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Friday June 24, 2016 Of Two Minds Addresses the surplus of law school grads. The Paper Chase in 1973 established the idea that law school was a great and noble calling as well as the most intellectual challenge one could find. Bunk, and so law schools proliferated.The liberal media cannot sell its ideas on merit,…
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Monday April 18 2016 NO that is not Chief Petty Officer, did you know there is a designation of Certified Professional Organizer?
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Wed April 13, 2016 The revised CPA Exam features a new content specification outline CSO. This will allow the candidate to know better what to expect on the exam. When I took the exam in 1975 it was paper and pencil. It was divided between multiple choice and hand written (and graded) answers. It required…
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Friday March 4, 2016 My friends at Gleim Exam prep have provided this comprehensive explanation of upcoming changes in the CPA exam. When I took it way back in 1975 we about three of seven questions were essay with four being multiple choice. After going to the other extreme of near all multiple choice, it…
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Friday March 4, 2016 Big changes are coming to the CPA exam. This makes it even more imperative that you prepare with a system that appropriately mimics the computer experience of the exam.
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Wed Feb 17 2016 You are also invited and encouraged to participate in a networking event with SACPAS accounting-major mentors and their community college mentees this Friday, February 19, also at the SACPAS Training Center. The event is come-and-go between 3-5 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. Attire is business casual. Please encourage your…
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Monday Feb 8, 2016 Here is an interesting article on the development of the CPA designation in its first \one hundred years.
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2015 Stock buybacks were a topic of one of our research papers last spring at the Student Research Forum. Here is an article detailing HP spending more than it earns on buying back stock. This decreases the number of shares outstanding and therefore increase earnings per share even though the company has…
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2015 Rogers CPA has five tips for CPA study over the holidays. I would disagree with his idea that digital is your friend. Indeed, travel can involve loss of internet or possibly forgetting the one charging chord that is needed for your device. This is why Gleim has a separate book for…
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2015 This article suggests Internal Auditors can help by focusing on the corporate culture. A breakdown in appropriate behavior usually precedes a financial calamity. Arthur Andersen, Enron, WorldCom, and yes Penn State are all examples. For example in auditing payroll bonuses, IA can ask of the bonus is rewarding the right behavior…
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