California CPA July 2009


CalCPA Chair Andrea Cope Has a Recipe for Success
Andrea Cope’s wide breadth of work experience ranges from accounting for the stars to cooking at the Ritz. She’s also been extremely active in CalCPA leadership. Read more about her and what she hopes to achieve as chair.

By Damien B.M. English

Message from the Chair: Focusing on the Next 100 Years
By Andrea Cope, CPA

Q&A: Collecting, Billing and Suing
What do you do when you have provided services and payment is due, yet no fees are forthcoming? A CAMICO expert provides some guidance to help deal with this common situation in tough times.

Pump Up Your Business
Our expert offers tactics CPAs and financial officers can use to strengthen and ensure the durability of a business in this tough economic climate.
By Paul Macaluso, CPA

CalCPA’s Top 50 Firms [PDF]
As the nation’s largest statewide CPA society, CalCPA is more than 35,000 members strong, and each member is important. As we grow, we salute the dedication and commitment to the profession of CalCPA’s Top 50 Firms (in terms of members).

CA Tax: BOE and EDD Updates
Use tax, e-filing, EDD audits and more.
By Leonard W. Williams

Capitol Beat: Mortgage Mess Blame Game
A recent set of "hearings" explored what role the accounting profession played in the mortgage meltdown.
By Bruce C. Allen and Jeannie Tindel
 
Final Entry: A Distinguished CPA
D. Paul Regan, CalCPA’s 2009 Distinguished Service Award winner, provides some insight on forensic accounting and why it’s so important to give back to one’s community.