Recent issues of the JofA contain references to many Web sites that have additional information relative to points made in the articles. Many of these Web sites have extremely long addresses—as many as 70 or more characters. I believe most readers are not going to want to sit and key
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Giving Back to Your Profession
The AICPA offers its members the opportunity to support the profession and the public it serves through the programs and services of the AICPA Foundation, AICPA Benevolent Fund and AICPA Political Action Committee (PAC). The Benevolent Fund ( www.aicpa.org/members/ ) helps members and their families through difficult financial times. The
Print Any Mix of Pages/Sections from a Document
I get into trouble when I want to print various pages or sections of a Word document. More often than not, I end up either printing the whole document or the wrong pages. Can you help me figure out the Print Range controls? Let’s start from the beginning. When you
Pensions
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation published a final rule requiring sponsors of insured defined benefit pension plans to submit their premium filings electronically. As of July 1, sponsors of plans with 500 or more participants must do so for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2006; for all
Print Outlook’s Contacts As A Paper Phone Directory
Call me old-fashioned, but when it comes to things like address and phone directories, I prefer a paper book. Is there some way to print a little booklet of my Outlook contacts with phone numbers and addresses? Since I didn’t immediately know the answer to that question but realized it
Nominations Time for Public Service Award
As part of its ongoing efforts to honor CPAs who have distinguished themselves in the area of community service, the AICPA established the Individual and Firm Public Service Awards. AICPA members, state societies and associations of CPA firms can submit the names of those they think should be honored. Almost
Earn Free CPE Credit
AICPA members can catch up on their CPE by volunteering to pilot-test new AICPA self-study courses. For information or to register, visit CPEcentral ( www.aicpa.org/cpe/index.htm ) and fill out the brief online survey. When courses become available for testing, the AICPA professional development quality assurance team will e-mail volunteers information
Nudge a Word File that Opens Slowly
I have a few files that open very slowly even though none is unusually large. Do you have any suggestions? First make sure that Track Changes is turned off; it can slow the opening of a file to a crawl. Then, as a further check, click on Tools , Options
Financial Reporting
As part of a broader initiative to improve financial reporting for insurance accounting, FASB issued an invitation to comment on whether bifurcating insurance and reinsurance contracts into insurance and financing components would improve the transparency of financial reporting for insurance accounting ( www.fasb.org/draft/ ). Current standards give insurers and reinsurers
Auditing
The AICPA Center for Public Company Audit Firms (CPCAF) issued a report on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s findings from its inspections of eight PCAOB-registered firms that audit more than 100 public companies ( www.aicpa.org/cpcaf/download/PCAOB_inspection_deficiency_analysis_january2006.pdf ). An earlier analysis focused on PCAOB deficiency reports for firms with 100 or
Save Excel Formulas Without Using Macros
I often repeat formulas in worksheets. I know I can save them as macros and then insert them anytime with a few clicks, but I really don’t like macros. Is there an easy alternative? There is, but I urge you to rethink your aversion to using macros. They actually are
Break Bread for Business
If you’re interviewing clients or meeting a prospective employer in a restaurant rather than an office, remember that actions speak louder than words. Knowing what to do when having lunch can make or break an offer or a deal. Here are 10 tips to keep in mind. Be in the
Smart Stops on the Web
CAREER BUILDING SITES The Job Hunt www.quintcareers.com The Quintessential Careers Web portal offers links to job databases and search engines for more than 1,400 employment and resume-writing e-stops. Accounting and finance professionals also can research the latest starting salaries by geographic location and find schools offering continuing education programs. Once
Program Excel’s Page-Order Print Sequence
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FYI
The Financial Accounting Foundation, which funds and oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), appointed Thomas J. Linsmeier, CPA, to FASB for a five-year term that began July 1. A nationally respected accounting educator and researcher, he is chairman of the department of
CPA As Private Eye?
ON THE TUBE W atch for “Andy Barker PI,” a new NBC prime-time comedy starring Andy Richter as a mild-mannered CPA. When he rents office space in a site formerly occupied by a detective agency, Barker immediately starts getting calls from people who mistake him for a private investigator. Instead
Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Four years after the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, this legislation has transformed business and provided a platform for increased dialogue about ethics (or in some cases, a lack thereof) within American companies. To foster a culture of ethics that is based on action rather than discussion,
Coworkers Cause Concern
SURVEY SAVVY What’s causing American workers to stress out on the job? Why, it’s their colleagues! A nationwide study by CareerBuilder.com found 16% of employees surveyed blamed difficult coworkers for their office anxiety. Other causes of workplace stress included unrealistic workloads (15%), tight deadlines (11%), last-minute projects (10%) and overbearing
International
The International Accounting Standards Board published an ED of proposed amendments to International Accounting Standard (IAS) 23, Borrowing Costs ( www.iasb.org ). The proposal requires entities to capitalize borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset as part of its cost, rather
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