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- What young accountants should do to climb the career ladder
Marc Ursick, CPA, CGMA, wrote down the strengths of highly successful colleagues he has encountered at Ernst & Young in the past four years. Then, he distilled his observations into 10 career tips for other young CPAs who, like him, dream of becoming a chief financial officer, controller or partner. CPA Insider
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- Botswana minister notes need for strong accountancy
Kenneth Matambo, Botswana's minister of finance and development planning, emphasized a need for a strong accounting profession, supported by professional qualifications and standards, at a conference of the East and Southern African Association of Accountants General. He said the ministry has partnered with the accountancy profession, boosting Botswana's credibility with foreign and domestic investors. Mmegi Online (Botswana)
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- IRS outlines areas affected by sequestration
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has announced areas that will be affected by mandatory spending cuts this fiscal year. They include taxpayer services, enforcement, operations support and business-system modernization. Also, the IRS says certain tax-related payments will be cut by 8.7%. JournalofAccountancy.com
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- Big 4 might get requests to form union chapters in China
The Shanghai chapter of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions is pushing to unionize PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG. Chinese law allows workers at companies with more than 25 employees to request a union chapter. Reuters
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- Banker-bonus cap draws ire across Europe
The EU aims to cap bankers' bonuses at 100% of annual pay, or 200% with shareholder approval, starting Jan. 1. Criticism is strong, especially in investment banking, where bonuses can reach 10 times salary. The U.K. is pushing to water down the measure. Spiegel Online (Germany)
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- How to enhance the value of your company
The economic climate is causing a shift in management-accounting concepts, away from a market-value-added metric toward principles of shareholder-value analysis. The online course Strategic Performance Measures describes the reason cash is king in this environment and how shareholder-value analysis can encourage managers to make decisions that truly enhance the value of a company.
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