The auditing standards are always changing. CCH's Top Auditing 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 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. Top Auditing Issues for 2009 will offer full coverage of the new Risk Assessment Standards, the most important standards to hit the auditing profession in years. These new standards will dramatically impact how practitioners do business. Top Auditing Issues for 2009 will help practitioners understand these new standards and put them into practice.

At CCH, we recognize the value of Continuing Professional Education-to educate and train your workforce, bring added value to your clients or organization, and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. But keeping up with legislative and regulatory changes and industry developments can be a full-time job. Let CCH and the CCH Learning Center serve as your gateway to compelling self-study CPE courses and research resources. With the CCH Learning Center you get: More Than 150 Up-to-date Courses: The CCH Learning Center offers more than 150 informative courses covering tax, financial and estate planning, and accounting/auditing issues, with new courses being added all the time. Go to the Course Catalog at cch.learningcenter.com to see descriptions of all the courses you can take, Expert Authors and Superior Content: Our team of professional analysts, editors, and contributing authors has more experience and more expertise than any other tax publisher in the country, which ensures you get current, reliable, real-world insights to help you handle the toughest topics and issues, Approved CPE: CCH is an approved QAS (Quality Assurance Service) provider with NASBA-one of the first CPE sponsors to be approved under the rigorous new CPE requirements, 24/7 Access: CCH Learning Center courses are available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week and you get immediate Quizzer results and certification, so you can make sure you hit your CPE deadlines, Opportunities to Apply Knowledge: CCH Learning Center courses provide integrated learning activities, study questions, client letters, checklists, and other resources that let you apply what you learn, Convenient Print Formats: CCH Learning Center lets you print out hard copies of the courses, giving you a quick and easy way to take the course whenever you want-away from the computer at home, on the plane, wherever! Links to CCH Internet Tax Research Network and Accounting Research Manager: For additional research, guidance, and access to late breaking developments, CCH Learning Center's tax courses include links to sources of additional explanation and authority within Tax Research NetWork and the accounting and auditing courses include links to authoritative and proposed literature within Accounting Research Manager. Book jacket.

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.

CCH's Top Federal Tax Issues for 2007 CPE Course is a helpful resource for practitioners to keep abreast of significant new tax rules and changes. It does so by explaining those provisions in new tax legislation and new IRS rules and regulations that need to be understood and considered for the coming year. It examines current audit and litigation issues that have developed over the past year to create a new environment for tax strategies. Finally, it brings tax practitioners as return preparer of 2006 returns up to date on the significant tax developments - including developments not always mentioned in official IRS publications and forms instructions either because they are too new or too controversial. Study Questions and a CPE Quizzer is included to help users obtain valuable CPE credit.

ACCOUNTING BEST PRACTICES Seventh Edition Today's accounting staffs are called on to work magic: process transactions, write reports, improve efficiency, create new processes—all at the lowest possible cost, using an ever-shrinking proportion of total corporate expenses. Sound impossible? Not if your staff is using the best practices for accounting. Fully updated in a new edition, Accounting Best Practices, Seventh Edition draws from renowned accounting leader Steven Bragg's extensive experience in successfully developing, operating, and consulting various accounting departments. This invaluable resource has the at-your-fingertips information you need, whether you've been searching for ways to cut costs in your accounting department, or just want to offer more services without the added expense. The best practices featured in this excellent step-by-step manual constitute need-to-know information concerning the most advanced techniques and strategies for increasing productivity, reducing costs, and monitoring existing accounting systems. This new edition boasts over 400 best practices, with fifty new to this edition in the areas of taxation, finance, collections, general ledger, accounts payable, and billing. Now featuring a corresponding seven-minute podcast for each chapter found on the book's companion website, Accounting Best Practices is the perfect, do-it-yourself book for the manager who wants to significantly boost their accounting department.

The Multistate Corporate Taxation 2009 CPE 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 review and analysis that every state tax practitioner needs to keep a step ahead.