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Inside Views
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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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A Primer to Help Small Business CFOs Navigate the Economy
October 8, 2009Despite 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.
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Its Finally Time to Buy Some Toxic Assets
October 7, 2009The 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.
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Overcoming Barriers to E-invoicing
October 6, 2009Make informed decisions to ensure optimization of accounts payable processes.
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Provision as a Process
October 2, 2009Today, more than three years since it was issued, FIN48 remains the bane of many tax departments existence.
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Smart Marketing in 2010
October 1, 2009Generally regarded as recession-proof, the accounting industry has been less affected than others by the recent economic turmoil hitting the U.S. economy.
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FASB and IASB Try to Avoid Divergence
September 30, 2009The 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.
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Fortifying Client Relationships
September 29, 2009Client retention is an essential ingredient of a solid marketing plan.
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AICPA Objects to Burdensome Budget Requirements
September 25, 2009Among the revenue proposals detailed in the administrations fiscal 2010 budget are some provisions that might negatively affect small businesses and tax preparers.
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Editors' Picks
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Full agenda at Council
The road to IFRS, ongoing regulatory reform and sustainability headline AICPA confab
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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 & Accountings user conference in Orlando.
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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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