Your Future Is Already Here
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One of the profession's top seers predicts vast changes in the way CPAs work. What are you doing to prepare yourself and your organization?
Published on January 28, 2011
Accounting for Financial Instruments
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The future of accounting for financial instruments is set for significant changes. But rather than tackle the issue collectively, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board...
Published on January 28, 2011
The CPA Career of the Future
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The firm of the future is already here. Technology is reshaping workflows, roles, responsibilities, and how we form and maintain professional relationships. How will it affect your career
Published on January 28, 2011
Payments for Future Remediation Expenses Are Not Insurance Premiums
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...Editor: Joel E. Ackerman, CPA, MST The IRS ruled in Rev. Rul. 2007-47 that payments to an insurance company to cover future capped costs were not insurance payments for tax purposes. The "premium" was an amount equal to the present value of estimated f
Published on April 19, 2010
IRS Workforce Initiative
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To prepare for the future, the IRS has established a Workforce of Tomorrow task force, with six areas of focus
Published on January 28, 2011
AICPA News Update Vol. 14 No. 42
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Free Webcast Explores the Future of Management Accounting and the New CGMA Credential
Published on October 07, 2011
The Firm of the Future Can Be Your Firm Today!
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CPA firms are trying to figure out how to do more with less while at the same time continuing to be competitive and profitable. These demands require that firms increase the productivity, efficiency and collaboration of their workforce. Three of the areas in which firms can focus their attention to
Published on January 28, 2011
Textron A Still Uncertain Future for Tax Accrual Workpapers
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A significant case focusing on application of the work-product doctrine to tax accrual workpapers is Textron Inc., 507 F. Supp. 2d 138 (D.R.I. 2007). As litigation on this question enters its fourth year, it remains unclear to what extent the work-product doctrine protects tax accrual workpapers and how to effectively
Published on January 28, 2011
AICPA News Update Vol. 14 No. 23
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Take Action Now to Change the Future of Private Company Financial Reporting
Published on June 29, 2011
Disposing of an Activity to Release Suspended Passive Losses
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Unused PALs are suspended and carried forward to future years until the taxpayer (1) disposes of the particular activity that generated the losses, (2) generates net passive activity income in the case of a personal service corporation, or...
Published on May 21, 2010
Is Continuous Monitoring in Your Future
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As a result of the financial crisis and ongoing economic uncertainty, a lot is being written and talked about on the subject of corporate governance, risk and compliance (GRC). Much of this stems from the concern that corporate GRC structures failed to assure that organizations were ready to identify and
Published on January 28, 2011
IRS Enforcement Activities Past, Present, and Future
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This article reviews IRS enforcement activities since 1997 that relate to individual taxpayers.
Published on May 10, 2010
AICPA Career Insider - November 18
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...The CPA Career of the Future Looking for a New Job or Thinking About a Change? Wellness Plans for the Discerning Accounting Firm
Published on February 03, 2011
Retirement Plan Strategies After the Financial Crisis
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There remains a sense of financial uncertainty, which makes it harder to plan for the future, yet it’s now more important than ever to develop a proactive retirement strategy
Published on January 28, 2011
Retaining and Developing Diverse Talent
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...for all of our top talent. If left to chance, the relationships will most likely not be in place for the individuals who represent a critical part of our future because they represent something different. Targeted Advocacy Programs are not difficult to implement. The
Published on March 21, 2011