Top Accounting Issues For 2008 Cpe Course

The accounting standards are always changing. Never has this observation more true than now. High profile accounting scandals have resulted in a slew of new standards and projects designed to repair damage and improve financial reporting. CCH's Top Accounting Issues for 2008 Course helps CPAs stay abreast of the most significant new standards and important projects. It does so by identifying the events of the past year that have developed into hot issues and reviewing the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the changes. The topics reviewed were selected because of their impact on financial reporting and because of the role they play in understanding the accounting landscape in the year ahead. The topics examined in Top Accounting Issues for 2008 include: -- Accounting for Sabbatical Leave and Other Similar Benefits -- Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments and Financial Assets -- Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Tax Changes -- Derivatives and Hedge

CCH's Top Accounting Issues for 2009 Course helps CPAs stay abreast of the most significant new standards and important projects. It does so by identifying the events of the past year that have developed into hot issues and reviewing the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the changes. The topics reviewed were selected because of their impact on financial reporting and because of the role they play in understanding the accounting landscape in the year ahead.

The auditing standards are always changing. CCH's Top Auditing Issues for 2007 Course helps CPAs stay abreast of the most significant new standards and important projects. It does so by identifying the events of the past year that have developed into hot issues and reviewing the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the changes. The topics reviewed in this course were selected because of their impact on engagements and because of the role they play in understanding the audit landscape in the year ahead.

The accounting standards are always changing. Never has this observation more true than now. High profile accounting scandals have resulted in a slew of new standards and projects designed to repair damage and improve financial reporting. CCH's Top Accounting Issues for 2007 Course helps CPAs stay abreast of the most significant new standards and important projects. It does so by identifying the events of the past year that have developed into hot issues and reviewing the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the changes. The topics reviewed were selected because of their impact on financial reporting and because of the role they play in understanding the accounting landscape in the year ahead Study Questions and a CPE Quizzer are included to help users obtain valuable CPE credit.

The state tax laws are always changing. Never has this observation been so true as now. The complex interrelationship of phased-in and delayed new law effective dates, changing state revenue department rules, and an ever-changing mix of taxpayer wins and losses in the courts creates the need for the tax practitioner to constantly stay on top of the new rules and reassess tax strategies at the start of every year. The rules this year are significantly different from the rules last year, and the rules next year promise to be different from those governing this year. This is a fact of life for the modern-day state tax practitioner. CCH's Top Multistate Tax Issues for 2008 Course is a helpful resource that provides explanations of significant laws, regulations, decisions and issues that affect multistate tax practitioners. Readers get the guidance, insights and analysis on important provisions and their impact on multistate tax compliance and tax planning. It's the top quality tax