Publications

• Summer 2008
• Winter-Spring 2008
• Summer 2007
• Spring 2007
• Winter 2007
• Fall 2006
• Summer 2006
• Spring 2006
• Winter 2006

Record Retention Guide

• What to Keep: A Guide to Record Retention

Accounting & Auditing

• GAAP Change: Is a Variable Interest Entity in Your Future?
• SAS 99

• How Much Is Your Business Worth?
• Normalization Adjustments in Business Valuation: Changing the Books
• FAS 157 Provides Much Needed Guidance to Fair Market Measurement (March 2007)
• How the Balance Sheet Affects Business Valuation
• Cash Flow Management for Contractors
• Recognize Fraud Risk Potential
• Fraud Can Impact Companies of All Sizes, Primarily Small Businesses
• Valuing a Construction Company
• FASB Rule Changes to Impact Values of Intangible Assets
• Accounting Survey Identifies Niche Services Poised for Growth
• Calculating Construction Damage Claims

Comprehensive Risk Services

• Operational Audits Can Identify Opportunities and Problems
• Are Your Internal Controls Running Like Clockwork?
• Why is SAS 70 Important to My Company? (Feb. 2007)
• Internal Audit: Key to Helping Your Operations and Bottom Line

Construction

• It's Never Too Early to Start Thinking of Tax Saving Measures
• Building a Solid Surety Relationship
• Cash Flow Management for Contractors
• Maximizing Your Bonding Capacity For The Changing Surety Market
• Valuing a Construction Company
• Recent Tax Laws Affecting Contractors
• Calculating Construction Damage Claims

Employee Benefits

• Fiduciaries: Beware of Those Hidden Costs
• Roth 401(k) Is Here. Is It Right for You?
• Roth 401(k)s are Here
• Pension Protection Act of 2006
• When a Plan Fiduciary Fails to Meet a Required Standard, Litigation May Result
• Roth 401(k)s Arriving Soon
• Tax-Free Health Savings Accounts Provide Relief

Financial Staffing Solutions

• Figuring Out Work-Life Balance for Recruiting
• To Hire More People, You Need to be Talent-Cenric
• How to Interview
• That's Not My Job: How to Develop Realistic Job Descriptions
• Why Finding Good People Is So Tough
• How to Get the Real Story When Checking Applicants' References
• EEOC's Definition of an Online Applicant
• The Rising Costs of a Bad Hire
• Growth and Compensation for Privately-Held Companies
• Interviewing with Confidence
• 8 Common Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
• The Costs of a Bad Hire
• Define Success, Not Skills
• Tip Applicant Interviews in Your Favor
• Hire Top Employees, Not Top Candidates
• How to Hire, So You Don't Have to Fire

Financial Services

• Not Evaluating the Risks of Your Financial Plan Can Be Risky
• Who Is Your Family CFO?
• Uping the Ante
• Helping Participants Make a Choice
• Staying Calm When the Market Goes Wild - Part 1
• Staying Calm When the Market Goes Wild - Part 2
• Retirement Investor Quiz
• Staying Calm When the Market Goes Wild
• Five Timeless Strategies to Stay the Course in Today's Market
• How to Keep Employees Participating in Your Retirement Plan
• When Do You Really Have to Deposit Employee Deferrals
• Fiduciary Checkup Plan
• Five-Point Fiduciary Checkup
• How Your Company Match Adds Up to Free Money for You
• How to Give Yourself a Pay Raise in Your 401(k)

International Taxation

• Working Globally: Misconceptions About Doing Business in China
• Doing Business Outside the U.S.

• 2007 Regional Manufacturing Survey
• Innovative Thinking Leads to Region's Positive Manufacturing Signs (March 2007)
• 2004-2005-2006 Manufacturing Survey Comparison
• 2006 Regional Manufacturing Survey
• Manufacturers Get a Boost from New Tax Law
• Regional Manufacturing Survey Reveals Differences Between High and Low Performers
• Second Phase of Regional Manufacturing Survey Reveals Findings on Human Resource and Marketing Issues

Medical

• Medical Practices Face Challenges/Opportunities with the New Pension Protection Act
• Compensation Plans are Stronger When Healthy Practice Formulas Are Exercised
• Minimizing Fraud in a Medical Practice
• Give Your Medical Practice an Annual Physical
• Budgeting Your Medical Practice for Success
• Breaking Free/Beginning Anew: Tips for Re-Establishing a Medical Practice
• Deductible Physician Bonuses: The Tax Court Throws a Compensation Curveball
• Moving the Chains: Measuring Practice Success

• Significant Revisions to M&A Accounting Standards
• Acquisition Tips for Buyers
• How Mergers and Acquisitions Create Value
• Inventory Value: Reality or Myth?
• Maximizing Value Before the Sale
• Mezzanine Capital
• Private Placements: Raising Capital from Investors
• Venture Capital and Manufacturing

• Audit Committees
• New Pittsburgh Payroll Tax
• New Pennsylvania Law Affects Not-for-Profit Organization's Restricted Endowments
• Not-for-Profit Tax Alert
• Help Your Board be More Accountable and Effective
• Reporting Expenses by Function
• Form 990's Under New Scrutiny by IRS and Other Groups
• Can Theft Happen in Your Organization?
• How to Effectively Communicate Financial Information to Senior Executives and Board Members
• Tips for Keeping Donor Contributions Reportable as Revenue
• The Finance Committee: Roles and Responsibilities
• Does Your Organization Need an Investment Policy?
• A Guide to Selecting Not-for-Profit Software
• Attracting a Young Audience to Support Charitable Causes
• Public Disclosure Update
• The Importance of Budgeting
• Documentation Requirements for Charitable Contributions
• A Public View of Your Organization
• Misclassifying Independent Contractors Can Be Costly
• Successful Chart of Accounts
• Tax Return Disclosure Rules for Tax Exempt Organizations
• When Should a Nonprofit Borrow?
• Internal Controls for Nonprofit Organizations
• What You Need to Know About Planned Giving
• Not-for-Profit Boards: Lessons from the For-Profits
• Investment Policies for Nonprofit Organizations
• Six Basic Steps for Successful Fundraising
• Reporting Contributions - When Are They Revenue?

Real Estate

• Hidden Treasure in Your Property

Succession Planning

• 7 Steps for a Successful Family Business Succession Plan
• Succession Planning Mistakes to Avoid

Tax

• Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
• The Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 (June 2007)
• Entity Selection Vital for Start-Ups (May 2007)
• Are You Weathering FIN 48 Implementation (May 2007)
• It's Never Too Early to Start Thinking of Tax Saving Measures
• 2007 Mileage Rates Set
• 2007 Payroll Tax Guidelines
• Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
• Pension Protection Act of 2006
• Pennsylvania Tax Law Changes
• 2005 Tax Reconiciliation and Prevention Act
• Beware the AMT