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C P A U p d a t e - F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 6
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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 F i n d s
3. T h e B o o k L i s t
4. C P A & B i z B l o g s
5. C P A N e w s
6. 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
makes you stop and take notice...

Business Strategies: Finance Lens
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Leveraging Risk Management - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1120
Can CFOs Keep a Foot in Strategy Post-SOX? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1121
Finding Value for BPO through Revenue Distance - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1122
Profitable Growth Paths - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1123
Marketing for the Bottom Line - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1124
IT/Finance Alignment - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1125

Tax: Of Interest
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IRS Blesses Prepayment of Multiple Years of Tuition - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1126
Death Taxes & Choices of the Living - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1127
Tax Policy Blog - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1128
I.R.S. Offers Deal to Firms Promoting Tax Shelters - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1129
The Federal Tax Gap - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1130
NY Times: Your Taxes Section - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1131
Defining Dependents: Any Easier? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1132
Are Litter Taxes Good Economics? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1133

SOX: Continued Coverage
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404 Costs to Drop, Big Four Maintain - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1134
SOX Forum - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1135
Internal Control Related - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1136
Section 404: Lessons Learned & The Road Ahead - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1137
U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1138
Brush Up on Compliance - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1139
SEC Suits Could Point the Way for Sarbanes-Oxley Challenges - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1140
Is the Big Four Running Interference for Itself? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1141

Your Career: Keeping Current
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Aggressively Written Resumes - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1142
Writing Cover Letters that Sizzle - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1143
Thank You: Email or Handwritten? - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1144
Boomerang Women Coming Back - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1145
4 Tips for Acing Phone Interviews - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1146
Burnout: Take the Quiz - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1147
Successful Introverts: Market Yourself - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1148

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3. T h e B o o k L i s t
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Financial Fine Print: Uncovering a Company's True Value
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1149

Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1150

Creative Cash Flow Reporting : Uncovering Sustainable Financial Performance
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1151

Mommy Wars : Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1152

How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1153

Now, Discover Your Strengths
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1154

Standard & Poor's Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1155

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4. C P A & B i z B l o g s
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CFO Blog: Ron's Rants - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1156
Six-Figure Learnings - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1157
Get Interviews Blog - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1158
footnoted.org - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1159
Inside Sarbanes Oxley Blog - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1160
Overlawyered - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1161
10Q Detective - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1162

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5. C P A N e w s - F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 6
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Corporate Executives Say Financial Reporting Falls Short of Transparency Goals
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1163

Exit Interview with SEC Chief Accountant
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1164

SEC OKs Internal-Control Audit Standard
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1165

Accountants in Short Supply for Oil Industry
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1166
 
So Long Footnoted Pension Liabilities
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Katrina Debit Cards Made for Accounting Disaster
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1168

Audits Show Millions in Katrina Aid Wasted
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1169

Women Outpacing Men in Accounting Field
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1170

More Accounting Firms Tying the Knot
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0602.asp?ID=1171

Big Four Look to Limit Liability
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6. M o r e F r o m C P A n e t
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January 2006 CPA Update
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- High Net Worth Clients
- Leadership Lessons
- Outsourcing Outlook
- Not-For-Profit Update

November/December 2004 CPA Update
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- Succession Planning
- Compensation: Raises
- Sarbanes-Oxley - 2004 Q4 Update
- Expert Witness
- The Book List
- The CPA & Biz Blogs List

September 2004 CPA Update
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- Employee Turnover Costs
- Radio Frequency Identification - RFID
- Effective Time Management on Exams
- CPA Directories

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Until next time...
Brenda Mizgorski, CPA
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Celebrating 10 years of service to the accounting profession
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