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C P A U p d a t e - M a r c h 2 0 0 2
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C o n t e n t s :
1. S p e c i a l N o t i c e
2. C P A n e t F i n d s
3. C P A N e w s
4. M o r e F r o m C P A n e t

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1. S p e c i a l N o t i c e
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2. C P A n e t F i n d s
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Every so often you come across a site or article that
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Accounting Profession Issues
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Restoring Public Confidence - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0432 
Crisis in Accounting Education - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0433 
The Rise and Fall of Enron - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0434 
Numbers Do Lie - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0435 
Should Feds Regulate Auditors? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0436 
Goodbye To GAAP? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0437 
The No Nonsense Accountants - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0438 
Cozy P-ships Blurring Ethics? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0439 
Consulting Fees & Independence - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0440 
The Standard Setting Process - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0441 

HR and Benefits
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Pension Disaster That Awaits - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0442 
Show Us Your Options - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0443 
IASB Feuds Over Stock Options - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0444 
Re-examining Stock Options - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0445 
Laws against 401k stupidity - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0446 
Social Insecurity - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0447 
Hidden Cost of Stock Options - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0448 

Corporate Tax Matters
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Of Split Dollars and Whole Life - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0449 
Will Tax Shelters Stand Up? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0450 
Preserving the Family Legacy - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0451 
Annual Tax Efficiency Scorecard - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0452 
Trade Sanctions & Tax Changes - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0453 
Retroactive Revenue Rulings - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0454 

Intellectual Assets
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New Scorecard for IP - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0455 
Measuring intellectual assets - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0456 
Tomorrow Asset, Today Challenge - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0457 
Protecting Most Valuable Assets - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0458 
Poachers Out to Plunder IP - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0459 
Patently Correct IP Risk - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0460 

Fraud Tactics & Solutions
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Root Out Financial Deception - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0461 
The Audit as Deterrent - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0462 
Society of Prof Investigators - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0463 
Ins & Outs of Check Fraud - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0464 
10 Telltale Signs of Fraud - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0465 
Short Circuiting EFT Fraud - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0466 

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3. C P A N e w s - M a r c h 2 0 0 2
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Who Goes Up if Andersen Goes Down?
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0467 

Lies, Damn Lies, and Pro Forma
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0468 

Strip Audit from Non-Audit
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0469 

The Big Five, By the Numbers
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0470 

The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business 
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0471 

Embattled Andersen CEO Berardino resigns
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0472 

Silicon Valley faces stock-option scrutiny
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0473 

Righting Enron's Wrongs
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0474 

High-Income Households Not Flocking to Financial Advisors
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0203.asp?ID=0475 

'The Accountant' Grabs Gold
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4. M o r e F r o m C P A n e t 
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February 2002 CPA Update
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- CFO Current Affairs 
- Cost Cutting Management 
- Estate Planning 
- D&O Insurance 
- Recruiting & Personnel 

January 2002 CPA Update
http://www.cpanet.com/cpa_update/list.asp?CAT=13 
- Enron: Accounting Profession Backlash 
- Revenue Recognition 
- Pro Forma Financials 
- Moving Forward, But Differently 
- Executive Compensation 

December 2001 CPA Update
http://www.cpanet.com/cpa_update/list.asp?CAT=12 
- Crisis & Risk Management 
- Financial Planning 
- The Budgeting Process 
- Purchase Accounting 
- Business Humor 

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Until next time...
Brenda Mizgorski, CPA
CPAnet
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