Featured Online Content for August 2011
FEATURED VIDEO
Why the iPad Is a Game Changer
Debbie Lambert, CPA, managing partner of Johnson Lambert & Co. LLP, explains why she thinks Apple’s iPad, when combined with the advantages of moving accounting software to the cloud, will change the way CPAs do business. Lambert says the iPad is emblematic of the proliferation of tech devices that are moving CPAs away from the ubiquitous laptop. Click here to view the video.
Also on journalofaccountancy.com, read about cloud computing’s potential benefits and risks, client portals and smartphone applications for CPAs.
ONLINE EXTRAS
Seeking New Clients Rises to Top of CPA Firm Issues
The AICPA’s 2011 PCPS CPA Firm Top Issues Survey found several critical concerns, with the struggle to bring in new clients topping the list of issues among firms with two to 20 professionals. Meanwhile, sole practitioners listed everchanging and complicated tax laws as their No. 1 concern.
BONUS CONTENT
GAAP Treatment of Asset-Based Financing Arrangements
After reading “Asset-Based Financing Basics,” follow step-bystep examples on journalofaccountancy.com, including footnote disclosures, for GAAP treatment of factoring agreements, lockboxes and acceleration clauses.
Revamped Internal Control Framework
Bill Schneider, CPA, an AICPA board member and director of accounting for AT&T, gives a quick overview of the work of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) to update the internal control framework and explains what the project might mean for CPAs’ day-to-day work.
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—Megan Pinkston (mpinkston@aicpa.org) is the JofA’s senior online editor.
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