2015 - Page 2 of 22 - Journal of Accountancy

The magazines

December 1, 2015

Microsoft Word: The ideal setting

Q: I’ve grown weary of having to change Word’s default fonts and formats, as well as insert footers each time I create a new Word document, so I’ve resorted to opening a saved blank document where I’ve already specified my default fonts and formats, including my default footer. This seems to

December 1, 2015

Microsoft Excel: Give me a break

Q: I can’t figure out why the “Page break between groups” option in my Excel 2013 workbook doesn’t work.

December 1, 2015

PCAOB focuses on 3 key areas for 2015

Inspectors are looking closely at problem areas from recent years.

December 1, 2015

Don’t let foreign currency fluctuations impair performance measurements

Measuring performance with a constant-dollar approach helps U.S. companies with international operations deal with the limitations of U.S. GAAP’s foreign currency guidelines.

December 1, 2015

The 2015 CPA technology gift guide

Laptops, tablets, watches, and more: This holiday season features goodies galore!

December 1, 2015

The art of building resilience

Performance coach Mark Sheasby highlights simple exercises for building resilience and thriving under pressure.

December 1, 2015

FASB weighs in on materiality

Proposals are designed to eliminate unnecessary disclosures.

December 1, 2015

Minority Doctoral Fellowship awards aim to foster diversity in higher education

As part of its effort to help increase the number of CPAs from diverse backgrounds teaching and serving as role models at the college and university level, the AICPA awarded 22 scholars with the Minority Doctoral Fellowship.

December 1, 2015

David E. Lechner, CPA, CGMA

David E. Lechner, CPA, CGMA, senior vice president and CFO of the University of Nebraska, says finance executives play a critical analytical role in strategic decisions in higher education.

December 1, 2015

AICPA/Accountemps Scholarship recognizes academic excellence and leadership skills

Four students received the 2015—2016 AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship, which is given annually to undergraduate and graduate-level accounting students who plan to pursue their CPA license.

December 1, 2015

Microsoft Excel reader tip: Simple and elegant date conversions

In response to the August Technology Q&A topic “Dating Problems, Part 3” (page 85), reader Daniel Warco, CPA, (controller for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Washington) sent me a better solution than the ones I had suggested. As a reminder, the Excel question involved converting two-digit-year, text-based numbers

December 1, 2015