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CCH Audio Seminar: Planning with GRATs, QPRTs and SCINs

CCH Audio Seminar: Planning with GRATs, QPRTs and SCINs Learn the ins and outs of three important and viable estate planning techniques and the various opportunities they present for wealth preservation, protection and transfer in a timely audio seminar that you can participate in - right from your office - on Thursday, June 14th. Presented by noted estate planner, author and educator, Steven G. Siegel, J.D., LL.M., this two-hour audio seminar on Thursday, June 14, will examine planning considerations and techniques using GRATs, QPRTs and SCINs to preserve and facilitate the transfer of family assets to the next generation. Visit the links below for complete details about this seminar. Thursday, June 14, 2007 (1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET; Noon - 2:00 p.m. CT) Get Full Details Register

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Tech News

So you want a new desktop accounting package?
Choosing a mid- or upper-range accounts package is straight forward - work out the list of features you need, then find out which package has them. But with entry-level it's not just a matter of features, but also of the user - most entry-level systems are run by people who do not understand accounting.

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Lite News

Up, up and away: accountants arm for business
Accountants have endured the bean-counter label for long enough. The sought-after accountant of the future will be either a navigator, a centurion or T-shaped.

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Firm/State News

Crowe honored among nation's top accounting firms.
Crowe Group LLP, a top 10 U.S. public accounting and consulting firm and the parent company of Crowe Chizek and Company LLC, has been recognized as an industry leader by three national accounting trade publications.

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Editor's Note

Surveys can be good things. But surveys also can be scary things. Compliance and security remain two of the hottest topics in our industry. A recent survey reported in “Compliance costing one day a week?” revealed that the exercise of meeting compliance regulations is adding an alarming 20 percent – or one working day – each work week. On top of that, another survey, “Telework security a challenge for federal agencies” reveals that more than half of our own government’s employees work from home without permission. Perhaps a quick review of your firm’s compliance program and a refresher on – or the need to create – a company policy for teleworking from home will make these surveys hit home in your personal business world.

Tim Polzer
Managing Editor
editor@accountingweb.com

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