Accounting

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December 17, 2013 

How Important is Your Firm’s Website?

It has been a while since this column has covered the importance of your web site and the use of web technologies. Let me be as clear as I can: you must have a clear web strategy, an elegant web site that runs in browsers, smartphones and tablets, has clear branding for your firm, integrates...…

Randy Johnston

 How to Perform Year-End Accounting for Nonprofits

December 12, 2013 

How to Perform Year-End Accounting for Nonprofits

Closing the financial books for an organization requires accuracy, attention to detail, and a knowledge of some advanced accounting principals. For many nonprofit organizations, especially smaller ones operating on a shoe string budget, hiring a full-time accountant may be out of their reach.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Understanding Long-Term Disability Benefits

December 12, 2013 

Understanding Long-Term Disability Benefits

As a lawyer who has represented businesses and professionals in the claims and litigation process of long-term disability insurance benefits for more than 20 years--and a business owner myself--I have learned the importance of long-term disability insurance, as well as the importance of having the right package of long-term disability insurance benefits.

 Survey: CFOs Expect Expansion in U.S. & Abroad in 2014

December 12, 2013 

Survey: CFOs Expect Expansion in U.S. & Abroad in 2014

By this time next year, more than half (53%) of surveyed CFOs plan to expand their businesses internationally, according to the annual CFO Evolution Benchmark Survey released today by Armanino LLP, which includes a pool of mainly Bay Area CFOs answering questions about their financial expectations over the next several years.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 U.S. Jobless Rate at Lowest Level in Five Years

December 11, 2013 

U.S. Jobless Rate at Lowest Level in Five Years

Employers added a solid 203,000 jobs in November, driving down the unemployment rate three-tenths of a percentage point to 7 percent, the lowest it's been since November 2008, the Labor Department said Friday.

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December 11, 2013 

PCAOB Scrutinizes Engagement Quality Reviews

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has released a report that provides information about registered audit firms' implementation and compliance with Auditing Standard No. 7, Engagement Quality Review.