Insurance Issues
To be properly prepared for the financial risks they face, small business owners, CPAs included, need to do an annual review of insurance coverage including employee benefit plans, property and casualty and other business policies.
Small Business / Technology Workshop
Sometimes you have to adjust a chart to a different scale before it can accurately interpret the numbers it represents. This article describes how to do that.
Fraud
Two seasoned CPAs tell how they got started in fraud detection and prevention and built practices on these services.
AICPA Alert
Members have responsibilities when they use third parties to provide services in client engagements. Primary among them are security and confidentiality of information, due professional care and compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct.
Sarbanes-Oxley
The authors offer CPAs in both business and public practice insights on how Sarbanes-Oxley will change the way companies and their employees behave. The information is based on a survey that identified best practices CPAs can use to bring positive changes to their own organizations.
Small Business
James C. Metzler, the new AICPA vice-president of small firm interests, plans to build on his firsthand experience with local practices to implement programs and services tailored to small CPA firm needs.
Small Business / Technology Workshop
PivotTables let you manipulate spreadsheet data with a mouse so they provide customized answers. The article tells how to set up the tool.