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Cover Story
Closing the Soft Skills Gap
The focus is on making soft skills part of the firm's psyche.
Featured Articles
Document Management: Dos and Don'ts
Here are some best practices, as well as pitfalls.
Tax Research's Practice Development
In many cases, tax research products now come with practice development advice.
Constructing the Right Retirement Income Stream
Planners must evaluate future spending and needs, restructure investments, select the best payouts, contemplate the tax ramifications, factor in longer life expectancies, and clarify the emotional issues.
Practice Profile
Niche Building of Construction Relationships
"In public accounting there are intricacies in financial statements and tax, and I thought early on it was necessary to brand myself," says Anthony Ivener, the partner-in-charge of construction industry services for Swart Lalande & Associates, based in Fairfax, Va.
Editor's Note
Tactical Implications of Convergence
Profession Watch
AICPA Spring Council Happenings
Current PCPS Membership
Accounting Graduate Numbers Way Up
New Proposed Exam Specs Include IFRS
Mobility Gains Momentum
MAP Survey Launched; Benchmarking for Participants
M&A & Joint Ventures Update
Revenue Enhancers
Staffing Solutions: When Distance Doesn't Matter
Working in Groups
New Award in Town
Seminars with a Sinful Spin
Outside the Box: Happy Tax-Season Losers
'What Are You Doing?'
Tax Briefing
Bush's Farm Bill Veto Overridden
Problems with Economic Stimulus Payments
New Tax Benefits for Military Members
There are a number of tax changes in the "Heroes Earning Assistance and Relief Tax Act" (recently signed by the president) aimed at benefiting those in the military.
Modification of Mortgage Loans
States Can Exempt Their Bonds
Tax Briefs
Regulations on corporate reorganizations and Circular 230 disciplinary sanctions.
Financial Planning
Comparisons of 8,000 Mutual Funds
Boomers Changing Retirement Plans
One in four affluent 60-year-olds are altering retirement plans while 40 percent are downsizing their lifestyles, according to a national survey from Bell Investment Advisors.
Life Planning a Good Approach to Advisor Retention
Inflation Rocking the Retirement Boat
Retirement Planning for Employees
Hedge Fund Assets Top $2.76 Trillion
All Aboard the Bus!
Combating Phony Investment Schemes
Planning for Non-Traditional Families
Women's Financial Experience and Behaviors
Focus on...Mortgage Bonds
Financial Planning Briefs
Tech Bulletin
Blogging for Business
Peachtree 2009 Out
CCH Offers Payroll Library
Sage Nonprofit Moves
Web Tools
Tech Bulletin Briefs
A&A Report
Convertible Instruments, NFP Accounting, Trading Inventories
FASB Statements on GAAP Hierarchy, Insurance Contracts
Fair Value in Retained Interest in Sale
Draft Report Out on Improving Auditing
Views Sought on New Conceptual Framework
Accounting & Auditing Briefs
Last Word
Thinking Outside the CEO Box
Jill Krueger, audit manager at HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd., details what she learned from acting as the firm's CEO for three months.
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