A+ Newsletter March 2009


White Paper Series

• "Building Bridges With Your Auditor" By Suzie Doran, CPA- In today’s regulatory environment, how can you win and build a successful relationship with your auditors? Impossible, you say? The fees are too high, attitudes range from apathetic to outright adversarial and reports take too long to issue? There is a win-win solution, but it requires companies to work with auditors.
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Hot Topics & Upcoming Events

A+ Audit committee Solutions Series • The SingerLewak Audit Committee Solutions Series is a 4-Part series of workshops specifically created to provide Audit Committees and Board Members of Small and Middle Market public companies the tools and knowledge necessary to both (a) meet their responsibilities and b) manage the execution of those responsibilities, in an effective manner. The program is divided into four 2-4 hour workshops that are structured around the significant challenges faced by members of these committees. [Read More]

• SingerLewak recently launched our CFO Agenda Workshop to great response- Over the next few months, we will be rolling out the workshop with various strategic partners in Southern and Northern California. [Read More]

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Resources

The SingerLewak Spreadsheet • The SingerLewak Spreadsheet- Learn about the latest updates on the most recent proposed and passed rules as passed by the SEC, the FASB, AICPA, COSO, PCAOB, GASB and IASB. [Read More]

• Important Filing Dates To Remember for 2009 For Public Companies- Find out important filing dates to remember as a new filing season comes upon us. [Read More]

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In The News

FAIR VALUE:
FASB RETREATS ON FAIR VALUE FOR CONTINGENCIES IN M&A
Dejected by yet another new direction in merger and acquisition accounting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is taking a major step back in its call for fair value for contingencies.

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SEC:
SEC PUSHES BACK IFRS ROADMAP
By extending the comment period, the SEC could impede large U.S. companies from getting a head start on adopting the global rules.
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WEISEL LOST "EVERYTHING" TO MADOFF
Nobody knows depravity like Elie Wiesel knows depravity. And does he ever see it in Bernie Madoff. Wiesel, whose charitable foundation was wiped out by Madoff, has until now mostly kept quiet about the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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THE "FULL FAITH AND CREDIT" BEHIND OUR GOVERNMENT "CONFIDENCE" MEN
It is noteworthy that in all the glaring headlines and TV news media’s Pecksniffian commentary about Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion scam and now R. Allen Stanford’s multi-billion dollar gold brick, not one word has been heard about the federal government’s own ongoing confidence scheme.
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