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CPA and advisory firm BKD has launched HealthCareReformInsights.com, a multimedia Web site devoted to health care reform.

If you have any doubts about the dreary climate of small-business lending, Gary Brown can easily put it in perspective.

Nonprofit organizations need to maintain adequate reserves to safeguard their financial stability, according to a new paper by Grant Thornton.

IMGCAP(1)]Telecommunication expenses are one of the top five expense items for most organizations. However, it is also a category of spending that is poorly understood and often mismanaged. Now more than ever, it is vital that accountants and tax professionals gain more visibility into telecom spending to help organizations save money and improve business processes.

IMGCAP(1)]Whether you work within the confines of a large accounting firm with a valuation arm, or are running your own small appraisal business, the recent financial obstacles facing valuation professionals appear fairly consistent across the board.

I've lived in the same neighborhood outside of Philadelphia for over 10 years now, and it's time to pay homage to two penny-pinchers that really get it: Jim and Rich.

CPAs are increasingly being asked to solve the information technology problems of their clients and prospective clients, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

As the annual price tag for fraud at American business soars to nearly $1 trillion, the demand for CPAs that provide forensic accounting services has increased exponentially - a spike that appears in no danger of waning over the next several years.

CPA firms, like many other businesses throughout the country, are feeling the sting of the recession. The mood of the client-firm relationship is somber at best and panicked at worst. In light of these realities, it is of crucial importance for accounting firms to frame the value of their "softer" assets. By softer assets, I mean a number of intangible but highly valuable characteristics embodied by most CPAs and their firms.

In this challenging environment for the accounting profession, large regional firms, and small and midsized firms, have to come up with innovative strategies to grow their top line.

ParenteBeard has introduced an Emerging Growth Business Services Practice to service startup and early-stage companies.

"Flying by the seat of your pants," is not a phrase that should refer to how one runs their business. Unfortunately, it seems to describe all too many companies.

Mary Shaw has a shameful, shameful secret.

IMGCAP(1)]Compliance reporting may not be a top-line revenue driver, but it certainly impacts overall corporate valuation. Unfortunately, that impact is net negative for most companies.

Investment research provider Morningstar, Inc. has launched Morningstar Valuation Services, a program that values privately owned firms and securities in areas such as the sale of a business, estate planning or financial reporting.

IMGCAP(1)]As small to midsized businesses work to do more with less, it is important for CPAs to offer their clients added value.

Companies in the clean tech industry are garnering more attention these days, especially from CPA firms that see the sector as having big potential for growth.

With the availability of lower-cost offerings, and a userbase more educated about what business intelligence is and can do for them, BIis becoming an understandable, usable and affordable initiative for small tomidsized businesses and CPA firms.

The term "basic analysis" has evolved in recent years. Where once it referred to the ability to determine a client's financial position, net worth, goals and willingness to take risks with a portfolio, more recent definitions have focused more intensely on the process of asset allocation, re-allocation and portfolio balancing.

As CPAs and investment advisors partner to map out a strategy for clients, the delicate balance between tax effectiveness and control over assets should serve as a centerpiece. This will help to create a strategy that maximizes investments, minimizes tax exposure, and helps maintain clients' long-term financial objectives.