CPAs Help Diffuse the Y2K Time Bomb.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998--The Year 2000 Issue (Y2K) is associated with impending doom.

Its destructive potential to computer and data processing systems worldwide has large and small companies, home-offices and individuals searching for guidance and the right person to assist them with compliance.

Members of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) consult with their clients to develop plans that will address and attempt to avoid the Y2K problem. CPAs offer advice in the following areas:

-- Where the problem exists, how to recognize it and possible

solutions;

-- Financial/accounting obligations;

-- Legal, insurance, and business issues;

-- Interacting with the personnel involved -- information

systems, executives, vendors and consultants;

-- And practical guidance on managing a Year 2000 engagement,

including using third-party consultants, replace/repair

decisions, engagement costs and budgeting.

Many Pennsylvania CPA firms have Y2K programs in place for their clients and can offer valuable information. Many PICPA members, including members of the PICPA Committee on Technology, are well-versed on the issues surrounding Y2K.

If you would like to interview a Certified Public Accountant

regarding the problems associated with Y2K, please

call the PICPA at 888/272-2001, ext. 205.