Education & Careers news March 2007

Workplace Fitness

10 Tips for Balancing Work & Life

As today’s workforce deals with an ongoing struggle to find the right work/life balance. Crowe Chizek and Company LLC is attempting to address this issue through one element of its Women Into Leadership (WIL) program. At a recent event, Crowe personnel discussed what tactics work in their lives. From this, Crowe has compiled the following 10 tips to help other people find their appropriate work/life balance.
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Tax

IRS Extends Tip Income Program

The IRS has extended the 2007 deadline until June 30 for restaurant or beverage businesses to elect to participate in the Attributed Tip Income Program.The extension is in response to requests from restaurant and beverage industry members and is only applicable for the 2007 calendar year.Normally, eligible establishments must elect to participate in ATIP by Feb.
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Education & Careers

New Senate Democrats Reveal Tax Priorities

Six freshman Democratic Senators joined with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to introduce S. 614, the Middle Class Opportunity Act of 2007, which focuses on the alternative minimum tax, the dependent care credit, the child tax credit, and education credits, NAEA E@lert reports.
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Community News

Somerset CPAs Named Indiana Best Workplace

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has designated Somerset CPAs as a “Best Place to Work in Indiana” for creating a productive environment in which employees feel valued.Somerset CPAs received the same distinction in 2006.
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Education & Careers

Rating the Best 529 College Savings Plans

Utah and Virginia offer two of the best plans to save for a child's college education and Alabama has one of the worst, according to a new report by Morningstar, Inc.Parents have been turning to so-called 529 plans to save for their children's college education, and Morningstar is making the selection process simpler by outlining the wide disparity in performance, costs and variety of investment options in the dozens of state plans available.Morningstar started its 529 survey in 2004, and Utah and Virginia have been at the top of the lists since then.
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A&A

Top 5 business internship myths

Most managers carry general misconceptions about internship programs, but, by applying thoughtful planning and the right tools, they can realize their full potential. Z University.org (ZU), a leading advocate of workforce readiness and innovator of internship management solutions, has identified a "top five" list of myths that organizations need to eliminate to get the greatest returns from an internship program. Matthew Zinman, president of Z University.org, says that the "Top Five Myths About Internships" are fueled by managers who believe that:1.
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Education & Careers

5 Reasons Why Demand for Accounting & Finance Pros Will Intensify

Ron Blair, managing director of Century Group, a professional services firm specializing in executive search, professional recruitment and independent project and interim services in accounting, finance, audit and tax believes a demand for accounting and finance professionals will carryover into 2007.Blair listed the following factors contributing to the high demand for finance and accounting professionals:1. Increased utilization of accounting and finance professionals on a project or interim basis if companies delay hiring plans during an economic downturn.2.
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Voice of the Editor

Results from a recent AICPA survey disclosed the two top priorities for CPA firms as they plan for the future: bringing in new business and finding talent. Our goal at Sift Media is to help our readers deal with the issues most important to them. One way in which we are doing this is through the launch of our new recruitment/placement service, Going Concern Jobs. Check it out today for your talent needs.
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Gail Perry, CPA
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, AccountingWEB
editor@accountingweb.com
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This Week on AccountingWEB

Brian Fox, CPA, founder and CMO of Confirmation.com, explains how the company's electronic audit confirmation service helped the FBI uncover a $6 million fraud scheme.
Russ Wilson of Moss Adams talks with us about the firm's collaboration with WWU in educating and developing talented accounting and business professionals.
Plante Moran CPAs Gordon Krater, Alicia Sturtevant, and Susan Perline spoke with AccountingWEB about the firm's Women in Leadership initiative.
Jeff Thomson, CMA, president and CEO of the IMA, talks with us about the 2013 jobs market for accounting professionals.
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