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A&A

International Fraud Awareness Week

Hundreds of organizations worldwide have partnered with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) to participate in International Fraud Awareness Week, November 11-17 to promote antifraud awareness and education.
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Education & Careers

SYNERGY Conference Previews Technology, Business Models

A future with dramatically less paper, more collaboration, and ubiquitous mobile connectivity was the key vision outlined by Jon Baron during his opening keynote at the 2012 SYNERGY Users' Conference.
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Practice

CCH User Conference: Collaboration Is the Name of the Game

The accountant is no longer merely a number cruncher. The opportunity, if you choose to accept it, is to be a collaborator with your clients, a partner in planning, a guiding light, a seer, if you will, who reads the future in the numbers.
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Ditch the Mistletoe - Avoiding Sexual Harassment Charges

For many companies, the end of the year means planning an annual holiday party. But beware - if employees cut loose at a company-sponsored function, it can lead to sexual harassment charges.
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Community News

Company Announcements: Week of November 5, 2012

Following is the latest roundup of community news for the week of November 5, 2012.
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Community News

Ron Eagle Joins Avalara as Strategic Advisor

Avalara, a provider of sales tax automation services in the Cloud, announced that Ron Eagle, former president of the ITA, will serve as strategic advisor within Avalara's Accounting and Advisory Services Program.
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Education & Careers

Five Ways to Write Fearlessly

I talk a lot about writing things - e-mails, firm brochures, websites, and the like. I talk about how they don't have to cost a lot and they often aren't difficult. But the fact is, sometimes writing is difficult.
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A&A

Survey: National Debt Impacting Hiring Plans

According to results of a new survey released by Sageworks, a financial information company, the national debt is weighing on business owners as they consider adding workers and making other investments.
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HSMC Companies and Orizon CPAs Announce Merger

A chance meeting with two firm partners on a golf course at an Enterprise Worldwide conference in 2008 has led to the merger of HSMC Companies of Lee's Summit, Missouri, with Orizon CPAs of Omaha, Nebraska.
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Practice

Budgeting 2013: Bring on the Strategy and Structure

As marketing director at Rea & Associates, Katie Tolin will be meeting with partners at each of the firm's eleven offices across Ohio to talk about how their marketing dollars are being spent.
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Weathering Sandy: Advice, Assistance, Notifications from CPA Societies and Others

Post-Sandy, CPA societies, government offices, and other organizations are providing information and resources to assist those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. We will keep you updated as news comes in.
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Practice

Mining the Opportunities in Your Client Base

Is your firm at risk of losing clients or missing opportunities for additional wallet share from existing clients? A large gap may exist between what partners believe their clients think versus what clients actually think.
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Accounting Firms Weathering Initial Stage of Sandy

Although Hurricane Sandy has yet to make landfall, her effects are being felt among small and big accounting firms in the Northeast as they swing full throttle into disaster-prep mode.
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Practice

Company Announcements: Week of October 29, 2012

Following is the latest roundup of community news for the week of October 29, 2012.
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Education & Careers

Richard Caturano Elected Chairman of AICPA

Richard J. Caturano, CPA, CGMA, is the new chairman of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the world's largest member organization representing the accounting profession.
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Practice

Walking the Walk - Firm Focuses on Service

Firm members of Porte Brown LLC were just a few of the approximately 7,000 Chicago-area residents who turned out Sunday, October 14, for the 34th annual Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes.
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Practice

How You Can Guide the Future for America

Personal financial planning is the process of preparing for the inevitable tragedies of life that will affect each of us both financially and emotionally. It is a philosophy for intentional living, a framework for creating happiness, and offers joy in the face of life’s natural tendencies toward chaos and entropy.
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Leverage Life Insurance to Leave a Lifetime Legacy

By helping clients leverage life insurance capabilities, financial advisors, CPAs and other wealth management professionals can significantly magnify the impact of their charity.
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Help Your Clients Kick the Debt Habit

Each household in America carries roughly $114,000 in debt ($13 trillion divided by the total number of households counted in the 2010 Census). Whether you cater to the affluent or have a lower-income client base, debt is a reality for nearly all of your clients.
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Education & Careers

The Next Generation of Leadership

We're headed toward a massive transition at firms across the country as current leaders get closer to retirement. Some firms have successfully transitioned, others are preparing, and there are those that don't have any plans in place.
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Voice of the Editor

Even though any accounting auditor would tell you it seems like there are an awful lot of tax accountants out there, surely one-third of the country isn't made up of tax preparers, so it's rather startling news to learn that one-third of Americans like to do their taxes. Who knew?
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Gail Perry, CPA
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, AccountingWEB
editor@accountingweb.com
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