CPE Newsletter: The Slate

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The Monthly CPE e-Newsletter for Members of the Tennessee Society of CPAs

9/19/2008

Volume 2008 Issue 4

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NEWS

New Form 990 Changes
The completely revised 2008 version of Form 990 and related instructions were released on August 19 - the first major change in this area in 40 years!

For example, while the old Form 990 had two schedules to complete, the new form has sixteen schedules. All CPAs who prepare this form MUST be aware of these changes before the upcoming tax season - errors made on these forms could cause clients to lose their exempt status.

We have added a new 8-hour seminar on this topic, Preparing the New Redefined Form 990 for Nonprofit Organizations (F990), which offers a practical, hands-on approach to train both new and experienced staff accountants and other preparers to deal with the numerous changes relating to the filing of this form. This seminar is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2009 at the TSCPA Meeting Center. This will be a highly attended seminar, so go ahead and register to reserve a seat now!

Smoky Mountain Cluster Update
For reservations at the Music Road Hotel & Convention Center call 1-800-429-7700 and use Group Code 258 to secure the TN Society of CPAs Smoky Mountain Cluster only rate of $134/night Single/Double. Reservations can also be made online at www.musicroadhotel.com by using Booking/Group Code 258 and Rate Password: 37000182. Rate is available through September 24, 2008. Reservations after that date will be made subject to availability and prevailing rates.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHT

TSCPA Conference on Business Valuation, Forensic Investigation & Litigation Services

Tennessee Accounting & Auditing Symposium
Nov. 17-18, 2008

Willis Conference Center, Nashville, Tenn.

TSCPA is once again bringing in top-rated speakers from across the nation. With many concurrent sessions to choose from, this symposium is packed with information for both the traditional and non-traditional CPA. More...

COURSE HIGHLIGHT

Fair Value Accounting: A Critical New Skill for All CPAs

Gain insights into the conceptual and practical reasons for using fair value as the required (or optional) measurement attribute for a number of new and existing accounting standards. Fair value accounting is reshaping traditional financial statements. The course covers the conceptual issues when required (or permitted) to use fair value measurement under the FASB standards and provides examples of measurement and estimation challenges that confront preparers and auditors in making, and attesting to, fair value measurements. More...

Scheduled Courses:

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHT

Vern Hoven
Vern Hoven’s dynamic presentations, books and articles combine the real-life experience of a practicing CPA and a licensed real estate broker with essential down-to-earth tax materials. He is the author of The Real Estate Investor’s Tax Guide: What Every Investor Needs to Know to Maximize Profits and Real Estate and Taxes! What Every Agent Should Know, and has written articles on taxation for numerous national publications.More...

Scheduled Courses:

2-day Federal Tax Update for the Year 2008-2009: Individual, Business and Corporate

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Accounting & Auditing | back to top

Date	Title	City/Facility	Credit Hours	Member Fee
9/19	Chattanooga Cluster - Preventing Common OMB A-133 & Yellow Book Deficiencies: A Case Study Approach	Chattanooga	4A	$135
9/19	Chattanooga Cluster - 2007 Revised Yellow Book for Financial Audits	Chattanooga	4A	$135
9/23	International versus U.S. Accounting: What in the World is the Difference?	Brentwood	8A	$255
9/25	Detecting Misstatements: Integrating SAS 99 and the Risk Assessment Standards	Brentwood	8A	$255
9/26	Frequent Frauds Found in Governments and Not-For-Profits	Brentwood	8A	$255
9/29	Accounting and Reporting Practices of Not-for-Profit Organizations	Brentwood	8A	$255
9/30	Not-for-Profit Accounting & Reporting: From Start to Finish	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/2	Partner's Audit Engagement Documentation and Review	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/2	The Top 50 Nonpublic Audit Bloopers and Blunders and How to Fix Them	Chattanooga	8A	$260
10/2	Advanced QuickBooks	Memphis	4A/4O	$260
10/2-3	Introduction to Banking	Brentwood	16A	$355
10/3	Fair Value Accounting: A Critical New Skill for All CPAs	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/3	Current Developments in Accounting, Auditing and the Accounting Profession: An Overview for 2008	Chattanooga	8A	$260
10/9	Forensics and Financial Fraud: Real World Issues & Answers	Jackson	8A	$255
10/10	Compilation and Review Engagement Essentials	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/10	Internal Control - Documentation and Testing	Knoxville	8A	$260
10/13	Auditor Communications: Critical New Requirements	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/14	Public Company Update: SEC, PCAOB, and Other Developments	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/17	AICPA Advanced Course: Overview of the AICPA Peer Review Program Standards	Brentwood	8A	$255
10/17	Trends in Corporate Financial Planning - Beyond Traditional Budgeting	Brentwood	8A	$260
10/20	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Internal Control Deficiencies: Assessment and Reporting Under SAS 112	Pigeon Forge	8A	$255
10/20	Smoky Mountain Cluster - THE Accounting & Auditing Update	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/21	Smoky Mountain Cluster - The Ultimate Compilation and Review Course	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/22	ACPEN - 2008 Accounting & Auditing Update	Brentwood	8A	$175
10/22	ACPEN - 2008 Accounting & Auditing Update	Johnson City	8A	$175
10/22	ACPEN - 2008 Accounting & Auditing Update	Knoxville	8A	$175
10/22	ACPEN - 2008 Accounting & Auditing Update	Memphis	8A	$175
10/22	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Auditing for Internal Fraud	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/22	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Small Business Accounting & Reporting Issues - 2008	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/23	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Fair Value Accounting: A Critical New Skill for All CPAs	Pigeon Forge	8A	$255
10/23	Smoky Mountain Cluster - The New Standards Related to Risk Assessment, SASs Nos. 104 - 111	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/23	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Community Bank Update	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/24	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Internal Auditor's Tool Kit	Pigeon Forge	8A	$260
10/24	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Construction Industry: Accounting & Taxation Issues	Pigeon Forge	4A 4T 3.34 CLE	$260
10/27	Small Business Accounting and Auditing Update	Chattanooga	8A	$255
10/28	Small Business Audits: Best Practices Including Risk Assessment and Internal Control	Chattanooga	8A	$255
11/4	Accounting for Income Taxes: Applying SFAS No. 109/FIN 48: A Whole New Ballgame	Brentwood	8A	$255
11/4	Budgeting, Forecasting and Analytics - Improving Business Performance and Reporting	Brentwood	4A/4O	$260
11/5	Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors	Brentwood	8A	$255
11/5	Tech Tools for Preventing and Detecting Fraud	Brentwood	8A	$260
11/6	Construction Contractors Advanced Issues	Memphis	5A 2T 1M	$255
11/7	FASB Review for Industry	Brentwood	8A	$255
11/7	Cash and Tax Basis Financial Statements - Preparation and Reporting	Memphis	8A	$255
11/12	The 2007 Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards	Brentwood	8A	$255
11/13	Tunica Cluster - THE Accounting & Auditing Update - 2008	Robinsville, Miss.	8A	$260
11/14	Accounting and Reporting Practices of Not-for-Profit Organizations	Knoxville	8A	$255
11/14	Tunica Cluster - The Ultimate Compilation and Review Course	Robinsville, Miss.	8A	$260
11/17	Studies on Single Audit and Yellow Book Deficiencies	Chattanooga	8A	$255
11/17-18	Tennessee Accounting & Auditing Symposium	Nashville	16A	$325
11/21	Advanced Update for Compilation, Review and Accounting Services	Chattanooga	8A	$255
11/21	Nonprofit Auditing and Accounting Update	Memphis	8A	$255
11/24-25	AICPA's Annual Accounting and Auditing Workshop	Brentwood	16A	$360

Ethics | back to top

Date	Title	City/Facility	Credit Hours	Member Fee
10/13	Ethics Webcast	Webcast	2E,2E	Details
10/14	Knoxville Chapter Meeting	Knoxville		Details
10/21	Nashville Chapter Meeting	Nashville		Details
10/24	Manufacturing Conference	Brentwood		Details
11/17-18	Tennessee Accounting & Auditing Symposium	Nashville		Details
11/18	Appalachian Chapter Meeting	TBA		Details

Management | back to top

Date	Title	City/Facility	Credit Hours	Member Fee
9/19	Chattanooga Cluster - Analyzing Costs, Productivity and Efficiency: Three Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line	Chattanooga	4M	$135
9/19	Chattanooga Cluster - Taking Planning and Budgeting to a Higher Level: Critical Skills to Make the Trip	Chattanooga	4M	$135
9/19	Memphis Business & Industry Conference	Memphis	8M	$205
9/22	Business Law Essentials for Accountants	Memphis	8M/8CFP	$255
9/22	Financial Institutions Conference	Nashville	8M	$235
9/25	Critical Skills for Creating Great Budgets: Maximizing Profits, People and Power	Brentwood	8M	$255
9/26	Plug Your Profit Leaks: Ways to Significantly Save Time and Money	Brentwood	8M	$255
9/26	Construction Conference	Nashville	8M	$235
10/3	Excel Budgeting and Forecasting Techniques	Brentwood	8M	$260
10/14	Integrated Estate, Financial and Asset Protection Planning - A Breakthrough Approach	Brentwood	8M	$260
10/16	Corporate Financial Management - Conquering the Controllership Challenge	Brentwood	8M	$260
10/20	TSCPA Conference on Business Valuation, Forensic Investigation & Litigation Services	Franklin	8M 6.67CLE	$275
10/21	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Advising the Troubled Business	Pigeon Forge	8M	$260
10/24	Manufacturing Conference	Brentwood	8M	$235
10/27	Nonqualified Executive Compensation Plans & Equity Incentives for Small & Mid-Sized Businesses	Brentwood	4M	$145
11/3	Trucking Conference	Franklin	8M	$235
11/6	Thirty-Plus Practical Tools and Techniques for Making Your Key Financial Decisions	Brentwood	8M	$255
11/6	Construction Contractors Advanced Issues	Memphis	1M 5A 2T	$255
11/10	Personal Financial Planning Conference	Brentwood	8M 8CFE	$235
11/11	Physician Finances	Memphis	8M	$260
11/14	Sports & Entertainment Conference	Brentwood	8M	$235

Tax | back to top

Date	Title	City/Facility	Credit Hours	Member Fee
9/24	Tax Exempt Organizations - Advanced Planning and Compliance for Tax Matters	Chattanooga	8T	$260
9/25	Choice of Entity - Tax Pros & Cons: S Corp, C Corp, Partnership, LLC and Sole Proprietorship	Chattanooga	8T 6.67CLE 8CFP	$255
9/26	Multistate Income Tax: Mastering the Complexities	Chattanooga	8T 6.67CLE	$255
9/26	Tax Deferred Exchanges Under Section 1031	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE	$260
9/29	Surgent McCoy's Advanced Critical Tax Issues for Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFP	$260
9/29	Multi-State Taxation of Corporations: Theory, Practice and Compliance	Chattanooga	8T 6.67CLE	$260
9/30	Surgent McCoy's Advanced Critical Tax Issues for S Corporations	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFP	$260
9/30	Trucking Companies: Special Tax And Accounting Considerations	Memphis	8T	$260
10/1	C Corporation: Advanced	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE	$260
10/6	Limited Liability Companies: Your Practical Guide	Chattanooga	8T	$260
10/7	Tax Planning and Compliance for Closely Held Businesses and Their Owners	Chattanooga	8T 6.67CLE	$260
10/10	Critical Tax Issues for Increasing Wealth	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$255
10/13	The Complete Guide to IRC Section 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE	$260
10/16	AICPA's Hottest Tax Topics for 2008	Jackson	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$255
10/17	AICPA's Tax Review Series: S Corps, LLCs, and Other Pass-Through Entities	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$255
10/20-21	Smoky Mountain Cluster - 2-Day Federal Tax Update for the Year 2008-2009: Individual, Business, and Corporate	Pigeon Forge	16T 13.34CLE	$325
10/21	Multi-State Taxation of Corporations: Theory, Practice and Compliance	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE	$260
10/22	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Real Estate Taxation	Pigeon Forge	8T	$260
10/23	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Make Money for You and Your Clients: Surgent McCoy's Top Individual Tax Planning Strategies	Pigeon Forge	8T	$260
10/23	Sid Kess' Alternatives to Commonly Misused Tax Strategies: Insuring Your Client's Future	Jackson	4T 3.33CLE 4CFE	$135
10/23	Avoiding Circular 230 Malpractice Traps and Common Abusive Small Business Hot Spots by Sid Kess	Jackson	4T 3.33CLE 4CFE	$135
10/24	Choice of Entity - Tax Pros & Cons: S Corp, Partnership, LLC and Sole Proprietorship	Jackson	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$255
10/24	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Construction Industry: Accounting & Taxation Issues	Pigeon Forge	4T 4A 3.34CLE	$260
10/24	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Comparing and Contrasting the Tax Aspects of S Corporations, Partnerships, C Corporations, Sole Proprietorships and Limi...	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$260
10/27	Retirement Plan Alternatives for Small & Mid-Size Businesses	Brentwood	4T 3.33CLE 4CFE	$145
10/28	Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$255
11/6	Construction Contractors Advanced Issues	Memphis	2T 5A 1M	$255
11/7	State Tax Conference	Franklin	8T 6.67CLE	$235
11/10	State and Local Tax Update	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE	$250
11/10	The Complete Trust Workshop!	Knoxville	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$260
11/11	Social Security, Medicare and Prescription Drug Retirement Benefits: What Every Baby Boomer Needs to Know Now	Knoxville	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$260
11/13	Tunica Cluster - The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent McCoy	Robinsville, Miss.	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$260
11/14	Tunica Cluster - Surgent McCoy's Handbook for Mastering Basis, Distributions and Loss Limitation Issues for S Corporations, LLCs and Pa	Robinsville, Miss.	8T	$260
11/17	Make Money for You and Your Clients: Surgent McCoy's Top Individual Tax Planning Strategies	Brentwood	8T	$260
11/17	Divorce Course	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE	$260
11/18	Negotiations and Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE 8CFE	$260
11/19	ACPEN - 2008 Fundamentals of S Corporations Practice	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE	$175
11/19	The Top 50 Business Tax Bloopers and Blunders and How to Fix Them	Brentwood	8T	$260
11/19	ACPEN - 2008 Fundamentals of S Corporations Practice	Johnson City	8T 6.67CLE	$175
11/19	ACPEN - 2008 Fundamentals of S Corporations Practice	Knoxville	8T 6.67CLE	$175
11/19	ACPEN - 2008 Fundamentals of S Corporations Practice	Memphis	8T 6.67CLE	$175
11/20	Advanced Partners/LLC Workshop: How to Do Optional Step-Up in Basis Under Section 754 and Related Provisions	Brentwood	8T	$260
11/21	State and Local Tax Update	Brentwood	8T 6.67CLE	$250
11/24	State and Local Tax Update	Knoxville	8T 6.67CLE	$250

Other | back to top

Date	Title	City/Facility	Credit Hours	Member Fee
10/2	Advanced QuickBooks	Memphis	4O/4A	$260
10/14-15	FRx 1	Knoxville	16O	$900
10/16-17	FRx 2	Brentwood	16O	$900
10/20	Smoky Mountain Cluster - Advanced Excel	Pigeon Forge	8O	$260
10/21	Smoky Mountain Cluster - PDF - Beyond the Basics	Pigeon Forge	8O	$260
11/3	Advanced Excel	Brentwood	8O	$260
11/3	Excel - Beyond the Basics	Knoxville	8O	$260
11/4	Budgeting, Forecasting and Analytics - Improving Business Performance and Reporting	Brentwood	4O/4A	$260
11/11	FRx 2	Knoxville	16O	$900
11/18	Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains - General Ledger	Knoxville	8O	$450

Self-Study CPE | back to top

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For more information on other self-study opportunities, click here.

On-Site CPE | back to top

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For more information on how On-Site Training can work for you, click here or contact Sarah Schulz at 615/377-3825 or toll-free 1-800/762-0272.

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