Student Ambassadors: changing minds about accounting one student
at a time.(Members Only)
"You probably don't remember me, but I came to one of
your career presentations last spring," Allen Cline told Maggie
Houston, CPA, accounting professor at Wright State University, on the
first day . . .
CAT and independence: new AICPA exposure draft clarifies
requirements for CPAs providing electronic filing services.(Members
Onl
How does providing electronic filing services of Ohio Commercial
Activity Tax (CAT) returns and payments for my attest clients impact my
independence with respect to those clients?
For CPAs . . .
Save time and brain power with Really Simple Syndication.(Idea
Exchange)
Searching numerous news and business Web sites for the latest
information can cost you hours of otherwise productive work time. By
downloading a Really Simply Syndication (RSS) reader to your . . .
Crystal Faulkner: what public service means to this CPA.(member
profile)(Interview)
Crystal Faulkner doesn't just let things happen, she makes
things happen. While she's busy with her role as managing partner
of Cooney, Faulkner & Stevens, LLC, she still finds time to give
back to . . .
Five great multimedia freebies.(Business Bytes)
I am often asked to suggest software packages that can enhance both
the professional and entertainment aspects of a user's computing
world. While many great software products come to mind, I have . . .
Self-assessment exam.
Catalyst -- November/December, 2006
Earn convenient CPE credit with the Catalyst CPE exam. Answer the
25 required questions based on content in Catalyst: The Leading Edge of
Ohio Business and . . .
Advocacy: the power of "you"; Recent legislative
successes driven by Ohio Society members.(capitol Access)
Advocacy on behalf of the CPA profession may not seem important
until administrative rules, state regulations and federal laws
impact--often negatively--Ohio CPAs' ability to serve their
clients.
. . .
How connecting to your interests builds your own
community.(member connections)
Connecting with other members creates community
One benefit of association membership is connecting with a
community of those who have similar interests. The Ohio Society of CPAs
fast-tracks that . . .
Roadmap to success: Ohio Society Board adopts strategic plan
revisions.
Strategic planning is the bedrock of any successful organization.
Maintaining the relevance of the plan requires diligence and a
commitment to regular review and update. This August, The Ohio . . .
Measuring up: separating good from great.
The Ohio Society of CPAs has been named one of nine
"remarkable associations" in management excellence following a
national study directed by Jim Collins, best-selling author of Built to
Last and . . .
Choosing the right game plan: responding to requests for
information.
CPAs can face a tricky situation when they receive a request for
certain types of information from clients and third parties. How CPAs
should handle such requests--which may or may not be . . .
Paul Glotzer: giving private companies a voice inside
FASB.
FASB's commitment to the needs of private companies is
demonstrated by the addition of a staff position to work with a new
private companies initiative.
Paul Glotzer is a testament to the . . .
Pension Protection Act makes extensive changes to existing
law.
President Bush signed the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 on
Aug. 17, providing extensive changes to existing law and new rules
affecting qualified retirement plans, plan sponsors and . . .
View from the C-suite.
They are the movers and shakers.
Those in the C-suite--the chief executive officer (CEO) and the
chief financial officer (CFO)--guide Ohio's companies and their
place in Ohio's economy.
Manning . . .
More than 12,500 corporations e-filed 2005 tax returns in first
year of new requirement.(Newsflash)
The IRS reports that more than 12,500 of the nation's largest
corporations have electronically filed their 2005 corporate tax returns.
Large corporate taxpayers with $50 million or more in assets . . .
Summing up.(Newsflash)
It's good to be a firm
Headcount increase for firms with $10 million or more in revenue =
5-10 percent
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Increase in income per partner
Firm revenue in millions
More . . .
Survey finds accounting profession in solid
shape.(National)
The CPA profession's revenue growth was 9.7 percent in 2005,
compared to 7 percent in 2004, according to the 2006 Rosenberg
Associates' eighth annual Management of an Accounting Practice
(MAP) . . .
FASB pensions standard released.(National)
The FASB issued a standard that will require employers to fully
recognize the obligations associated with single-employer defined
benefit pension, retiree healthcare and other post-retirement plans . . .
Technical Corrections Act to clean up tax
details.(National)
The Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2006 was introduced in both
houses of Congress in October. The bill will essentially serve to
complete several pieces of already-enacted legislation, . . .
CPAs now exempt from Gramm-Leach-Bliley privacy notification
requirement.(National)
Congress passed legislation that exempts CPAs from the privacy
notification requirement under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act(GLB). The
provision contained in the Financial Services Regulatory Relief . . .
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