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INDIANA: CPE Reporting Notice from the Indiana Board of Accountancy
An e-mail recently was sent out by the Indiana Board of Accountancy notifying CPAs of the Dec. 31 CPE reporting deadline, and the random audit of licensees that will follow. Contact the board at pla11@pla.in.gov if you have not received this notice. Still need last-minute CPE? INCPAS is offering many professional development opportunities leading up to the reporting deadline. Explore the INCPAS catalog to find courses led by highly-rated speakers close to your home.
INDIANA: INCPAS to Host Its First-Ever Conference Webcast
Can't make it to Indy for Indiana Tax Institute from Dec. 8-9? You'll have the option of joining us via webcast. Gain the knowledge you need and earn CPE without your leaving your desk. Click here to learn more. Scott Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, is speaking at this year's conference to shine a light on the future of tax reform in America.
INDIANA: INCPAS Member Offers Advice for New Medicare Tax Planning
A recent Indianapolis Star article written by INCPAS member Christopher A. McCauley, CPA, examines a new "Medicare Contribution Tax" on unearned income that will begin Jan. 1, 2013. He advises those subject to the tax to begin planning now.
INDIANA: Top Ways to Help Small Businesses Reduce Tax Burden
Business People magazine called on Northeast Indiana INCPAS members — Jeffrey Sanderson, CPA, Edward Souers, CPA, Mark Westerhausen, CPA, and Jessica Ogle, CPA — to list their top five things a small business can do to reduce its tax burden. Take a look at their answers.
IRS Rolls Out New Competency Test for Return Preparers
The next phase of the IRS' PTIN program began this week — competency testing. Tax preparers who pass the test and meet other requirements will be designated as a "Registered Tax Return Preparer." CPAs, enrolled agents, and attorneys, among others, are exempt from the new testing but are required to have a PTIN and renew annually.
CORRECTION: The Indiana Department of Revenue Public Hearing will be held on June 5 at 9 a.m. at the Indiana Government Center South. The date previously reported in the Nov. 17 CPA e-Perspective was incorrect.
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INCPAS Honors This Year's Best of the Best
The Society announced its 2011 award winners during CPA Celebration on Nov. 18 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis. Do you know a winner?
Saint Mary's Retains Case Study Competition Title
The Society's 12th Annual Case Study Competition finals were held Nov. 18 — Saint Mary's edged out Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, while Manchester College placed third.
Inside INCPAS — Episode 22: Get the Most Out of the Digital Edition of CPA IN Perspective [Video]
Wondering what the fall 2011 issue of CPA IN Perspective has to offer? Take a peek inside with Stephanie Parton as she shows you what you won't want to miss ... and learn some tips and tricks you can use when reading our digital edition.
Knock Out a Chunk of Professional Development at Winter Frenzy
When the weather outside is frightful ... take the opportunity to stay indoors at the Society's Winter Frenzy on Dec. 19-21, and finish your required professional development before the end of the year. You can choose from 24 different 4-hour courses that cover an assortment of topics. |
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The INCPAS Career Center is a premier electronic resource for employers and job-seekers alike. |
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We currently have job postings for: Calumet City (1), Carmel (1), Fort Wayne (1), Indianapolis (2), Mooresville (1). |
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| Evansville |
| 12/7 |
Estate Planning Essentials: Tax Relief for Your Clients' Estates
What is the estate tax? What is the gift tax? How are they interrelated? Explore the use of wills, trusts and life insurance as vehicles to reduce the estate tax in this upcoming course. |
| 12/12 |
Buying and Selling Businesses: The CPA's Role
Learn to become the key adviser to a client or employer who's buying or selling a business. Buying and selling a business involves more than calculating a transaction gain or loss — it must be valued, due diligence must be conducted, and various stakeholders will be impacted. |
| 12/13 |
49 Tax-Cutting Moves for Individuals
This course lays out the ideas for you in a logical sequence so you can quickly identify the tax-saving moves that are most appropriate for your clients' specific circumstances. |
| Fort Wayne |
| 12/8 |
Corporate Finance Tune Up: Putting the Right Skills in Your Analytical Toolbox
This seminar provides a refresher on corporate finance skills for those who work or aspire to work at a CFO level. |
| 12/9 |
Only Financial Officer: Skills for Smaller Company Financial Managers
The title "Chief Financial Officer" is not an accurate description of what many financial managers do because the word "chief" implies that the company has more than one. This seminar covers four major topics of importance to the financial manager who must do it all. |
| 12/14 |
That's Not What I Said! — Effective Workplace Communication
Learn how to speak so that you are heard and listen so you understand the real message. Discover how to open lines of communication, conduct productive meetings, make persuasive presentations and more. |
| 12/15 |
Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions and Loss Limitation Issues for S Corporations, LLCs and Partnership
The most difficult concepts to master when dealing with flow-through business entities are the basis and distribution concepts. This course is designed to focus on the practical applications of these rules. |
| Indianapolis |
| 12/5 |
Fiduciary Income Tax Returns — Form 1041 Workshop
The purpose of this course is to explain the complicated income tax rules of estates and trusts, fiduciary accounting, and how to prepare Form 1041. This practical manual is an excellent reference source for your practice. |
| 12/5 |
Outlook, Word, Excel and Adobe Tips, Tricks and Techniques
This comprehensive, fast paced review of practical time saving tips and techniques will provide you with a live demonstration of best practices for increasing your personal productivity with these software tools. |
| 12/6 |
Advanced Concepts in Estate Planning
This course explores the current thinking of practitioners, commentators and the IRS regarding estate-planning strategies and techniques. |
| 12/6 |
AICPA's Controllership: 25 Critical Lessons from the Trenches
This course focuses on the practical skills required to be a successful controller and to enhance the profitability of any growing company. |
| 12/6 |
Outlook, Word, Excel and Adobe Tips, Tricks and Technique
This comprehensive, fast paced review of practical time saving tips and techniques will provide you with a live demonstration of best practices for increasing your personal productivity with these software tools. |
| 12/7 |
GAAP Refresher
Get your arms around those complex GAAP rules most likely to result in financial statement restatements. |
| 12/7 |
Thirty-Plus Practical Tools and Techniques for Making Your Key Financial Decisions
This course introduces and explores analytical tools and techniques to assist in routine and non-routine situations. |
| Merrillville |
| 12/9 |
Business Law Refresher: What Every Financial Manager Should Know
Today's financial manager takes on increasingly broad responsibilities, including those that require decisions dealing with issues likely to attract legal scrutiny. This session focuses legal issues with which every upper level financial manager should be familiar. |
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| 12/21 |
Ethics — A Pragmatic Guide for the Practitioner
The seminar will approach the subject of a practitioner's ethics from a practical viewpoint — ethics as a matter of practice and survival. |
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| 12/22 |
Creating Facebook and Social Network Visibility
Only the CPAs and marketers that understand the new social media will prosper long term. This interactive and entertaining webinar will highlight the successes and pitfalls of making yourself visible. |
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| 12/15 |
Financial Services Conference
You won't want to miss this year's Financial Services Conference — popular economist Brian Wesbury will be back with his informative economic update during the opening session. Joining Wesbury as a second keynote speaker this year will be James Lam, the renowned expert on Enterprise Risk Management. |
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| 1/11 |
INCPAS Legislators Breakfast
Do you want to leave it up to someone else to determine how you do business in Indiana? If not, then attend the 2012 Legislators Breakfast where you'll have a valuable opportunity to directly interact with legislators and key government leaders. The event will be held at The Westin in downtown Indianapolis on Jan. 11, 2012, from 7:30-9 a.m. Registration is FREE to members who invite their legislators. |
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