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| DATE: | October 21, 2008 Dinner Meeting  Register Now
[Updated] Registration Closed. We are no longer taking registrations for the October meeting. Registration expired on October 16th at noon. | ||||||||||||||||
| PLACE: | MAGGIANOS LITTLE ITALY 2001 International Drive, McLean [Direction] | ||||||||||||||||
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| COST: | The cost for CPE and the dinner meeting are included in your annual membership dues. The cost for non-members is $10 per hour of CPE and $50 for dinner. If you RSVP for dinner and do not attend, there will be a $25 no show charge for members and $50 for non-members, as the chapter must pay for missed dinners. | ||||||||||||||||
| RSVP: | Reserve for the forums and dinner via our website at http://www.northernchaptervscpa.com/events-next-meeting.ASP before noon, Thursday, October 16, 2008. We will be eating family style. You MUST sign in to the site in order to register for FREE. Otherwise you will be considered a non-member and a fee will appear. | ||||||||||||||||
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David Kravitz on Diversity in the Professional Services Organization —
The work force and business community in our region has become increasingly diverse over the past 30 years. This diversity creates both opportunities and challenges to our profession. With over 15 years experience in studying diversity issues, David Kravitz is highly qualified to discuss these opportunities and challenges to our profession. He organizes an annual conference on diversity which brings together business practitioners and academic researchers and is a nationally known scholar on diversity in the workforce. Professor Kravitz will discuss some of the implications of workforce and client diversity for the accounting profession.
David Kravitz is Professor of Management and Management Area Chair in the George Mason University School of Management. | ||||||||||||||||
| COMMITTEE MEETINGS: | The next "Management of an Accounting Practice" meeting will be held at Matthews, Carter & Boyce on Thursday, October 23, 2008, from 11 - 1 pm. Please RSVP to Beth Ladyko at 703-218-3600. | ||||||||||||||||
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FORUM A - 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
FORUM A: Fraud — The prosecutor noted that twice during the seven-year fraud, revenues and assets increased even though the number of facilities decreased. "And that's not a red flag to an auditor?" the prosecutor lamented to the jury, raising her hands in a sign of frustration. We've seen Enron, WorldCom and other past failures in which the public asked, "Where were the auditors?" We're now seeing Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, and who knows what next. Will auditors be partly to blame for these failures as well? Professor Keith Jones of George Mason University has a research grant from NASD to study "Non-Financial Measures as a Predictor of Fraud". In Forum A on October 21st, Keith will present his findings which have significant implications for CPAs in public practice, industry and government. Sponsored by the Accounting and Auditing Committee. Keith L. Jones graduated with a MAcc and BA in accounting from Brigham Young University in 1995. He worked for Deloitte & Touche as an auditor in the San Jose, CA office from 1995 to 1999. He earned his doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2004 and has worked for George Mason University for the past two years where he teaches a course in auditing. Keith's research interests include fraudulent financial reporting, earnings management, fraud theory, and ethics. His papers have been presented at numerous conferences including conferences at the American Accounting Association (both national and sectional) and The Internal Symposium of Audit Research. Sponsored by the Accounting & Auditing Committee.
FORUM B - 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
FORUM B: Tax Roundtable — The Tax Committee is currently planning a round-table discussion for the October pre-meeting forum. This format was well received last year, and gave us the opportunity to talk with other local tax practitioners about practical matters. Some of the tax issues to be discussed at the October forum include: the new partnership filing deadline, new Virginia pass-through entity withholding requirement, the Federal bailout and how this is affecting your clients, and tax preparation software.
If you have a topic that you would like to hear discussed among other practitioners, please email your suggestions to Beth Moffett emoffett@bsgpc.com or Monica Selmonosky, MSelmonosky@beersandcutler.com, co-chairs of the Tax Committee before October 17th. Sponsored by the Tax Committee.
FORUM C & D - 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
FORUM C: Becoming a Financial Advisor — Jahan Jewayni, financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, Terry Jones financial advisor and area team leader for HD Vest, and Dan Smith, CPA formerly a financial advisor with AXA, and currently a wholesaler with Hartford will be on a panel on what is it like to be a financial advisor and CPA.
Sponsored by the Personal Financial Planning Committee. FORUM D:[UPDATED] The Ideal Expert Witness: A Judge's Perspective — Judge Bob Wooldridge will explain from his extensive experience from the bench on what an ideal expert witness should do to properly render his/her opinion. How to give proper testimony. How to properly explain complicated financial models to a jury. How to avoid becoming an advocate for your client. And many more. Moderator: Joey Musmar, CPA, CVA, PFS, ABV This forum is must for any expert who testifies in court cases. Sponsored by the Business Valuation & Litigation Support Services Committee. | |||||||||||||||||
