2010 ASCPA Annual Meeting

ASCPA's 91st Annual Meeting

This Thursday

Cahaba Grand Conference Center, Birmingham

8 Hours CPE for $175

Conference Details

Gulf Shores Clusters Still On

ASCPA Offers Quality CPE in Gulf Shores

Looking to earn CPE and work in a vacation? Our Gulf Shores Clusters offer flexibility in CPE, offering 4 and 8 hour classes, as well as a variety of topics. Earn your Accounting & Auditing, Tax, Management, and Technology credits while enjoying all that Gulf Shores has to offer.

Check out The Wharf in Gulf Shores

The Wharf is the Gulf coast's premier vacation destination on the Intracoastal Waterway. Find endless amenities including live music, a variety of shops and restaurants, the largest Ferris wheel in the Southeast, amazing nightlife, and more! For more things to do in Gulf Shores, visit www.gulfshores.com.

Don't forget to book your stay at The Beach Club. The ASCPA Group Rate begins at $223 per night. To reserve your room, call (888) 260-7263 and reference

Group Number 256141

Room block cut-off is Thursday, June 10.

Visit our Gulf Shores Cluster CPE web page for all of the details.

Yellow Book Courses

Papers print corrections, referees use replays and golfers take mulligans. Accountants and auditors are expected to get it right the first time. This is especially true in the not-for-profit environment where effective stewardship and public accountability are paramount. Not-for-profit accounting can be extremely complex and if you are to be successful, your knowledge and skills must be superior. Learn from real-world financial statements, cases and problems faced by CPAs with not-for-profit clients and by executives of not-for-profit organizations. All of these courses count toward Yellow Book credit.

Health Care Reform Act

Does the new Health Care Reform Act have your

blood pressure spiking?

If so, don't panic! The ASCPA is your lifeline to help stabilize your nerves. We are offering a healthy dose of information that will cure you.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explore tax ramifications associated with implementation of the Act.
• Grasp important provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (HR 3590) and Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HR 4872) relative to expanded insurance coverage, new exclusion restrictions, insurance and health care industry controls, and consumer benefits.
• Understand how paying for health care will radically change.
• Identify important planning opportunities associated with the Act for businesses and individuals.
  

There’s no need to call 911, call us at 334.834.7650

or visit us at www.ascpa.org for more information.

Affinity Partner Discount with CCH

Affinity Partner Discount with CCH

40% off Selected Titles in June!

Members, enjoy exclusive savings on these select titles through June 30, 2010.

• U.S. Master™ Depreciation Guide, 2010
• State Tax Handbook, 2010
• U.S. Master™ Estate & Gift Tax Guide, 2010
• Practical Guide to the Texas Margin Tax
• Practical Guide to the Michigan Business Tax
• Practical Guide to California State Taxes
• Fair Value Measurements Answer Book
• Multistate Tax Guide to Financial Institutions
• Form 990 Compliance Guide

Log in to the ASCPA website for access to this special discount:

Member Benefits and Services

National MAP Survey Online

Take the 2010 PCPS/TSCPA National MAP Survey – Online Now!

Ever wondered how your firm stacks up against other firms? Are you curious to know what technology or software firms from around the country are embracing? Or, how are other firms like yours managing through the economic recovery period? Find out by taking part in the CPA profession’s premier benchmarking study - the PCPS/TSCPA National MAP Survey.

The survey covers key practice management issues that will allow your firm to compare its management policies and financial results to other firms, and gain strategic guidance to build a more profitable and rewarding practice. Additionally, survey results will help accounting firms benchmark themselves against other comparably-sized firms their region and to national averages.

Content for the bi-annual CPA firm benchmarking survey received a number of revisions and improvements in 2008 in response to participant feedback from previous years. The 2010 survey maintains these improvements while incorporating updated content and questions to reflect practice management issues facing practitioners today.

Each participant will receive a free summary report that contains an extract of key performance metrics from the survey – such as billing rates, salaries, hours charged/compensated, services as a percentage of fees, major income statement statistics and more. The comprehensive report, available for purchase and free to PCPS members, will include every performance metric gathered by the survey crossed against many relevant comparison groups.  It will also contain additional ratios and analyses of statistics.

We invite you to take the survey now, which is online at http://map.pcps.org, and will remain open until August 13, 2010. Don’t miss this golden opportunity that is more valuable than you can imagine… just ask one of the thousands of firms that have participated in the past!

For more information about PCPS and the National MAP Survey, please click here.

Debit Card Pointers

Debit Card Pointers

For some, credit cards can be tempting and an easy way to get into debt. Some experts recommend using debit cards to help limit your spending and to ensure that you live within your means. However, debit cards can be dangerous too. Here are some tips to ensure that you use your debit card correctly. 

Visit the ASCPA Blog to learn more.

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