Fab50 Special Pullout Hot Internet sources for CPAs.Lost in cyberspace? It's no wonder. At last count, the Internet had more than 1.6 billion Web sites. This special pull-out section of CPA-friendly Web sites is your gateway to the tools that are out in the ether--just waiting work life easier. ACCOUNTING & AUDITING www.fasb.org FASB's home page is where you can order statements and publications, review exposure drafts and update yourself on FASB news. www.auditnet.org KARL, or kaplan's AuditNet Resource list gives free information on all auditing topics, providing a Q&A forum, links, audit programs and discussions. www.knowledgespace.com Arthur Andersen's KnowledgeSpace gives information to internal auditors and risk managers on a whole gamut of topics, such as the best interviewing techniques, latest software, case studies, self-assessment surveys and the latest risk-avoidance methods. www.bitwise Dealing with bits rather than larger structures such as a byte. For example, each of the eight bits in a byte can be used as an individual flag to signal yes/no, on/off (1 or 0) about some condition. The Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT also deal with individual bits rather than bytes. .net/iawww An online think tank of information for auditors; the goal is to connect auditors around the country and the world, enabling online and real-time communications, information exchanges, help and community. BUSINESS VALUATION www.bvupdate.com Shannon Pratt's Web site is filled with valuation resources for the business appraiser A person selected or appointed by a competent authority or an interested party to evaluate the financial worth of property. Appraisers are frequently appointed in probate and condemnation proceedings and are also used by banks and real estate concerns to determine the market and legal professional. Everything isn't free, but what is? Here you'll also find www.bvmarketdata. com and www.bvlibrary.com. CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. LINKS www.myaccountingportal.com My Accounting Portal was awarded Forbes' best of the Web B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business directory and is a major clearinghouse of technical accounting information, practice management ideas, chat forums, business and lifestyle news. www.accountingweb.com AccountingWEB provides information about trends in the CPA profession, including several features about the proposed XYZ XYZ interj. Informal Used to indicate to someone that the zipper of his or her pants is open. [ex(amine) y(our) z(ipper).] credential. www.cpa2biz.com CPA2Biz is the AICPA-sponsored business portal that provides an educational forum for the CPA's ever-expanding business role. This site features links to resources, books, the Journal of Accountancy and more. www.accountantsworld.com Accountants' World bills itself as the "community for accountants who think ahead" and provides easy links to just about everything: the Big Five, IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , FTB FTB Franchise Tax Board (California; they collect income and sales tax) FTB Family Tax Benefit (Australian welfare assistance) FTB First Time Buyer (housing) , state societies and accounting firm networks. It also provides daily accounting news updates. ELDERCARE eld·er·care n. Social and medical programs and facilities intended for the care and maintenance of the aged. www.elderweb.com ElderWeb includes issues confronting the elderly, from recent tax legislation to news, finance, law and associations. An ElderCare locator lists agencies throughout the world that assist older adults. www.aarp.org Learn about the issues important to your elderly clients at the American Association of Retired Persons American Association of Retired Persons: see AARP. Web site, with links to legislative, research and money pages. FINANCIAL PLANNING Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against www.financial-planning.com Financial Planning Interactive, a Web site for professionals, offers industry buzz, practice management tips, surveys, software, live chat forums and educational opportunities. www.bloomberg.com The Bloomberg Web site offers a plethora of financial tools and market news. The Market Monitor enables free investment tracking with live streams from Bloomberg news. www.barra.com Barra (whose tag line tag line also tag·line n. 1. An ending line, as in a play or joke, that makes a point. 2. An often repeated phrase associated with an individual, organization, or commercial product; a slogan. Noun 1. is "risk is good") offers research and indexes for financial planning and other tools for professionals. www.socialfunds.com A complete resource for socially responsible money planning. SocialFunds.com has daily news, investment advice, and social and environmental information on more than 1,000 companies. www.rnoney.com Money magazine sent a team of reporters on a two-month mission to find the best financial Web sites. The results, with links, are here. GOVERNMENT www.irs.gov The IRS Web site is not just for downloading tax forms; a special link for tax professionals gives news, information and more. www.ftb.ca.gov The FTB Web site provides a plethora of state tax links. "External links" take users to California government sites, including the EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university , Board of Equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. and the state Controller's Office. www.federalreserve.gov When Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Dr. Greenspan is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Greenspan also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body. talks, the world listens. Find the Federal Reserve chairman's speeches, along with breaking news, monetary policy, reporting forms and everything else to do with the central bank. www.sec.gov A special link on the SEC home page takes users directly to information pertinent to accountants and auditors of public companies. www.gasb.org The source for information on state and local governmental reporting standards. INTERNATIONAL www.ifac.org The International Federation of Accountants' Web site features news, standards, guidance and resources for CPAs in the global marketplace. www.findlaw.com/12international/countries Need to know about the legalities of doing business in Papua, New Guinea--or Azerbaijan? Just click on a country at the Find Law site for a quick survey of the legal landscape. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT www.shrm.org This home page for the Society of Human Resource Management is a clearinghouse of information on work force studies, regulations, management ideas, conferences and seminars. www.paycheckcity.com A collection of online payroll Online Payrolls are services that collect information on hours worked, pay rates, deductions, and other payroll-related data from their clients and use that information to generate paychecks, payroll reports, and tax filings. The internet is a key tool in providing this service. tools useful for employees and employers alike that helps calculate paychecks, deductions, stock options, 401(K) plans and bonuses. Links to a number of HR sites. STOCK MARKET www.fool.com The Motley Fool is set up "to educate, amuse and enrich," giving easily digested, in-depth information on personal finance, with an emphasis on investing. bigcharts.marketwatch.com Big Charts, as the name implies, gives big, easy-on-the-eyes stock graphs. Enter a stock, a date and get the price. www.thestreet.com What are people talking about today? The Street, whose site warns "ignore us at your own risk," offers scads of articles and analyses on the latest business gossip. www.morningstar.com Morningstar.com is chock-full of tools and data for tracking stock portfolios. Its star system gives investors at-a-glance ratings. TAX www.tax.cch.com/network The CCH Internet Tax Research Network is the online component of the company's publications that provide subscribers with in-depth tax law information. www.tax.org Tax.org provides worldwide tax updates, with daily feature stories updating readers on state, federal and international tax news. A subscription service gives technical information. www.caltax.com Spidell Publishing's site is devoted to California tax information. Gives breaking news, notice alerts, seminar schedules and product information. www.estateplanninglinks.com A compilation of links to estate planning Estate Planning The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death. Notes: Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the , elder law As of the early 2000s a relatively new specialty devoted to the legal issues of Senior Citizens, including estate planning, health care, and tax-related Web sites. A "Best sites" link by site author/attorneys Dennis Kennedy and Dennis Toman to·man n. A gold coin formerly used in Persia worth 10,000 dinars. [Farsi t  m gives readers the wealth of their seven-years' experience maintaining the site. www.taxsites.com This well-organized tax and accounting Web site gives links to everything imaginable, from academia and news to software and rates and tables. www.willyancey.com also offers a vast collection of no-frills, every-topic-under-the-sun links. Both sites are maintained by CPAs. TECH SITES www.electronicaccountant.com With an emphasis on technology, The Electronic Accountant gives links to daily news, weekly Washington updates, Accounting Today, Accounting Technology, Practical Accountant, products and chat rooms. www.cpaonline.com CPA Online features articles and information on accounting software systems; a free feature links CPAs who need help with specific problems to the consultants and software that can best meet their needs. www.accountingsoftwarenews.com This site, edited by a CPA, features everything a CPA could want to know about accounting software, with reviews, tips, feature stories, pricing specials and links to software retailers. www.zdnet.com The Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, Web site gives reviews, deals, downloads, news, prices and links to online publications eWEEK, Interactive Week, Sm@rt Partner, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. www.computing.net home to Web-based support forums for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Novell and more. A great starting point for do-it-yourself tech support. www.dvorak.org/home.htm and www.computers.pcc.edu/-pmcg/home.html Both offer more tech support links than you can possibly wade through, but very possibly, just what you need. ASSOCIATIONS PLUS www.calcpa.org CaICPA Online's resources grow daily. Want live links for every URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. listed in this magazine? Check out the online version of California CPA. While you're there, seek out professional knowledge, renew your membership or find a calendar of events for your local chapter. The site links to CAMICO, the Education Foundation, the AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). and all state societies. www.calcpaweb.org The Internet Resources link provides a vast selection of useful sites in all categories of practice, hand-picked by fellow CaICPA members. www.aicpa.org Lots of CPA-specific information, including national job classifieds and updates on AICPA products, services and accreditations. www.dca.ca.gov/cba/ The California Board of Accountancy's site offers the latest in licensing requirements, including changes to continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). requirements, renewal information and more. FOR YOUR CLIENTS www.smallbusiness.com This community site helps small business owners find information on everything from getting started to best practices ideas offered by other business owners. www.taxweb.com Tax Web is where non-CPAs can get general tax information with links to various tax organizations, FAQs, filing information, discussion groups and more. www.mtpalermo.com Everything your California clients need to know about estate planning and probate, this "crash course in wills and trusts" is written for the layperson lay·per·son n. A layman or a laywoman. Noun 1. layperson - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person layman, secular . www.clarkhoward.com Syndicated radio show host Clark Howard's Web site features financial planning information in a down-to-earth format. A TO Z http://home.earthlink.net/-bad-duck/bookmark.html Bookmarks from Education Foundation instructor Danny Santucci--check it out! Calculators, California legal references, stock indexes, eldercare, bankruptcy resources and more. www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI N/047 1371572/qid=997470559/sr= 2-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/002-2355385-8313650 OK, it's a link to a book, "The Best Web sites for Business Appraisers, Accountants, and Financial Professionals," by Eva M. Lang, CPA, ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and and Jan D. Tudor. Fresno CPA and tech wizard Susan Bradley highly recommends it. |
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