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Professional Issues & Trends
This timely, technical e-newsletter is written and distributed when an issue or trend impacting the accounting profession takes center stage or looms on the horizon.
Recent articles
- Stay on Top of Employee Benefit Plan Audits
- Firchard F. Fischer, CPA - Employee benefit plan audits have experienced numerous changes, over the past several years, driven by regulatory bodies such as the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as well as the...
- Is Your Company's Benefit Plan ERISA-Compliant?
- Richard F. Fischer, CPA
During 2011 and 2012, the Department of Labor increased its enforcement of employee benefit plans, both at the plan administrator and at the independent CPA levels. For plan administrators, this means being prepared for...
- Q&A: Certified Information Technology Professional Credential
- Mark Dolson, KPMG LLP, Advisory Manager, KPMG's Financial Management Practice, Management Consulting
Mark, you recently had the opportunity to leverage your certified information technology professional (CITP) credential on a client...
- Don’t Let Your Client’s Problems Become Your Problem
- Have you ever had a client who was always late with materials that you needed to perform your services? Often, they are the ones that are also incredibly demanding, have messy records, and demand low fees. The following is a scenario that may...
- Lost Your Smart Phone? Now What?
- Jeffrey T. McGuire
So much data is stored on phones, laptops, and other electronic devices that a loss can be devastating. FBI statistics indicate that a laptop is lost or stolen every 53 seconds. That is more than 10,000 every week. This...
- Coaches Should Participate Too!
- Douglas P. Hepburn, CPA, PFS, CFP
CPAs are vital to any succession planning team. Many of us can offer long and detailed arguments to clients as to why succession planning is crucial. Too few, however, follow their own coaching and attack...
- Pension Accounting Reform to Expose Funding Shortfalls?
- The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has voted to adopt two new standards: one for governmental pension plans and one for governmental employers. The standards will require state and local governments, for the first time, to report...
- Yellow Book 2011 - A Declaration on Independence
- Yellow Book 2011 - A Declaration on Independence
By Lisa A. Ritter, CPA, CFE Government Auditing Standards – also known as the Yellow Book -- were recently updated for the first time since July 2007. The newest version, referred to as...
- Convergence Drama Causes Uncertainty about Future of Financial Reporting
- Allison Henry, CPA, PICPA vice president - professional & technical standards The accounting industry has been anticipating major changes to financial reporting in the U.S. for many years. The landscape is ever-changing in this unfolding drama of...
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