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July 3, 2008
An Old Fashioned Layoff
In announcing a decision to lay off 7 percent of its work force, Intuit couched the decision of terms of realigning its business to support what it called Connected Services.
July 2, 2008
New SEC Commissioners Have Their Hands Full
The three new members of the Securities and Exchange Commissioners who have just been approved by the Senate will have to hit the ground running to cope with a multitude of unfinished business.
July 1, 2008
Career Manager: A New Position at Your Firm
As firms are increasingly focusing on practice development and management, professionals at these firms are actively focusing on their career development and management.
June 30, 2008
The Wizard of Westwood and Succession Planning
One of legendary basketball coach John Wooden's basic tenets of success was an axiom he quoted almost daily to his players, or for that matter, anyone who wanted to listen and learn.
June 27, 2008
It's a Different World Today
I just returned from a three-day trip to my undergraduate university and my 50th reunion. Yes, you read that right. Fifty years. Okay, so I started college at 10.
June 26, 2008
Document Management--Moving a Reluctant Market
"How many of your firms have document management systems?"
June 25, 2008
Olympian Helps with Long-Term Care Planning
Olympic gold medalist Wendy Lansbach Boglioli gave a thought-provoking talk last week at the New York State Society of CPAs' Personal Financial Planning and Eldercare Conference about the importance of long-term care insurance.
June 24, 2008
Voting for a Two-Question Survey
I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of surveys. REMINDER: Time to submit an entry for Practical Accountant's Practice Innovation Award is running out.
June 23, 2008
Technica Rasa
In life, there are certain combinations that don't quite align. A black tuxedo and brown shoes, government and fiscal efficiency, and, yours truly and anything technology.
June 20, 2008
How Well Are We Handling Our 401(k)s?
Try this on for size. A new study shows that of some one million 401(k) portfolios, some 69 percent of participants have portfolios with inappropriate risk or diversification, 36 percent hold high concentrations of company stock, and 33 percent fail to contribute enough to receive the full company match.
June 19, 2008
What Happens in Vegas
Conferences set in Vegas aren't all business. Anyone attending an accounting event out in Sin City can attest to seeing someone slip away from a session to ogle the never-ending entertainment easing out of all corners of The Strip.
June 18, 2008
Timing Will Be Everything in IFRS Adoption
The SEC is coming under increasing pressure to decide on what date it will start requiring accounting firms to file financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
June 17, 2008
Chock Full of Information
The Research Claims Audit Techniques Guide: Credit for Increasing Research Activities Section 41 is a great roadmap for practitioners of what to expect on an audit.
June 16, 2008
A "Health"-y Skepticism
Barack Obama's groundbreaking win as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, for me at least, stirred up images of the classic 1972 film, "The Candidate."
June 13, 2008
Call for Nominations
Yep, it's that time of the year again!
June 12, 2008
A Different Job Problem
The anguish over staffing has been a constant in the last few years. But what happens if the economy gives us a new problem?
June 11, 2008
International Standards Await SEC Appointments
The timeline for adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in the United States faces several hurdles, including the long-delayed appointment of several SEC commissioners.
June 10, 2008
The "Accounting Firm Experience"
Because of where technology is taking us and its growing customer/client influence and impact, the "accounting firm experience" will ultimately determine client and staff retention and the acquisition of new staff and clients.
June 9, 2008
Sticky Fingers
The arrival of the Memorial Day weekend meant, for me, the opportunity to try out my gleaming new grill on several half-inch-thick porterhouse steaks, and, more importantly as you'll read, the opening of our town pool.
June 6, 2008
Long Term Care Costs Increasing Dramatically
The most comprehensive cost analysis in long term care in the industry and the only one that provides comprehensive data for the past five years was released by Genworth Financial.
June 5, 2008
It's the Economy, Stupid
Six hundred bucks won't pull people out of debt, but their accountants could help steer them in the right direction.
June 4, 2008
Say So Long to Tax-Free Web Shopping
Buying goods over the Internet without paying sales tax is becoming a thing of the past.
June 3, 2008
What's Web 2.0? What Will Web 3.0 Be?
I am constantly amazed and intrigued by what is being done via the Internet.
June 2, 2008
No Cost to Taxpayers? Not!
In the early 1980s I was watching an episode of "To Tell the Truth," the game show where a panel of celebrities was charged with identifying the real guest amongst three imposters.
May 30, 2008
Non-Traditional Families Face Retirement, Too
The MetLife Mature Market Institute has available to consumers, especially those who are not in "traditional families," some tips on how to make the right choices in preparing for retirement, notwithstanding the challenges they face.
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