Accounting Today

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Articles in May 2002 issue of Accounting Today

• An open letter to AICPA Council. (Commentary)
  by Eli Mason
• From revolution to evolution: CPAs among top PFP specialists
  by Melissa Klein
• Andersen agrees to sell pieces of firm
• Microsoft-Navision deal raises questions on reseller impact.
  by John M. Covaleski
• Incoming FASB chair seeks to bolster financial reporting
  by Glenn Cheney
• Web Site Guide: the tax and accounting community's Internet directory
• ITA pullout: another setback to AICPA's "Vision". (Top of the news: the complete chronicle of news and trends shaping the profession)
  by John M. Covaleski
• IRS's small biz reporting change to cash method creates opportunities. (Tax Strategy)
  by George G. Jones
• Here's 10 tips for mining success in IT consulting. (Consultant Concerns).
  by Wayne Schulz
• Accountant's guide to the Internet
  by Stuart Kahan
• MDP engine beginning to show signs of sputtering. (Top of the news: the complete chronicle of news and trends shaping the profession)
  by Roger Russell
• Deloitte & Touche host more than 500 girls on 10th anniversary of `Take Our Daughters to Work Day'. (footnotes)
• Break up the Big Four! (Commentary)
  by Eli Mason
• Form 8-K filings. (Assurance: technical developments, professional issues and engagement changes))
• Leading Edge Alliance sets sights beyond U.S. borders. (Top of the news: the complete chronicle of news and trends shaping the profession)
  by Melissa Klein
• Dear FASB: the Enron/Andersen scandal is not your fault. (Commentary)
  by Ronald M. Mano
• Budget your way to better returns from technology. (Boomer's Blueprint)
  by L. Gary Boomer
• For practitioners, IRS' new hotline a wrong number
  by Ken Rankin
• AICPA vision needs an optometrist. (Opinion: the free and open forum for the tax and accounting community)
  by Bill Carlino
• Adelphia is latest example of awful accounting. (Accounting Annotations)
  by J. Edward Ketz
• Vendors going "vertical" to encourage ASP buy-in. (Technology: news and trends in information systems and electronic commerce)
  by John M. Covaleski
• Evensky named to chair TIAA-CREF board. (PFP Briefs)
• More small business portals dotting the internet landscape
  by Gail Perry
• 1099-Etc and A-T-F Payroll. (After-The-Fact Payroll)
• 1099-Etc and A-T-F Payroll. (W2 & 1099)
• More rhetoric will not prevent future Enrons. (Accounting Annotations)
  by J. Edward Ketz
• Time & billing apps zero in on firms' revenue. (Software Review)
  by Ted Needleman
• Survey shows wide divergence among states on corporate nexus. (Tax practice: the special report on news and trends for the tax professional)
  by Roger Russell
• Taxing issues. (Tax Practice)
• CPA2Biz revamps, unveils series of new programs; wrestles with industry critics
  by Tracey Miller-Segarra
• Online tax research sites boast added content and functionality.
  by Roger Russell
• Ihlandfeldt's letter has valid points. (Letters)
  by Paul Munter
• Document management helps firm cut costs, increase revenue. (Boomer's Blueprint)
  by L. Gary Boomer
• CPA firm helps add Internet capability to NASA exchange. (Carving Out Your Niche)
  by John M. Covaleski
• Terrorism makes nonprofits tech savvy. (Carving Out Your Niche)
  by John M. Covaleski
• Software vendor Softline shakes up top management.
  by John M. Covaleski
• Web site guide: the tax and accounting community's internet directory
• Education. (Web Cites). The Accounting Hall of Fame -- www.fisher.osu.edu/acctmis/hall/index. htm AICPA -- www.aicpa.org Becker CPA Exam Review -- www.beckercpa.com Best CPE --
• Simplified, but better? Latest RMD rules usually--but not always--your best option. (Tax Strategy)
  by George G. Jones
• Advisors struggle to keep their clients from irrational investing. (Financial Planning: news and strategies for the personal financial planner)
  by Cynthia Harrington
• Small firms fear effects of non-audit restrictions. (Assurance Forum)
  by Glenn Cheney
• States move toward streamlined sales tax in effort to save the system. (Tax practice: the special report on news and trends for the tax professional)
  by Roger Russell
• Bringing clients' accounting and sales teams together. (Consultant Concerns).
  by Peyton Burch
• Coming events.
• New regs reduce required minimum distributions. (Financial Planning Tax Tactics).
  by Bob Rywick
• From the editor.
  by John M. Covaleski
• Lawmakers balking at Bush IRS budget plan
  by Ken Rankin
• Form 8-K filings. (Assurance: technical developments, professional issues and engagement changes)
• Eight months after Sept. 11, planners "hedging" against future attacks
  by Cynthia Harrington
• Companies seek Rx for rising employee health-care costs. (Financial planning: news and strategies for the personal financial planner)
  by Cynthia Harrington
• IIA calls for principles on corporate governance. (Assurance Forum)
  by Glenn Cheney
• CPA exam contract nearing final stages: computer-based test may debut in 2004.
  by Melissa Klein
• Web site guide
• Web cites: financial planning
• Robotic auditors could KO future Enrons
• Get ready for the book and movie deals. (Opinion: the free and open forum for the tax and accounting community)
  by Bill Carlino
• To the FAF on a smaller FASB: fix the ecosystem first! (The Spirit Of Accounting)
  by Paul B.W. Miller
• `New' ITA, portal strategy unveiled at AICPA tech show. (Top of the news: the complete chronicle of news and trends shaping the profession).
  by John M. Covaleski
• Geller & Co. (New York).
• Finding success in niche services; to niche or not to niche--is that even a question? (Carving Out Your Niche).
  by Jennifer Wilson
• 1099-Etc and A-T-F Payroll. (Payroll Software)
• Mid-season law change, rate reduction credit, advance refunds, complicate returns
  by Roger Russell
• Last rites for Andersen; rival firms eye acquisitions of partners, offices.
  by Bill Carlino
• Don't forget the gift tax annual exclusion benefits. (Financial Planning Tax Tactics).
  by Bob Rywick
• 12 reasons to change things at the top level of the AICPA. (The Spirit of Accounting)
  by Paul B.W. Miller
• Blackbaud makes knowledge management its new mantra. (Vendor Profile)
  by John M. Covaleski