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FeaturesAICPA Council votes to recognize IASB as a designated standard setterThe governing Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has voted to designate the International Accounting Standards Board in London as an accounting body for purposes of establishing international financial accounting and reporting principles. New required XBRL tags will provide mutual fund investors with key information On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to formally propose that mutual fund investors get access to key information about fees, performance, and strategies through interactive data, which would permit comparison shopping among thousands of funds with all the ease of conducting an Internet search. Six defendants found guilty in Chicago tax fraud trial Six defendants were convicted Monday after participating in a nationwide tax scheme that enabled 650 wealthy taxpayers to cheat the government out of $60 million. Blogs!What have you got to say today?Gary Levine: Capitalization Matters Talking with hundreds of companies over the past year about our stock plan and corporate governance applications, we've seen the "tectonic shift" that some analysts have referred to with regard to the acceptance of SaaS applications in the business application market. Even Bill Gates has referred to it as a "sea change" that has arrived and the Microsoft Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, has been pushing it as inevitable.... Ryan Williams: Tech Better This week's tech tip is on copying and pasting. I am going to go out on a limb and assume everyone already knows what copying and pasting is. So I am going to address what I consider one of the most annoying aspects of copying and pasting in Windows which is text formatting.... Join the forums - express your views! http://www.accountingweb.com/questions_advice/ http://www.accountingweb.com/blogs Quiz Me!Financial RatiosThis week's Student Zone quiz is "Financial Ratios" and is brought to us by Barbara W. Scofield, PhD, CPA - Associate Professor of Accounting and Director of the Financial Accounting Concentration at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. Sharpen your skills! |
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Firm/State NewsErnst & Young Academic Resource Center to develop IFRS faculty curriculumErnst & Young LLP has announced the formation of the Ernst & Young Academic Resource Center, a new collaboration between the firm's professionals and university faculty. The Center will develop curriculum and arm faculty members with time-critical learning materials focused on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) which will help the next generation of accounting professionals meet the fast-changing needs of the global financial markets. Student NewsVirginia CPAs offer financial tips to college graduatesGraduation, for millions of college students, means it's time to trade in books and binders for bills and budgets. The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) provides the following advice to help college graduates become financially independent. Tech NewsAICPA introduces IFRS.com Web site to inform financial professionals about International Accounting StandardsThe American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has announced the introduction of IFRS.com, a new Web site developed in partnership with its marketing and technology subsidiary CPA2Biz to help members and financial professionals learn about and stay informed on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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