparency in their financial reports when it works against their interests has serious limitations.

• From Financial Crisis to Financial Recovery

  November 11, 2009

  If you look closely at our home page, you might notice a subtle change at the top of our channel selections.

• Living the Case Method

  November 10, 2009

  Over 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.

• Low-end Euthanasia

  November 9, 2009

  Microsoft Mercifully Pulls the Plug

• 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.